The League of Women Voters of Jefferson County, West Virginia invites you to engage with our state legislators. Share your questions; offer your thanks for their service, and your concerns for our region, and our state. Attend the ANNUAL 2021 LEGISLATIVE WRAP UP DISCUSSION via ZOOM on April …
SHENANDOAH JUNCTION—Duffields Depot, the oldest surviving combined freight and passenger railroad station in the country on the Baltimore & Ohio line, just got a new roof and will be getting more repairs this summer after a series of sporadic attempts by the Jefferson County Historic Lan…
Ramped up efforts led by the WVU Medicine hospital system to vaccinate more people throughout the Eastern Panhandle began Tuesday at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races. Access to a parking deck at the casino is allowing for drive-through vaccinations with the goal of administering 10,00…
CHARLES TOWN – West Virginia’s lawmakers passed a $4.5 billion general fund budget on Saturday to set another year of state government spending starting July 1. And, as previously reported, the budget doesn’t include $3.5 million for the MARC train service in Jefferson and Berkeley counties.
BOLIVAR — A public disturbance at a Bolivar cafe has prompted at least two of Bolivar’s elected officials to call for a review and possible adjustment of the town’s primary police patrol coverage by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.
CHARLES TOWN – The Jefferson County Commission voted for a second time Monday to adopt a zoning ordinance change that allows industrial solar farms to operate within the county.
CHARLES TOWN – Some Charles Town Utility Board customers would pay slightly more, some would pay slightly less and some would pay the same under proposed changes to level the sewer service rates CTUB customers pay.
CHARLES TOWN – Adding highway exit and entrance ramps, expanding traffic merging lanes, and building a “bridge” overpass or a traffic circle were among the possibilities brainstormed for the U.S. 340 and Augustine Avenue intersection in Charles Town.
CHARLES TOWN —Old stately trees encourage people to come to town, as well as help define the homes near them, according to Tanner Haid, chairman of the Charles Town Tree Board. In light of that, more trees will be planted April 22 in celebration of Arbor Day and posters by fifth-grade studen…
CHARLES TOWN — Does the U.S. 340 traffic intersection with Augustine Avenue need a looping cloverleaf interchange to make the crossroads safe?
It may seem like a biblical plague, but experts who study the 17-year cicada swarm say it’s all part of a natural order of things.
CHARLES TOWN – Lolita Kirk remembers several flash points during her 30-year career in public health. The mobilization of the health community during the H1N1 influenza pandemic in 2009, she said — that was a hectic, stressful time.
CHARLES TOWN – State officials, including Gov. Jim Justice, now recognize that Jefferson County and other counties haven’t received as many coronavirus vaccination doses as they should have—and that they’re working to correct the disparity.
CHARLES TOWN – During the past eight weeks as West Virginia distributed 439,960 coronavirus vaccines across the state, just 5,331 doses went into the arms of Jefferson County residents.
CHARLES TOWN – As recently released vaccine distribution numbers have demonstrated, getting Jefferson County its fair share of coronavirus vaccine has proven to be a challenge for state officials.
CHARLES TOWN – What costs will future residential and commercial growth create for local government services?
CHARLES TOWN —He once had to go to the food pantry at Jefferson County Community Ministries for help years ago. Now Robert Walsh is paying back that help and has continued to do so for 12 years by coordinating the efforts of the very food pantry that did so much for him.
For the second year in a row, despite the pandemic, Jefferson County Restaurant Week will be happening from March 1 to March 7.
RANSON – Five new officers have joined the 17-member Ranson Police Department. The police force recruits include two military combat veterans, two former businessmen and a recent university graduate.
Last week, Jefferson County Delegate Wayne Clark took a stand for local businesses when he voiced support for House Bill 2025, a bill that will greatly update how our state’s alcohol beverage control board operates.
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Already well-established as a top team in the Eastern Panhandle, Jefferson’s girls basketball team has earned the top seed in the Class AAAA, Region II, Section 2 playoffs, and a first-round bye as well.
Shepherd’s Chris Neighbors defeated Gannon’s Abe Holmes on the sixth playoff hole to win medalist honors at the Dr. Edwin B. Cottrell Invitational Golf Tourament, held at West Chester’s Penn Oaks Golf Club, on Tuesday, April 6.
Led by Washington’s Ethan Hardy, Kade Bradbury and Jonathan Lavely, 16 Jefferson County wrestlers, 11 from Washington High School and five from Jefferson High, have qualified for the WVSSAC Class AAA state wrestling championships.
Over the past two months Charles Town has offered a bevy of allowance events for West Virginia-bred fillies and mares and this Saturday night the track will provide a potential full field of them the chance to earn a share of the spotlight in the $50,000 Original Gold Stakes. It also comes …
Marilyn Renee Whitmore began her human journey on July 19, 1966 in Winchester, Virginia. As she slept, with loved ones by her side, she drew her last breath and peacefully left this world on April 6, 2021 at 7:27 pm. She was only 54 years old.
Joseph Frederick Mauk, Jr. went to be with our Lord on Wednesday, April 7, 2021 after a courageous battle with cancer. Joe was born Nov. 20, 1949 in Ranson and was the son of the late Joseph F. Mauk, Sr. and Frances L. May Mauk. He was owner and operator of Joe Mauk, Jr. Painting for 40 year…
Tracy Lynn Anderson, 52, of Bunker Hill, West Virginia, passed away Monday, April 5, 2021, in the Winchester Medical Center.
Joan Mae Writt Kee, 74, of Charles Town, WV passed away with Grace on Monday, April 12, 2021 at Hospice of the Panhandle Inpatient Facility.
Leonard Lee “Lenny” Viands who turned 59 years old on March 5th went to be with Jesus on Friday morning, March 19, 2021. Lenny was a cancer patient at Berkeley Medical Center at the time of his passing.
Francis “Frank” Marshall Burch, Jr., 71, of Charles Town, WV passed away Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at his residence surrounded by his loving family.
Katherine Moler Clouser, 75, of Harpers Ferry, WV passed away Friday, March 26, 2021 at UPMC in Harrisburg, PA.
On Good Friday, April 2, 2021, Alfred Livingston Richards, devoted husband, father of three, and grandfather of seven, passed away peacefully at the age of 86 after a two -year fight with cancer.
