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ROMNEY — Members of the Romney Area Backpack Project carried out a day of service in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day Monday.
ROMNEY — When Child Nutrition Director Amy Haines spoke to the board at their meeting last Friday, she wasn’t following a script.
LUKE, Md. — The pulp mill that papermaker Verso shuttered a year and a half ago may soon reopen.
A Hampshire County man has been indicted by the Frederick County (Va.) grand jury.
The Nurse Aid testing occurred in person on Jan. 16, and a handful of Hampshire folks passed both the written and skills examination administered by Professional Healthcare Development, LLC owners Mark and Denise Cihy.
CHARLESTON — Requirements for system upgrades and additional maintenance are included in orders the state Public Service Commission has filed after a full service audit of Frontier Communications.
Investigators with the West Virginia State Fire Marshal’s Office are seeking the public’s help in locating drivers who are believed to have been in the area of last month’s arson fires in Berkeley County that resulted in the death of a West Virginia Air National Guard firefighter.
Biennial report card scores watershed poorly
CHARLESTON — Nobody likes potholes, especially the men and women who work tirelessly to patch them.
CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice will be sworn in for his 2nd term Friday along with the other state constitutional officers.
CHARLESTON — A new state program will help renters and landlords hurt by Covid-19.
KENOVA (AP) — Griffith & Feil Drug has been in business since 1892, a family-owned, small-town pharmacy. This isn't their first pandemic.
Health Director has tirelessly led pandemic fight
Back-to-school discussion draws support, concern
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CAPON BRIDGE — Plans for a new festival are under way in Capon Bridge as residents here look forward to the loosening of Covid-19 restrictions, hopefully by summer’s end.
ROMNEY — For the 1st time since Thanksgiving week the number of active Covid-19 cases in Hampshire County has dipped below 100.
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ROMNEY — It’s back to school for Hampshire County students, the board decided Friday.
Winter’s favorite bush brightens the landscape year round.
Thoughts on America
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Our regular commentators on the Opinion page take their turn telling our incoming president, Joe Biden, what their hoeps are for him and this nation. For one writer, retired pastor and martial arts expert Wayne Neller of Augusta, this is his debut as a Review columnist. You’ll be able to rea…
Free Covid testing on Thursday Jan. 21 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Hampshire County Fairgrounds. This is the oral swab test. Please do not eat or drink anything 20 minutes prior to the test.
Pending Hampshire County school board approval, county schools will transition to an A/B model when in-person learning resumes on Jan. 19, Superintendent Jeff Pancione revealed in his Thursday update.
MARTINSBURG — A Springfield man has admitted to having meth to distribute here.
PLEASANT DALE — A Yellow Spring teen was critically injured Jan. 4 in a single-car accident on U.S. 50 east of Augusta.
Daryl Cowles, who represented the east side of Hampshire County for the last decade, has a new job.
BOSTON – GasBuddy, the travel and navigation app used by more North American drivers to save money on gas, is predicting that 2021 may feature a sharp rally in gas prices by year end.
WorkForce West Virginia is awaiting word from the U.S. Department of Labor on extension of unemployment benefits signed into law by President Trump last week.
ROMNEY — The Hampshire County Commission heard plans Tuesday for grant funds to demolish the old Hampshire Memorial Hospital building at their meeting.
Martinsburg’s Matthew Howard is bringing history alive yet again with his plans for a 3rd book about West Virginia’s American Indian past.
West Virginia gas prices skyrocketed 17.7 cents a gallon last week, averaging $2.28 Sunday in GasBuddy's daily survey of 1,154 stations.
ROMNEY — Romney officials are asking, and warning, that property owners in town need to have street numbers on all addresses.
Potomac Edison is lowering electric rates for 2021.
Jan. 4: Daniel Paul McGovern, 66, of Capon Bridge was arrested for burglary.
On Jan. 2, Earth is closest to sun in 2021 at a distance of 91.5 million miles.
CHARLESTON — Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, West Virginia’s Legislature briefly meets today to organize itself for 2021.
Facing federal charges for entering the U.S. Capitol with a mob, a newly sworn-in West Virginia delegate has resigned from his seat.
“A phenomenon noticeable throughout history regardless of place or period is the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests. Mankind, it seems, makes a poorer performance of government than of almost any other human activity. In this sphere, wisdom, which may be defin…
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CHARLESTON — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice brushed off criticism that the posh resort he owns did not follow coronavirus pandemic guidelines after video surfaced of a New Year’s Eve gala showing a tightly packed ballroom, with many people not wearing masks.
A little over a week ago I wrote a column called “Moving on” about how we needed to put the bitter divisions of the 2020 election behind us.
If I were President-elect Joe Biden and this new Congress I would not try to impeach President Trump.
ROMNEY —With her matter-of-fact voice and contagious laugh, it’s hard not to smile when talking to Hampshire County’s new prosecuting attorney Rebecca Miller, but make no mistake: she means business.
