If you drive along U.S. Route 220 north of Moorefield, you can’t help but notice the Buena Vista Barn, with its gleaming white turrets and double silos. Known locally as the Leatherman barn, it is believed to be the largest wooden barn in West Virginia and is still being usedContinue Reading
\Hardy County Health Department Administrator Bill Ours had the grim chore of recording Hardy County’s first COVID-19-related death. A 48-year-old man succumbed to the virus last week. “When you look at social media, people still think this is a hoax,” Ours said. “Hopefully this will be a wake-up call, aContinue Reading
In an effort to more fairly identify those counties having increased community transmission of COVID-19, Governor Jim Justice has revised the color-coding system used to determine levels of activity in the school system as well as athletic and after-school activities. Justice has added a Gold category, which indicates “elevated communityContinue 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 Hardy County Emergency Ambulance Authority Board of Directors approved the purchase of three wifi modems that will enable information to be transmitted directly to the hospital. The board met on Wednesday, Sept. 16. “I am amazed that we are not doing this already,” said Board member Doug Coffman. TheContinue Reading
“I’ve never seen anything like it in my 65 years,” said Albert Strawderman of Mathias. For the second time this year, Strawderman’s chestnut tree is blooming and producing fruit. “It’s the crazy weather,” he said. According to the American Chestnut Foundation, chestnut trees bloom between mid-June and mid-July. The flowersContinue Reading
The Internet hot spots made available to students in Hardy County Virtual School were the result of a collaboration between the school system and Hardy Telecommunications. Hardy County Schools identified areas where Internet service was needed, based on a student-parent survey. HardyTel determined the best place to install a hotContinue Reading
“People are not taking this seriously. People are not following the guidelines. People are not wearing masks.” William Ours, administrator of the Hardy County Health Department updated the Hardy County Commission on the status of COVID-19 cases in the county on Tuesday, Sept. 1. The news was not good. “BeginningContinue Reading
By Lon AndersonMoorefield Examiner The meeting of the Hardy County Planning Commission may have been held on the first day of September, but its focus continued to be the same as it was for June, July and August: how best to regulate future mega-projects on agricultural-zoned land. This effort wasContinue Reading
An access road from the Robert C. Byrd Industrial Part to Corridor H, a turning lane on Route 55 at the Child Care Center and repairs to sections of Sauerkraut Road were just a few of the items on a list the Hardy County Commission sent to Byrd White, WestContinue Reading
“Everyone in Ft. Run, Dover Hollow and Killdeer Lane has access to public water,” said Logan Moyers, executive director of the Hardy County Public Service District. “Not everyone has hooked up yet, but they all have access.” The PSD Board of Directors met on Wednesday, Sept. 2, in person andContinue 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
If you live in a small town, you’ve probably experienced it. You run into someone from your past – maybe from elementary or high school – and a flood of memories come back. Sometimes they are good memories and sometimes they are not so good. That’s what happens to CabelContinue Reading
By Lon AndersonMoorefield Examiner As the opening of the Hardy County Schools, now set for September 8, draws closer, concern over the preparations and myriad details has also intensified. That’s especially true this year because of the coronavirus, which is impacting virtually every aspect of education this fall. So itContinue Reading
By Lon AndersonMoorefield Examiner The Hardy County Planning Commission at its August meeting began a major effort to ensure that any agricultural “mega-projects” that are built in the County in the future will be subject to regulatory scrutiny so that impacts to residents and the environment are considered before constructionContinue Reading
By Lon AndersonMoorefield Examiner The Hardy County Board of Education, at its August 3 meeting, reversed direction on a proposed change to home schooling policy that it considered in July. At that meeting the Board had briefly discussed changing requirements for the annual monitoring of the academic progress for homeContinue Reading
By Lon AndersonMoorefield Examiner It looks like many of Hardy County’s students will be working from home this year, but few will actually be “home schooling.” Because of the coronavirus sweeping our nation, when the Hardy County School System opens for classes this year, many of its students will beContinue 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
By Lon AndersonMoorefield Examiner Hardy County now has a new flood plain ordinance that brings the County into compliance with the State Code. The code sets standards and requirements for construction in the floodplain, which is important because FEMA required the County to update its to remain in good standing.Continue Reading
“It’s been a long time coming and it is finally here,” Big Blue Wardensville Chairman Steve Shook remarked about the grand opening. The vision to have a center for area youth was conceptualized over two years ago and finally came to fruition with faith and dedication as the Big BlueContinue Reading
