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The new John Blue Bridge opened to 2-way traffic last Wednesday, almost 6 years after the project was announced and 2 years after construction began.
Hard freeze ruins experimental crop, but help arrives
CHARLESTON — The leadership of the State Firemen’s Association — which also happens to be 3 Hampshire County volunteer firefighters — was working the state capitol for 2 days last week to find funding to support their cause.
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CAPON BRIDGE — The Farmer’s Daughter remains top hog at the state level as they celebrate yet another year of being WV Living’s “Best Burger.”
SUNRISE SUMMIT — Hampshire High School’s DECA program collected yet another honor for the 2021-22 school year: they were awarded the Membership Campaign, Promotion Campaign and Community Service Campaign.
With Covid-19 case numbers rising daily with no clear end in sight, there couldn’t be a better time for Valley Health to distribute free at-home tests here.
Parents are flooded with paperwork every single day of the year. But this year, they absolutely want to keep track of one key letter — Letter 6419, to be sent to you by none other than the Internal Revenue Service.
CAPON BRIDGE — Fire destroyed a house on Schafernaker Mountain Thursday morning.
Jan. 18: Roger Leroy Haymond Jr., 41, of Romney was arrested for DUI w/minor.
A Mineral County man has jumped into the race for 88th Delegate District just days before the close of filing.
ROMNEY — For the 1st time since 1999, the gym floor at Hampshire High School will be sanded and refinished, the board decided at Monday night’s meeting.
ROMNEY — A 2-month discussion about hiring attorney Logan Mantz as a full-time grant writer for the next 2 years came to an unexpected conclusion Friday.
MOOREFIELD — A cohort of instructors at Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College are the 1st to participate in an internal peer-review system that has led to 2 courses earning Eastern Online Course Excellence certification.
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CHARLESTON — A group of Republican lawmakers in West Virginia is trying to pass a law forbidding mask mandates in K-12 schools and restricting districts from requiring COVID-19 testing for people who don’t have symptoms.
Conservation experts in the state are expanding a forest mapping tool to assess the impact of development on thousands of acres of public lands.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Friday questioned a bill moving through the Republican-led Legislature that would prohibit mask mandates in public schools in response to the coronavirus, saying that he will wait on the proposal’s final outcome before deciding how to act.
I’m pretty sure that sometimes you read a sentence or paragraph or (shudder) an entire column I wrote and would take exception with what I’m about to announce, but truly I consider myself a wordsmith.
Too many West Virginians are dying from drug overdoses. We have been in this crisis for years and unfortunately, according to new government data, the crisis is growing.
The Eastern West Virginia Economic alliance met in Charleston this week. Joining us remotely were Eileen Johnson from the Hampshire County Development Authority and Lyn Goodwin from the Morgan County Development Authority.
It’s been another great year in the war on climate change. With a combination of forceful inaction, concentrated inattention, strenuous ignorance of facts, strategic amnesia and just plain orneriness we have once again succeeded in not losing to this implacable enemy which many of us still b…
What is the definition of dogma? Various sources give slightly different definitions, but it basically means (according to vocabulary.com): “the doctrine of belief in a religion or a political system.”
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CHARLESTON — The Juvenile Justice Commission, originally created to investigate a tragedy, has worked for a decade to ensure the state’s court system fulfills its duty to provide justice in a way that protects the children over which it has jurisdiction, speakers said last week at a celebrat…
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ROMNEY — Eight area residents have been charged with 223 hunting crimes involving at least 27 antlered deer in Hampshire, Mineral and Grant counties as well as Maryland.
SPRINGFIELD — Two-way traffic could return on the John Blue Bridge as early as today, the Division of Highways said Friday.
Covid-19 took its place among the leading causes of death in Hampshire County — and is undoubtedly behind the rising number of deaths reported here in 2021.
The race is on in the new delegate districts.
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ROMNEY — Now that Old Man Winter has found Hampshire County, he’s planning to make a couple more visits here this week.
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1st in a series on our love affair in history and how it shades our progress
Covid-19 is stretching Valley Health’s resources to new pandemic highs.
The power plant at nearby Mount Storm comes up as 1 of the 100 dirtiest in the U.S., a new study based on government data shows.
Breezeline, the new name for Atlantic Broadband, says it is tapping into the new Affordable Connectivity Program to provide needy households a $30-a-month discount on Internet service.
CPS shortages, lack of data plague system as demand rises
KEYSER — The annual Mineral County Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Festival planning committee is now accepting proposals for presentations.
ROMNEY — Fire consumed a garage and at least 1 vehicle in it Sunday afternoon just north of town.
WINCHESTER — Trex Company is set to break ground on what will be the company’s new global headquarters.
ROMNEY — The town is preparing to ask the state for home rule authority in 5 areas.
The Romney High School Class of 1964 will gather on Saturday, June 4 — the date of the annual RHS reunion.
CAPON BRIDGE — For the 1st time in 18 months, every office in Capon Bridge’s town government has been filled. At the Jan. 11 Town Council meeting, David McMaster was appointed to a seat on the council and Tracey Grassi agreed to serve as town recorder.
