Hannah Heishman

The Moorefield Town Council met Nov. 2, because Town Hall was a polling place Nov. 3 for the general election. The Council approved a draft agreement with Hardy County regarding payment for the dog warden’s services. The discussion began at the Oct. 20 meeting, during which Council members asked questionsContinue Reading

Trick-or-treating will be Saturday, Oct. 31, from 5 to 7 p.m. Please turn on your porch light if you wish to participate. The Moorefield Town Council unanimously approved moving forward with the annual tradition at their meeting on Oct. 6. In Mayor Gary Stalnaker’s absence, council member Scott Fawley conductedContinue Reading

Driving through Moorefield won’t get easier any time soon. The West Virginia Department of Highways started the first of four contracts last week involving Main Street. The contract involves upgrading and extending a drain line from Moorefield High School to Spring Avenue.  The second contract, currently set to start inContinue Reading

The Moorefield Town Council approved two events — a big ball softball tournament for Maggie Eye and a concert for Joshua Shirk — and waived all fees for both at their regular meeting Sept. 1. Eye, 41, of Fisher, was recently diagnosed with advanced cancer. She has four children, andContinue Reading

The Hardy County Public Service District met by telephone for their regular meeting on Aug. 5. Board members present were Rose Helmick and Justin Basye. Also present were Logan Moyers, Connie Sherman, and Tre Kerns, an engineer from The Thrasher Group. Moyers, PSD General Manager, updated the board on theContinue Reading

The Moorefield Town Council’s meeting on July 21 was actually very brief, but a preceding discussion on personnel policy changes took an hour. Public Works director Lucas Gagnon will research requested information and rephrase some changes before changes become official. During the meeting, the Council approved draws number 11 andContinue Reading

Donald Eye approached the Moorefield Town Council at their meeting on July 7, 2020, asking the town take over the Lee Street Pump Station, which serves his family and the Masonic Lodge. Eye told the Council that he and the Lodge paid to put the station in approximately 20 yearsContinue Reading

Moorefield Police Department Lieutenant Mel Burrows was on routine patrol in the Town Park on Friday afternoon, June 26. She saw a man, identified as Steven Hawley of Moorefield, near the pool smoking a cigarette.  Burrows knew Hawley had an active arrest warrant, and attempted to make contact with him.Continue Reading

The Moorefield Town Council met in the Town Hall on June 16 for the first time since COVID-19 forced them into self-isolation and social distancing. They met early to discuss proposed changes to personnel policies, proposed by Town employee supervisors. Most suggestions involved adjusting outdated actions and chains of commandContinue Reading

Aija Burnette, a 17-year-old rising senior at East Hardy High School, saw the cell phone video of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis, and decided she’d had enough. She talked to her boyfriend and her friends, including Alivia Sager and Skyler Landacre, both 17 and classmates, and Taylor Strawderman, a 15-year-oldContinue Reading

The Moorefield Town Council took advantage of extra space to spread out and social distance at their meeting on June 2: They used the Moorefield Volunteer Fire Department’s Bingo Hall. Moorefield’s Public Utilities and Park employees returned to full-time schedules the day after Memorial Day, but had not yet completedContinue Reading

The main discussion during the Moorefield Town Council meeting on Tuesday, May 19 was COVID-19, and County Health Administrator Bill Ours was there to advise and discuss what he knew and what to expect. Ours told the Council that there are several people in Town limits with COVID-19. Many hadContinue Reading

The Moorefield Town Council met again by telephone on May 5. Police Chief Stephen Riggleman reported the department responded to 234 calls in April, which resulted in three felony arrests, 42 misdemeanors, and 78 combined traffic citations and warnings. On April 18, officers arrested a suspect in an attempted murderContinue Reading

The Moorefield Town Council tabled a decision regarding opening the Town Pool for the 2020 season until May during their meeting by telephone on April 21. Park Manager Juwana Bridger spoke to Hardy County Health Administrator Bill Ours. She said he suggested she, “err on the side of caution.” BridgerContinue Reading

COVID-19 was the first topic at the March 17 Moorefield Town Council meeting. “Right now, we’re operating as normal,” Moorefield Police Department Chief Stephen Riggleman said, adding that officers are using nitirile gloves, washing hands, and disinfecting gear and vehicle interiors. Riggleman said that there likely would be no municipalContinue Reading

The Moorefield Town Council covered a wide range of topics at their meeting on March 3. Moorefield’s South Levee certification draft looks good, and is ready for FEMA, said Public Works director Lucas Gagnon. The South Levee protects Moorefield south — towards Petersburg — of the bridge in town overContinue Reading

The Moorefield Police Department responded to a call on Feb. 14 regarding an orange cat with a head injury near Metallurgy Street in Moorefield. Officers found the male cat, which had been shot with an arrow. The MPD officers received assistance from W.Va. Natural Resource Police officers, who captured theContinue Reading

Linda Hatfield approached the Moorefield Town Council at their meeting on Feb. 18 to request assistance with medical and travel costs accrued after she caught her foot on a raised sidewalk and fell.  The sidewalk was on North Elm Street, alongside the Higgins House and Town’s parking lot. Hatfield saidContinue Reading