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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

Shepherdstown Banner Program Honors Veterans

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Concerns About Preserving Farmland

March 1, 2024 Tagged With: farmland protection, In Print March 2024, Jefferson County Comprehensive Plan, local agriculture, solar, stormwater

stormwater permit sign at Blake solar facility

The farmland protection effort is not just about keeping the land bucolic — it’s about preserving farming as an activity. Read the Full Story >>

Blake Solar Project Receives Multiple Environmental Violation Notices

February 1, 2024 Tagged With: In Print Feb 2024, solar, solar permitting, stormwater

sediment in stormwater discharges from Blake solar project

The Blake industrial solar facility near Charles Town has received numerous violation notices involving stormwater runoff. Read the Full Story >>

Construction Complete, Concerns Continue Over Rockwool

June 1, 2021 Tagged With: air pollution, groundwater, Jefferson County Foundation, karst geology, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), rockwool, stormwater, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, West Virginia Environmental Quality Board

Rockwool facility in Ranson, as viewed from the Black burial ground (Boyd Carter Memorial Cemetery) adjacent to the factory property.

According to the @ROCKWOOLRansonCommunity page on Facebook, the manufacturing facility will operate equipment in May to “run in” the factory, prior to beginning production operations in June. In an April 30 post, the company stated that “steam” will be visible from the chimney stack above the “wet electrostatic precipitator'' and a “plume” will be visible from the tall chimney Read the Full Story >>

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