Active cases drop, but 2 more die; vaccine increases
Patricia Rodgers of Baker has won a John Deere XUV 590E Gator through a surprise giveaway organized by Farm Credit of the Virginias.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia produced more hay in 2020 than a year earlier, with both the acreage and the yield per acre increasing.
I’ve never used material from this column as an “encore presentation” before. Actually, I should have saved the story, “There’s Nothing Funny About a Flood” for this issue instead of running it on Jan. 15, 2014. My bad.
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CHARLESTON — The number of pigs in West Virginia on Dec. 1 was unchanged from a year earlier.
MOOREFIELD - Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College completed a virtual National Biochar Week before Christmas.
It seems that when it comes to the art of writing, I now only have time for works that pay especially well. These usually first appear in this column in their full length of about 1,400 words.
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This story begins very close to where the very first “Far Muse” story started, near the intersection of Old Chapel and Bishop Meade roads at Millwood, Va. Unlike that story, I’m not trying to locate the source of a mysterious barbecue fragrance. In fact, if there is any fragrance involved, i…
A 6-week virtual program for youths interested in livestock or horticulture starts next week.
This will be the last installment of this column in 2017. The next will be on Jan. 3, 2018. Such an occasion is commonly thought to be a time of reflection — another year gone by (sigh).
ROMNEY — Brandon Walsh has been named direct support professional of the year for Potomac Center.
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Consumers and retailers alike are demanding accountability when it comes to producing, buying and selling fresh produce.
I guess I've gotten into the habit of borrowing titles lately.
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The 4th annual Student Ag Innovation Challenge will encourage problem solving and innovation among West Virginia students interested in agriculture.
Every square inch of ground anywhere holds a story. As children in the then vast New Jersey farm country, we would find lost objects in the fields by throwing our pocket knives then looking at the place where they landed. I admit that this method wasn’t very scientific, but it did sometimes …
CHARLESTON, — The West Virginia Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for U.S. Department of Agriculture specialty crop block grants.
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POINT PLEASANT — The West Virginia State Farm Museum Christmas Light Show that came to life last Friday is running every night from 6-9 p.m. through Dec. 13.
The Hampshire County Farm Bureau was unable to hold its 2020 annual meeting and awards banquet due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Some of us can remember when disappointment with an American product or our government could be embodied in a single phrase; “Give it back to the Indians.”
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CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s organic farming is slowly growing.
CHARLESTON — The 2020 West Virginia Grown Member Directory is now available.
CHARLESTON — Six West Virginia projects will share in $248,433.07 of federal funding under the United States Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program this fall.
The North River Mills shop has virtually no heat and plenty of ventilation. Years ago, someone must have found themselves in a situation similar to mine as there is evidence of newspapers having been put up on the west wall to block the wind. An open lean-to protects this wall from rain and …
CHARLESTON — West Virginia will continue to operate under the 2014 Farm Bill for the 2021 hemp growing season.
Our managing editor at Vintage Truck magazine is recovering from surgery. Having just gotten back in the game after about a month’s leave, we’re all working together to try to compress time and get a couple of issues out in a timely manner.
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Eli and Misty Cook’s Spring Valley Farm was featured in the October issue of the WVDA’s October Market Bulletin . Here’s their story.
“You don’t wanna mess with West Virginia — it’s all rocks,” advised our Iowa landlord, Dr. Dave North.
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“You can tell me that your dog ran away, then tell me that it took 3 days.’’ That’s part of the theme song to the Canadian situation comedy “Corner Gas.”
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Imagine going for a checkup and receiving some not-so-great news — but instead of your physician adding another pill to add to your morning routine, she hands you a slip of paper that reads:
CHARLESTON — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has awarded the West Virginia Department of Agriculture a laboratory flexible-funding model grant totaling $1.04 million.
Ted wrote this on the eve of the 2016 election, with it appearing in print the day after Donald Trump won the presidency. He thought it would be a fitting reminder 4 years later.
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Lonely Lights is a previously published title, but I can use it here because I own it. “Lonely Lights” was a poem that I wrote while listening to a radio broadcast of Miles Davis — it may have been “Sketches of Spain.”
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Richard Dykstra of Readstown, Wis., writes to ask how much work is involved in replacing the engine in a gasoline powered Massey Ferguson 150 with a Perkins Diesel unit.
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When we left off last week we had established that the Baldwin apple, another of the old-time varieties grown at Joy Orchard in Woodstock, Conn., where I picked in the 1970s, dates back at least to the Civil War. Well, I’ve since learned that we might as well pick up the American Revolution …
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There’s a yearly event that takes place near the top the Blue Ridge at the Clarke and Loudoun counties line on Route 7. You may have noticed a wide parking area on the east bound side of the highway. The Appalachian Trail adjoins this area and there are usually vehicles parked there: car poo…
STAUNTON, Va. — Farm Credit of the Virginias has rolled out 2 programs for its customer-owners.
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