Famously, a message from President Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary of state, John Hay, electrified the 1904 Republican convention: “This government wants Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead.” Ion ...

After being appointed last year to a Charles Town Magisterial District seat on the Jefferson County Commission, Pasha Majdi is now running to fill the commission seat of his own Harpers Ferry District ...

IT’S BEEN A WHILE since Washington High School’s football team has enjoyed a winning streak of any kind. The Patriots, in the past, had some wins, but they were few and far between. Of late, that has ...

An employee of Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races was charged with a felony after allegedly stealing items valued at more than $2,900 from a guest’s car in the casino parking lot on Sept. 1.

Since his high school playing days, Kiel VanMetre dreamed of someday becoming a head boys basketball coach. At just 29 years old, he’s already getting his wish. VanMetre has been named the new head ...

A male former Jefferson High School teacher, who was arrested in February on several felony charges related to his posing as a woman to solicit sexual images from a minor boy, pled guilty in Jefferson ...

Lanae Johnson, the Democrat Party’s nominee to the Harpers Ferry Magisterial District seat on the Jefferson County Commission, said she is committed to an ethos of public service, but admits her top ...

As a farmer, and landowner, I have been harassed, denied due process of law against trespassers who have gone as far as to assault me. I have had fences compromised and violated, costing me time and ...

All but one of the 20 parents, citizens and North Jefferson Elementary School staff members who spoke during a public hearing ...

More than 7,500 public school students in West Virginia transferred from their zoned schools to other schools both in and out of their county during the 2023-24 school year. Over the last few years, ...

State Superintendent of Schools Michele L. Blatt, in collaboration with 13 state education leaders across the country, has set a goal to cut chronic student absenteeism by 50 percent over five years.