HARPERS FERRY – West Virginia’s election laws dictate that four contested ballots that could sway the outcome of a June 11 municipal election here should be counted, West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner advised in a legal brief submitted Thursday.
CHARLES TOWN – The Jefferson County Development Authority has spent more than $98,000 in legal fees as a result of challenges to the construction of Rockwool’s $150 million insulation factory in Ranson. The county government has been paying those expenses, but the Jefferson County Commission…
CHARLES TOWN – The Jefferson County school system spent more than $120,000 in legal bills as part of its attempt this spring to seize the property owned by Danish manufacturer Rockwool — and bills are trickling in.
RANSON – A West Virginia environmental nonprofit group, with support from four Jefferson County public officials and five other nonprofit groups, has filed a complaint with a Denmark-based mediation organization, hoping to negotiate environmental assurances and safeguards at Rockwool’s insul…
CHARLES TOWN – Wendy Whitehair-Lochner of Shepherdstown, a former Jefferson County teacher and a current national education consultant, was appointed Monday by the current four-member Board of Education.
MARTINSBURG—Not many people are aware that events in the Eastern Panhandle had a fundamental role in forming the history of the United States. Additionally, too few people know about For the Kids, by George, the children’s museum that specializes in teaching that history so important now and…
CHARLES TOWN – The Charles Town Council adjusted proposed changes again Monday to the city’s yard sign regulations after revisiting a discussion about how to balance free speech rights with the need for safe and orderly streets.
An article in an earlier edition of the Spirit of Jefferson shared some details about the life of Justice Taylor, a young man who recently died behind the Community Ministries building. Those details may well have been unsettling to many readers and I understand that. This was a difficult interview to have for both Jan Jordan and me; it was difficult to read, but it was also difficult to watch. I can’t even imagine how difficult it was for Justice to live those details.
I once was a closet smoker.
Jefferson High's soccer teams swept Hampshire High School last week. The boys won 6-1 and the girls won 4-1.
While the Classic and the Cavada may have been the two feature events on the West Virginia Breeders Classic last Saturday evening at Charles Town, many of the seven races on the supporting program had plenty to offer for local owners, trainers and breeders.
George Randolph Talton, 93, of Charles Town, WV passed away on Monday, October 21, 2019 at Shenandoah Center in Charles Town, WV.
Nelson Lambert Grove, 84, of Harpers Ferry, WV passed away on Thursday, October 17, 2019 at Jefferson Medical Center in Ranson, WV.
Carl Tribble Jr. died peacefully at home in Summit Point, West Virginia, Friday, Oct. 4, 2019.
Denise Gail Meredith, 70, of Charles Town, WV passed away on Monday, October 7, 2019 at INOVA Fairfax Hospital.
Joseph Franklin Smith, 48, of Shepherdstown, WV passed away on Monday October 7, 2019 at his residence.
Jeral Milton, 64, of Charles Town died Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019 at the Hospice of the Panhandle Inpatient Facility, Kearneysville.
Connie A. Ott, 70, of Kearneysville passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019 at the UPMC-University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-Shady Side.
Nina Rudd Saunders, 92, of Charles Town died Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019 at her residence under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle and her daughter/caregiver, Susan Yoder.
