Jefferson County News

They are a regular part of local Veterans Day and Memorial Day programs, where they have caused many to shudder, physically and emotionally, at the sight and sound of rifles fired in a military salute offered to veterans living and dead.

A local resident said she thinks Jefferson County citizens should be provided more information concerning the rebuilding of an electricity transmission line through the county.

A motion to dismiss charges against a former Elkins Middle School teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a student was denied Friday in Randolph County Circuit Court.

A 3 alarm blaze in Jefferson County, West Virginia, this morning is under investigation.

Hospital exec named: Officials at West Virginia University Hospitals-East have named Dr.

Jefferson County officials had the chance to meet with representatives from the West Virginia Department of Transportation to discuss transportation and infrastructure needs in the county throughout the day Tuesday.

"Based on your address, your child will be attending Hedgesville, Martinsburg or Spring Mills High School." Parents will be receiving letters with this announcement within a few days from the office of Berkeley County Schools' superintendent.

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Left to right, Ginny Fite, president of the Washington Street Artists' Cooperative; Ron Widmyer, a member of the board of directors of the Arts & Humanities Alliance of Jefferson County; John Whisenant, CEO of the Jefferson County Convention and Visitors Bureau; and Charles Town Mayor Peggy Smith participate in the ribbon cutting that marked the ... (more)

A 40-year tradition continued at the the U.S. Geological Survey's Leetown Science Center Friday morning as special needs students from T.A. Lowery Elementary, Charles Town Middle and Jefferson High School gathered in the sun to cast their lines out in hopes of catching the biggest fish.

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The Berkeley County Council approved a request for a tax-exempt bond to fund construction for the Hospice of the Panhandle's new facility.

Three Jefferson County firefighters from Shepherdstown and Citizen fire companies suffered non life-threatening injuries when multiple units responded to a structure fire Wednesday morning, according to fire officers at the scene.

Passenger rail service for West Virginia commuters has been unresolved since early this year when the Maryland Transit Administration rolled out a new plan that included the discontinuation of the Maryland Area Regional Commuter train service's final three westbound stops in Jefferson County and Martinsburg.

The Jefferson County Commission, acting as a Board of Canvassers, completed the canvass for ballots cast in last week's primary election Tuesday morning in Charles Town.

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The Martinsburg Elk Lodge No. 778 will sponsor a trout derby today from 9 to 11 a.m. at Berkeley County Poor House Farm's fish pond.

Now that the program's probation officer will have space to work and maintain an office, the Eastern Panhandle's Juvenile Drug Court Program could begin operating in early June, said Family Court Judge David Greenberg.

The Jefferson County Planning Commission will consider edits that have been made to the U.S. 340 East Gateway Plan during its meeting Tuesday, according to the commission's agenda.

That is the reaction from Jefferson County Attorney Stephen Skinner, a House of Delegates candidate this year, after President Barack Obama declared his support for same sex marriage.