Harpers Ferry News

Janet J. Fike, 84, of Hummingbird Street, Keyser, died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, at the residence of her daughter, in Charles Town, while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle.

Martinsburg City Council members are expected to consider a resolution at their meeting tonight that would add the towns of Bath, Bolivar and Harpers Ferry to the Eastern Panhandle HOME Consortium of West Virginia.

Three men were arrested after police say they tried to steal 130 tires from an automotive store.

Today is a special day for me. My mother, who passed away in 2010, would have been 97 years old today.

A recent meeting of citizens concerned over a proposed CVS in Charles Town led to discussions of possible litigation to stop the project.

The murder trial of a Harpers Ferry man accused of fatally shooting his former fiancee in Ranson last summer was rescheduled Monday for June 5 after a judge granted a continuance.

Patrick Morrisey, 44, from Harpers Ferry in Jefferson County filed to run for the Republican nomination for Attorney General on Saturday.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 47 and a half years, Cornelius D. "Bill" Mercer, who died Jan.

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Thanks to a $75,000 donation from the Adams Family Foundation, the entire class will take a field trip to historic Harpers Ferry, W.Va., in April.

It was the deal of a lifetime for Seth Kettleman, a surplus buyer and reseller from Harpers Ferry, W.Va. He paid $2,300 to Purdue University for a piece of a prototype stealth bomber the Navy spent $5 billion on but never built.

On behalf of myself and the sailors onboard USS Harpers Ferry , I would like to express our sincere and deep appreciation to the Harpers Ferry/Bolivar Veteran's Association for their overwhelming kindness and generosity.

I am still in search of our dog that ran off on Dec. 23. Her name is Sadee. She is a tanish/reddish/blondish terrier mix.

The North Jefferson Elementary PTO organization is designed for parent involvement and key to having a successful student.

A longtime paperboard manufacturer in Jefferson County, W.Va., has agreed to pay a $104,850 civil penalty to settle alleged water-pollution violations at its facility in Halltown near Harpers Ferry.