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WEBSep 4, 2024 · Two vacancies out of more than 30 staff positions may not seem like a major problem for an employer. But according to local officials, those personnel shortfalls have significant implications for the well-being and priorities of Jefferson County’s law enforcement departments.
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WEBJun 3, 2012 · Updated Jul 24, 2024. 0. John Ligush Sr. was born on January 22, 1931 in Vitondale, PA. He passed away peacefully on July 20, 2024, at the age of 93 in Harpers Ferry, WV. He was one of seven children. Sadly, his father passed away when John was an infant, and he was raised by his single mother, who never remarrie….
VanMetre lands Jefferson High’s head basketball coaching job
WEB1 day ago · VanMetre has been named the new head boys coach at Jefferson High School. He succeeds longtime coach Richard Lewis, who accepted the head boys basketball coaching position at St. James School in Maryland last summer. “I’ve always wanted to do something like this,” said VanMetre, who served as an assistant boys basketball coach at ...
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WEBSep 13, 2024 · Couple charged in Charles Town grand larceny. By ERIK ANDERSON, Spirit staff writer. Sep 4, 2024. 0. News.
Citizens asked not to close North Jefferson Elementary
WEB1 day ago · ERIK ANDERSON. All but one of the 20 parents, citizens and North Jefferson Elementary School staff members who spoke during a public hearing Monday evening opposed a proposal to permanently close the elementary school at the end of the current school year. Closing North Jefferson would affect about 248 students.
Naloxone distribution day in West Virginia expands to at least 32 ...
WEB1 day ago · An annual naloxone distribution event that started in 2020 with two West Virginia counties will expand to more than 30 states when it’s held this year on Sept. 26, but a co-founder of the event is most hopeful about what will happen in the days after that. “I think the thing that most excites me ...
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Rembering 9/11 | News | spiritofjefferson.com
WEB1 day ago · Rembering 9/11. A ceremony outside the Independent Fire Co. in Ranson once again recalled and honored Americans lost during the terrorist attacks 23 years ago on Sept. 11 in New York and Washington, D.C. Once again, the ceremony began at 9:59 a.m., the time the first World Trade Center tower collapsed after it …
Remember others in remote places, not just our own children
WEB1 day ago · LETTER TO THE EDITOR. Remember others in remote places, not just our own children. Last Wednesday, Sept. 11, I received a text message from my daughter about rumors of a potential shooting at her school. I also got several messages from the school district saying it was a “non-credible threat” but that they were increasing police presence ...
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WEBDec 15, 2021 · By Tim Cook Spirit editor and reporter. Updated Aug 19, 2024. 1. CHARLES TOWN – Two years ago Kabletown farmer Stanley Dunn asked the Jefferson County Planning Commission to consider changing the county’s zoning ordinances to allow large-scale industrial solar energy collection facilities to operate on county farmland. News.