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County Drafts Zoning Changes To Encourage Commercial & Residential Clusters

Jefferson County Residents Organize Local No Kings Rally On October 18

County Prosecutor Matt Harvey Moves To New Role as US Attorney

Harpers Ferry Affected By Federal Government Shutdown

Shepherdstown Marches to Celebrate the Constitution of the United States

Shepherd University President Announces Plan To Retire At End Of School Year

Governor Morrisey Provides Details of 25-Year Energy Plan

Jefferson County Fair 2025 Gallery

Charles Town Dedicates African American Cemetery

Jefferson County Development Authority Gets New Board Members

Shepherdstown Celebrates Appalachian Heritage

Chamber Music Festival Connects Appalachia & The World

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2022 Election – Circuit Court Clerk

October 28, 2022 Tagged With: Circuit Court of Jefferson County, In Print Nov 22, November 2022 elections

election guide - jefferson county circuit court clerk

Democratic candidate Laura Storm and Republican candidate Tina Renner are running for Circuit Court Clerk in Jefferson County. Read the Full Story >>

Laura Storm – 2022 Circuit Clerk Candidate

October 28, 2022 Tagged With: Circuit Court Clerk, In Print Nov 22, Laura Storm, November 2022 elections, Tina Renner

Laura Storm is the 2022 Democratic Party candidate for Jefferson County Circuit Clerk, to serve a 6 year term. Read the Full Story >>

Tina Renner – 2022 Circuit Clerk Candidate

October 28, 2022 Tagged With: Circuit Court Clerk, In Print Nov 22, Laura Storm, November 2022 elections, Tina Renner

Laura Storm is the 2022 Democratic Party candidate for Jefferson County Circuit Clerk, to serve a 6 year term. Read the Full Story >>

2022 Election – West Virginia Delegate District 99

October 28, 2022 Tagged With: In Print Nov 22, November 2022 elections, Paul Espinosa, Ranson, WV House of Delegates

WV Delegate District 98

Republican candidate Paul Espinosa running for re-election to West Virginia's House of Delegates in District 98. Read the Full Story >>

Paul Espinosa – 2022 WV Delegate District 98 Candidate

October 28, 2022 Tagged With: In Print Nov 22, In Print Sep 2022, November 2022 elections, Paul Espinosa, West Virginia House of Delegates

Meet Paul Espinosa, the Republican Party candidate running in West Virginia's Delegate District 98 in the 2022 election. Read the Full Story >>

Conversations About Local Growth

October 28, 2022 Tagged With: housing, housing trends, infrastructure, population growth, Shepherd University, Stubblefield Institute

Toll House Woods housing development

Share your thoughts and concerns on local growth with theStubblefield Institute for Civil Political Communications at Shepherd University.  Read the Full Story >>

Face to Face for Democracy

August 1, 2022 Tagged With: democracy, In Print Aug 2022, Jefferson County Commission, protest, Tricia Jackson

The norm we’ve come to expect, enshrined in laws, is for meetings of local government commissions, councils and committees to be open to the public with opportunities for comment. It can be tiring for the folks sitting at the official table to listen, and sometimes it gets a little heated, but as has been said about other activities, if it’s too quiet, you’re not doing it right. Read the Full Story >>

Jefferson County Candidates – May 10 2022 Election

May 1, 2022 Tagged With: candidates, elections, In Print May 2022, voting

Board of Education sample ballot heading

The May 10 election combines a final election for School Board and primary elections for Congress, WV Senate, WV Delegate & County Commission.  Read the Full Story >>

Ambulance Proposal Raises Alarms — Inside the Fitch EMS Report

April 3, 2022 Tagged With: ambulance, Emergency Services Agency, EMS, In Print Apr 2022, Jefferson County Commission, Volunteer Fire Department

fire trucks at jefferson county commission meeting

Consultants' study recommends reductions in ambulance service, accuracy of data questioned. County Commission eager to proceed, citizens raise multiple concerns.  Read the Full Story >>

Ambulance Response Times Explained

April 3, 2022 Tagged With: ambulance, Emergency Services Agency, EMS, In Print Apr 2022, Jefferson County Commission, Volunteer Fire Department

The report from Fitch & Associates recommends the adoption of standards from CFAI (Commission on Fire Accreditation International). Following the “rural” standards, the report indicates that the "goal time" for EMS unit response (turnout + travel) would be 15 minutes (the "benchmark"). The same standard also indicates an acceptable time of 19 minutes, 42 seconds. Read the Full Story >>

School Board — How It Works, Why It Matters

April 2, 2022 Tagged With: elections, In Print Apr 2022, In Print Mar 2022, Jefferson County Board of Education, Jefferson County Schools, vote

Voters will elect 3 candidates to the Jefferson County Board of Education this year. Read more about how the School Board works. Read the Full Story >>

Meet the 2022 Candidates — Board of Education, Jefferson County

April 2, 2022 Tagged With: elections, In Print Apr 2022, In Print Mar 2022, Jefferson County Board of Education, Jefferson County Schools, vote

school bus

Voters will elect 3 candidates to the Jefferson County Board of Education this year. Read what the candidates are saying.  Read the Full Story >>

A Timeline of the Fitch EMS Report

April 1, 2022 Tagged With: ambulance, Emergency Services Agency, EMS, In Print Apr 2022, Jefferson County Commission, Volunteer Fire Department

Fitch & Associates is a consulting firm with many years of experience in assisting local governments in evaluating and improving both fire and emergency medical services. The County Commission contracted with Fitch in May of 2021 for a very limited review of the county’s EMS system — a basic analysis of ambulance response data. There Read the Full Story >>

County Commission & School Board Need Candidates

November 1, 2021 Tagged With: elections, Jefferson County Board of Education, Jefferson County Commission, voting

The West Virginia state capitol in Charleston.

While the congressional and state elections next November will likely attract a lot of attention, there will be plenty of county and municipal offices on the ballot next year too — these are the local officials who can really affect what happens close to home in Jefferson County. Read the Full Story >>

New Districts for 2022 Elections

October 26, 2021 Tagged With: elections, US House, voting, WV House of Delegates, WV State Senate

The district lines for the US Congress have been redrawn for the upcoming 2022 elections. West Virginia’s 3rd Congressional district was eliminated due to the state’s population decline over the past decade. The new 2nd district now stretches across the northern part of the state.

Population shifts and politics are redrawing districts lines across West Virginia. Those changes will likely be noticed in several ways next November as West Virginians vote for the politicians to represent them in the US House of Representatives, WV Senate, and WV House of Delegates. Read the Full Story >>

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