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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

Shepherdstown Banner Program Honors Veterans

Shepherd University Breaks Ground For Multi-Purpose Facility

County Commission Plans To Finance New HQ With $16 Million Bond

AmeriCorps Funding Cuts Hit Jefferson County

County Commission Seeks Impact Fees To Help Cover Costs of New Offices

West Virginia Humanities Council Suspends All Grants

Birdhill Subdivison Stormwater Management Plan Reviewed by WV DEP

WVU Medicine Will Invest In Berkeley and Jefferson Counties

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Dale Manuel – 2022 Jefferson County Commission Candidate

October 28, 2022 Tagged With: Charles Town, Clare Anne Ath, Dale Manuel, David Tabb, In Print Nov 22, In Print Oct 2022, Jefferson County Commission, November 2022 elections

Dale Manuel is the 2022 Democratic Party candidate for Charles Town seat on the Jefferson County Commission. Read the Full Story >>

David Tabb – 2022 Jefferson County Commission Candidate

October 28, 2022 Tagged With: Charles Town, Clare Anne Ath, Dale Manuel, Dave Tabb, In Print Nov 22, In Print Oct 2022, Jefferson County Commission, November 2022 elections

David Tabb is the 2022 Mountain Party candidate for the Charles Town seat on the Jefferson County Commission. Read the Full Story >>

2022 Elections – Jefferson County Clerk

October 28, 2022 Tagged With: Elections 2022, In Print Nov 22, Jackie Shadle, Jefferson County Clerk, Sandy McDonald

election guide - jefferson county clerk

Jefferson County voters will chose the County Clerk in the 2022 general election to server for a 6 year term. Read the Full Story >>

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 >>

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 >>

Native Woodrats Return To Jefferson County

October 28, 2022 Tagged With: harpers ferry national park, In Print Nov 22, native species, Woodrat

Allegheny Woodrat - Doug Pifer drawing

Native wildlife returns to West Virginia - Biologists spot two Allegheny woodrats in Harpers Ferry National Historic Park. 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 >>

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