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Observer Weekly — November 12, 2026

Shepherdstown Dedicates New Tanker To Leon Catrow

Jefferson County Celebrates Veterans Day 2026

Fifth Annual Pumpkin Roll In Harpers Ferry Raises Funds For Middle School Band

Shepherdstown Has Post-Halloween Fun With Inflatables Race

Jefferson County Commission OKs Collections For Unpaid Ambulance Fees

Jefferson County Administrator Edwina Benites Resigns

Observer Weekly — November 5, 2026

Election Night In Jefferson County

Observer Weekly — Election Guide Special Issue

Jefferson County’s Budget Reserves Are Shrinking

Observer Weekly — October 29, 2026

2026 Election Guide

Jefferson County Celebrates 225 Years Of History

WV Governor Patrick Morrisey Issues Diesel Fuel Emergency Declaration

Jefferson County Rejected For Summit Point Water Utility Grant

Observer Weekly — October 22, 2026

Valley North Transmission Line Project Has Revised Maps

Observer Weekly — October 15, 2026

Jefferson County Puts Downtown Buildings Up For Sale

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Shepherdstown Elementary School

Shepherdstown To Buy Former School Property

2026-06-08 Tagged With: Jefferson County Board of Education, Shepherdstown Elementary School, Shepherdstown Town Council

shepherdstown elementary sign

The Town of Shepherdstown plans to purchase the old Shepherdstown Elementary School from the Board of Education.  Read the Full Story >>

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

2022-12-07 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 >>

Jefferson County Schools Plans Two New Facilities

2021-07-29 Tagged With: Jefferson County Schools, Ranson Elementary School, School Building Authority of West Virginia, Shepherdstown Elementary School, Shepherdstown Middle School, West Virginia Board of Education

A bus pulls in to the bus circle at Shepherdstown Middle School.

Jefferson County Schools (JCS) manages 16 schools — 2 high schools, 4 middle schools, and 10 elementary facilities — and during the 2020-21 school year enrolled 8,478 students. Jefferson County is one of only three counties in West Virginia that expects growth in student population over the next four years. Read the Full Story >>

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