Bolivar News

John Brown's Fort has been around. From Harpers Ferry to the 1891 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, to the Murphy Farm outside Harpers Ferry in 1895, to the campus of Storer College in Bolivar in 1909, to its current location in the historic downtown of Harpers Ferry where it has sat since 1968, the former fire engine house has been around.

The observance of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War officially began in Harpers Ferry and Bolivar Thursday with a joint meeting of the West Virginia and Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War commissions.

Citizens of Ranson and Bolivar went to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots in each community's 2009 local elections.

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A new program is in the works to help senior citizens who live on the Blue Ridge Mountain.

A Mechanicsburg, Pa., firm has been selected by the Region 9 Planning and Development Council to perform several projects for the Region 9 PLC and counties and municipalities in the three-county region.

The leadership of Rock Spring Church near Kearneysville is seeking to gauge public interest in the idea of opening a new private Christian school in Jefferson County in light of the closure of Bolivar Christian Academy earlier this year.

Citizens in Charles Town, Ranson, Harpers Ferry and Bolivar will head to the polls this month and next in four separate municipal elections in Jefferson County.

Two men who allegedly tied up and robbed a 71-year-old Bolivar woman at knifepoint during a home invasion burglary earlier this year have been indicted on kidnapping charges by a Jefferson County grand jury.

Three people were arrested Friday night when an officer saw marijuana in their vehicle, according to the Frederick Police Department.

Saying he wants it to 'blend in,' a Charles Town, W.Va., developer's proposal to build a $3 million combination visitors center/gas station/convenience store/retail and office conglomerate already has opponents saying 'it won't fit in.' Charles Town developer Christopher 'Cricky' Shultz wants to build the complex on a spit of land near the ...

The State Fire Marshal's office has issued a report calling for a Jefferson County Christian academy to remedy 18 points of noncompliance before it can reopen.

A statement sent to media outlets throughout the tri-state region Friday, on behalf of the "Friends of Bolivar Christian Academy," surprised church and school leaders.

There are a lot of water, sewer and storm-water-management projects in Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan counties that could receive funds from the economic stimulus package.

The Jefferson County Health Department's decision to close the Bolivar Christian Academy last week for failing an inspection may be challenged the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health, according to an ...

Officials from the Bolivar Christian Academy are attempting to find temporary facilities for the school's 44 students after the school was shut down Friday by the Jefferson County Health Department for failing ...

Home builder Paul Ashbaugh once persuaded the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals to help him stamp a subdivision plat, but on a second trip he couldn't persuade the Court to turn the plat into reality.

The Harpers Ferry Police Department is seeking the public's assistance in identifying three suspects involved in a Saturday night home invasion who tied up a 71-year-old woman with an electrical cord and robbed ...