Hampshire County News

Roger Leatherman, who missed the Republican nomination for Mineral County Commission by only two votes, has requested a recount.

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The way the state funds the arts has shifted in recent years as arts groups that used to bring their dreams to a cultural agency for possible small-dollar funding now bring their pleas directly to their local ...

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Test results have detected the Chronic Wasting Disease agent in a total of 11 white-tailed deer collected during the 2008 spring collections in Hampshire County, West Virginia, according to the West Virginia ...

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Thirty-four people, most of them students, were transported to area hospitals Monday following two accidents - one in Mineral and the other in Hampshire County - both of which involved school buses. via Cumberland Times-News

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Thirty-two students of Hampshire High School were taken to Hampshire Memorial Hospital after their school bus collided with a small passenger vehicle near the entrance of the school Monday. via Cumberland Times-News

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“Basically, we are looking at a late July completion and we are coming in under budget”

Construction projects on schedule, within budget, commission chairman says Mona Ridder Construction of new facilities in Hampshire County, including the judicial building and the 911 center, is moving along on ... via Cumberland Times-News

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“Landowner and hunter cooperation throughout this entire CWD surveillance effort in Hampshire County has been excellent”

Hampshire County remains an enigma to the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources in its campaign to track down and understand why Chronic Wasting Disease is haunting deer in that popular hunting region. via Bluefield Daily Telegraph

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“It still has to be proven in court”

A provision that would have fined Hampshire County residents if their dog barked on more than five occasions within a five-day period is being dropped from a proposed barking dog ordinance. via Cumberland Times-News

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Pets, livestock should receive rabies vaccine In the past few years, the number of reported rabies cases has been large enough that we should definitely be concerned when it comes to valuable livestock and ... via Register-herald.com

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“There was not one bit of squeak when you walked up the stairs”

The years have not been kind to the outside of the 83-year-old house that Hazel Kump Burford is fighting to preserve. via Charleston Gazette

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