On Thursday, the Jefferson County Commission will meet in a special session to consider local funding of the MARC train. Governor Justice has indicated that he would be willing to consider funding MARC service through June 2020 if county and municipal governments from Jefferson and Berkeley counties were to contribute approximately $300,000 towards funding. While the MARC service is an important resource for the Eastern Panhandle, this last-ditch effort concocted by a few local members of the House of Delegates presents some issues that our local leaders should consider before voting i…
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On Thursday, the Jefferson County Commission will meet in a special session to consider local funding of the MARC train. Governor Justice has indicated that he would be willing to consider funding MARC service through June 2020 if county and municipal governments from Jefferson and Berkeley …
Family — It’s something most people have, many of us take for granted, and at least a few of us complain about to friends and colleagues. Nevertheless, family is also at the emotional and biological core of our society. Families give us life, care for us when we are vulnerable, and provide l…
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At 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 7 in Charles Town, off… Read more
On July 18, the Jefferson County Commission approved a broadband planning team. The team will use a grant totaling $75,000 to study how to improve broadband service in Jefferson County.
Many of the angry citizens fighting the stonewool insulation factory under construction in a former orchard on the outskirts of Ranson see themselves as warriors in a moral cause. They are standing between innocent children and an industrial project that would ruin their health, upend their lives.
If there were any doubt that the lawyer for the City of Charles Town was correct in advising Mayor Scott Rogers to recuse himself from last week’s vote on state financing for the sewer line to serve Rockwool, the question was laid to rest when Rogers unleashed a Trump-esque Twitter tirade wh…
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Jefferson County’s tourism business is booming. We lead the state in tourism dollars and taxes. We have been blessed with natural gifts that are renowned worldwide and we welcome over a million visitors every year. The clear view of the Blue Ridge comes to mind as well as two famous rivers t…
The historic courthouse in Charles Town where slavery fighter John Brown was found guilty and sentenced to die in 1859 no longer boasts a plaque from the United Daughters of the Confederacy at its entrance.
It is now some 50 years that Margaret and Dr. John Washington invited my wife and I to Jefferson County and Harewood for a visit.
