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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

Electric Company To Share Details Of New Transmission Line

CTUB And American Water Present Service Area Arguments At Public Service Commision Hearing

County Commission Holds Ribbon Cutting At New Government Buildings

Preparing For Disasters: Local Alerts & Training

Local Intervenors Added To Middleway Bottling Plant Lawsuit

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County Commission Begins 2023 With Many Disagreements

January 25, 2023 Tagged With: ambulance, EMS, In Print Feb 2023, Jefferson County Board of Education, Jefferson County Commission, Jefferson County Schools

Jefferson County Commissioners for 2023

Jefferson County Commission starts 2023 with several disagreements and big change ahead.  Read the Full Story >>

Changes & Choices In 2023

January 25, 2023 Tagged With: editor's note, housing trends, In Print Feb 2023, Jefferson County Commission

looking east from Aspen Green (Jan 2023) - construction

Many changes and choices ahead for Jefferson County in 2023.  Read the Full Story >>

John Nissel Resigns As Jefferson County Administrator

January 24, 2023 Tagged With: ambulance, EMS, In Print Feb 2023, JCESA, Jefferson County Commission

County Administrator John Nissel (left) and Commissioner Tricia Jackson (center) and Commissioner Clare Ath (right)

Jefferson County Administrator John Nissel announced his resignation effective January 27, 2023. Read the Full Story >>

Confusion on Plans for Water & Sewer at New Shepherdstown Elementary School

December 7, 2022 Tagged With: Bondy Shay Gibson, In Print Dec 2022, Jefferson County Schools, Shepherdstown Elementary School, Shepherdstown Water & Sewer

future site of Shepherdstown Elementary School

Jefferson County Board of Education has many questions about plans to provide water and sewer utilities to the new Shepherdstown elementary school site. Read the Full Story >>

Christ Reformed Congregation Celebrates 275 Years In Shepherdstown

December 7, 2022 Tagged With: Christ Reformed UCC, church, In Print Dec 2022

Christ Reformed UCC church in Shepherdstown

The congregations of the German Reformed, Lutheran, and Presbyterian churches in the settlement of Mecklenburg (later Shepherdstown) date their origins to 1747, when they were meeting in local houses and long-forgotten buildings around town. Read the Full Story >>

Local Spirits Bright For The Holidays

December 7, 2022 Tagged With: Christmas, editor's note, In Print Dec 2022, Jefferson County Community Ministries, shepherd university football, Shepherdstown Shares

Christmas tree in front of Jefferson County courthouse 2022

The holiday festivities seem particularly energetic this year. Perhaps it was the unseasonably warm weather for the parades — or that our pandemic-related anxieties of the past several years have cooled.  Read the Full Story >>

Shepherd University Football Wins Rematch Against Indiana University

December 3, 2022 Tagged With: Joey Fisher, Shepherd University, shepherd university football, Tyson Bagent

tyson bagent hands off the ball

Shepherd University football team scores a 48-13 win over Indian University of Pennsylvania to earn a berth in the 2022 NCAA Division II semi-final round. Read the Full Story >>

Shepherdstown Market House Looks To Past and Future

October 28, 2022 Tagged With: market house, shepherdstown library

For the first time in over 220 years, the market house building in Shepherdstown finds itself vacant. The town recently surveyed residents to collect ideas on how this iconic building might continue to play a vital role at the center of the Shepherdstown community.  Read the Full Story >>

Constitutional Amendments On The 2022 Ballot

October 28, 2022 Tagged With: Constitutional Amendment, Elections 2022, In Print Nov 22, West Virginia House of Delegates, West Virginia Legislature, WV Constitution, WV Senate

Election Guide - Constitutional Amendments

Voters will see four proposals to amend the West Virginia Constitution at the very end of the 2022 ballot. Read the Full Story >>

How Amendment #2 Could Affect Jefferson County’s Budget

October 28, 2022 Tagged With: Constitutional Amendment, Elections 2022, In Print Nov 22, West Virginia House of Delegates, West Virginia Legislature, WV Constitution, WV Senate

A look at what might be cut if the Legislature removes local budget control without offsetting revenue. Read the Full Story >>

Remembering An Important Slice Of Life In Shepherdstown

October 28, 2022 Tagged With: editor's note, George Kalathas, In Print Nov 22

vigil for George Kalathas

When what we might think of as history is still present in the minds of the living, the need for an emphatic rejection of groups that seek to instigate race-based fear and political violence seems to be self-evident — so that “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” are secured as rights of our common future, not just hollow words left behind, buried by the burden of a hidden past. Read the Full Story >>

Bushel & Peck Celebrates Five Years

October 1, 2022 Tagged With: Bushel & Peck, George Washington Hall, In Print Oct 2022, Jefferson G.A.P., Ortega's Taco Shop

Todd Coyle, the chief executive of Jefferson G.A.P., describes Bushel & Peck when it opened in October 2017 as a “sustainable, locally focused grocery store in the heart of downtown Charles Town.” In a more recent conversation, he described a larger vision, with the grocery store as a “business incubator — the hub of a network of local businesses that need a way to connect with local consumers.” Read the Full Story >>

Securing Life and Liberty for All

October 1, 2022 Tagged With: editor's note, In Print Oct 2022, Joe Burns

When what we might think of as history is still present in the minds of the living, the need for an emphatic rejection of groups that seek to instigate race-based fear and political violence seems to be self-evident — so that “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” are secured as rights of our common future, not just hollow words left behind, buried by the burden of a hidden past. Read the Full Story >>

Barbara Kingsolver Talks About Being A Writer

September 29, 2022 Tagged With: Kingsolver, Shepherd University’s Center for Appalachian Studies and Communities

Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Kingsolver will speak at the 2022 Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence award ceremony at Shepherd University. Read the Full Story >>

Appalachian Heritage Writer-In-Residence Program Hosts Week-Long Program with Author Barbara Kingsolver

September 1, 2022 Tagged With: Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence Project, In Print Sep 2022, Shepherd University, Shepherd University’s Center for Appalachian Studies and Communities

author - Barbara Kingsolver

The 2022 Appalachian Heritage Writer-In-Residence events on Shepherd University campus (Sept. 23-30), featuring author Barbara Kingsolver, are open to the public. Read the Full Story >>

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