New Covid variant detected here as county sees 2 more deaths
MOOREFIELD — Donna Davy, an art instructor at Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College, recently earned national recognition from Artist’s Magazine for a portrait of her pet parrot.
CHARLESTON — A North Carolina steelmaker will build a $2.7 billion mill in West Virginia, creating an estimated 800 manufacturing jobs, Gov. Jim Justice announced Wednesday.
The federal government has quietly launched its website to sign up for free Covid-19 tests, allowing people to order a maximum of four tests shipped directly to their household.
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West Virginia farmers work through supply chain issues, rising costs of inputs
A writer has got to write. So said Dr. Scott Donaldson, author of the hilarious book “Urilogical Surgery and Light Haulin’.”
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State Farm is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2022 by expanding State Farm Neighborhood Assist program.
CHARLESTON — Hay stocks in West Virginia were up in December, but 2021 production was down from 2020.
If you know me at all, you likely know that I would add “old” to “good” books in the 1941 Burton Lane/Ralph Freed line above. I like old stuff including old books, of which I have a diverse collection.
On Dec. 3, Augusta 4-H club’s junior and senior members were in the Beef Bowl at Canaan Valley. We didn’t win, but had new learning experiences and a fun-filled day.
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CHARLESTON — The number of hogs in West Virginia on Dec. 1, the year’s total crop and the sows farrowing were all up from 2020’s totals, the USDA is reporting.
If the work is done and the day still young, a ride through the back roads in an antique truck is often in order. Since my work truck is only months short of being 50 years old, the antique factor is already built in. All that’s needed is some time, gasoline, curiosity and a camera.
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Please bear with me. After thinking up a clever title for the March/April Tech Tips column in Antique Power, I’m all “titled out.” The above was one of the first to be rejected. The article is about using spent shotgun shells to plug off dirt sensitive lines and fittings while a tractor bein…
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).
WASHINGTON —More than $100,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is headed to the West Virginia Department of Agriculture.
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WASHINGTON — Three projects totaling $1.31 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture are pouring into West Virginia.
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Department of Agriculture is now seeking applications for specia
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William Taylor and Callie Taylor Dayton may just be 2 of the busiest people you’ll meet come the holiday season.
I guess I’ve gotten into the habit of borrowing titles lately.
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 …
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PETERSBURG — The Tri-County Wool Pool take-in has been scheduled for 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Dec. 10 (a Friday), at the Tri-County Fairgrounds in Petersburg.
WHEELING — More than 200 members and friends of the West Virginia Farm Bureau (WVFB) gathered on Nov. 14-16 at the Oglebay Resort & Conference Center in Wheeling to conduct their 102nd annual meeting.
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An old friend, a minister, recently passed away. Because of Covid-19, the memorial service had to be held on Zoom.
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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 …
The shortage of natural pollinators, such as bees, is threatening global food production around the world, making it difficult to feed an ever-growing human population. Researchers at West Virginia University have come up with a plan B to this decline in pollinators by creating a robotic pol…
I have virtually no experience in the beef cattle business. There, I feel better having finally made that confession. In addition, I have only 1 (one) tractor repair customer who is a full-time cattle farmer and not retired from some secret branch of the federal government. Of course, all of…
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ROMNEY — The Potomac Valley Conservation District has approved cooperators for financial assistance through the Agricultural Enhancement Program.
The Hampshire County FFA chapter has been hard at work over the past month. The Halloween Country-Style was a big success, with a turnout of over 200 kids throughout the evening. Members were stationed at different carnival-style games, while others helped the kids paint pumpkins.
It was around 6:30 a.m. and I had just dropped off the Old Hippie school bus driver at her bus in Capon Bridge. It was raining an uninspiring rain; Neither the fury of summer thunder nor the deep, contemplative state inspired by a winter ice storm.
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CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for the 2021 Specialty Crop Block Grant H.R. 133 Stimulus Program.
A West Virginia University engineer is combining the study of neuroscience and robotics to better understand the nervous system and motor output of insects to create animal-like robots for potential use in agriculture, mining and space exploration.
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CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Department of Agriculture is now accepting Request for Applications for the 2021 West Virginia Farmers and Ranchers Stress Assistance Network grant.
Ah, November. A bright moon in the boughs of leafless trees, a single chill raindrop on the cheek, soft amber glow of distant windows, wood smoke in the silver gray dawn, red glow in the western sky from a Midwest afternoon, survival of the Old Hippie’s orchard day. That’s right — Saturday, …
As many readers already know, I’m an advocate for the preservation and use of old cars, trucks and other machinery. The ‘70s, when the Old Hippie (aka, wife Stephanie) and I were first married, was our golden age of economical, carefree driving; we drove ‘50s trucks. The trucks were designed…
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We who do not celebrate All Hallows Eve or Halloween have nonetheless come to associate this time of year with things spooky and mysterious. It’s only natural, really; consider the long shadows of trees reaching across a meadow, the mystery of a vast, rustling cornfield, early darkness, the …
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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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WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture to aid recovery efforts for farmers, ranchers and residents affected by Hurricane Ida.
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