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Blake Solar Project: State Issues Fine For Repeated Stormwater Violations  

County Commission Plans For Growth With Purchase Of New Buildings

Bee Line March Anniversary Events In Shepherdstown Mark 250 Years Of History

No Kings Rally In Shepherdstown Gathers More Than 1,000 Participants

County Planning Commission To Look At Zoning, Solar & Data Centers

County Budget Shifts From Surplus To Deficit

County Commission Explains Funding Plan For New Buildings

Shepherdstown Celebrates Its First Pride Parade

County Commission Makes Early Revision to FY26 Budget

County Commission Plans To Change Impact Fees Again

City & County Struggle To Align On Downtown Charles Town Plans

Governor Celebrates Building Rehabilitation In Charles Town

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Am I Going to Mom’s Or Dad’s House?

October 28, 2022 Tagged With: divorce, In Print Nov 22

child between parents - holding hands

Understand West Virginia’s child custody law - how divorcing parents can plan to share decision-making and custody of their children.  Read the Full Story >>

Gray Divorce Rates on the Rise

January 1, 2022 Tagged With: divorce, In Print Jan 2022

The divorce rate in the United States hit a 50-year low in 2019 as a percentage of all marriages, continuing a decades-long trend. But like a lot of “trends,” the divorce rate is not the same across all demographics.  Read the Full Story >>

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