Jefferson County News

Governor Joe Manchin appointed Jefferson County resident and businessman Terry Walker to represent the 56th delegate district in the West Virginia legislature.

A new day reporting center in Martinsburg now has its first attendee from Jefferson County.

According to the West Virginia Lottery Commission, Jefferson County Schools stand to gain $4 million annually from Charles Town Races & Slots under the new funding formula passed by the Legislature.

Students were evacuated from Jefferson High School this afternoon following a bomb threat that was reported to local police.

Hospice of the Panhandle received a big monetary pledge toward its capital campaign at the second Homegrown for Hospice fundraiser Monday night at The Anvil Restaurant in Harpers Ferry.

Residents are wasting no time in ensuring that their voices are heard when it comes to the addition of table games in Jefferson County.

You can help make a child's Christmas brighter by donating to Toys for Tots in Jefferson County starting Saturday Nov.

Voting gets under way today on the future of gaming in Jefferson County. This morning, residents can begin casting their ballots on whether table games such as black jack and poker should be permitted at Charles Town Races & Slots.

A man killed Wednesday night in a head-on collision on W.Va. 51 was identified by police Thursday as Robert Lawrence Brown, 69, of Harpers Ferry, W.Va. The 1993 Toyota Camry that Brown was driving east on W.Va. 51 toward Charles Town crossed the center line and collided with a westbound 2001 Dodge Durango near Images nightclub, according to ...

An experiment to combine certain city and county government functions in Kanawha County to provide more efficient services to residents appears to be dead after the leading advocates for the plan said there was no political support for it.

The Shepherdstown Town Council is looking to add 600 residents by annexing dormitories on the Shepherd University campus.

A 69-year-old Harpers Ferry, W.Va., man was killed Wednesday night when the Toyota Camry he was driving east on W.Va. 51 crossed the center line and collided with a westbound Dodge Durango near Images nightclub, according to a Jefferson County Sheriff's Department spokesman.

The Charles Town City Council has added its support to an effort to bring casino-style table games to an Eastern Panhandle racetrack.

The West Virginia Secretary of State's Office has been notified of several concerns raised during Saturday's special election on a new zoning ordinance in Jefferson County.

Jefferson County voters shot down a zoning ordinance in a Nov. 7 special election, but a leader who advocated for the reforms says he doesn't feel discouraged in the least.

Controversy abounded on Saturday, as Jefferson County residents headed to the polls to determine whether a new, traditional zoning ordinance should be put in place.

A new sheltered workshop is in the works in Jefferson County to help meet the needs of local individuals who have mental and developmental disabilities.

Despite a new law designed to help metro government come to West Virginia's largest county, leaders say the idea is dead.

An organic farmer will talk about the importance of knowing what you eat during the American Conservation Film Festival.

Jefferson County citizens will decide on a controversial zoning proposal Nov. 7 that proponents say would better protect the area's farmland from large-scale housing developments.