Moorefield Examiner
By Jean A. Flanagan Moorefield Examiner Ronald Griest, 38, of Moorefield, Ieesha S. Cole, 24 of Moorefield and Aaron A. Eye, 31 of Ft. Seybert were ordered to complete the South Branch Valley Drug Court Program as a condition of their guilty pleas in Hardy County Circuit Court in December 2018.
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Unofficial Results U.S. Senate Patrick Morrisey — 2,460 Joe Manchin, III — 1,870 U.S. House of Representatives Alex Mooney — 2,855 Talley Sergent — 1,418 State Senate Dave Sypolt — 2,755 Stephanie Zucker — 1,613 House of Delegates (Including Pendleton County) Jon Hof — 2,292 (+726) = 3,018 Isaac Sponaugle — 2,228 +(1,092) = 3,320 Hardy County Circuit Clerk Steve Davis — 1.338 Kelly Shockey
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By Jean A. Flanagan Moorefield Examiner The statistics are staggering: • every 26 seconds a kid drops out of high school • 75 percent of prison inmates are high school dropouts • Dropouts cost the US $329 million every year in lost economic opportunity and social services • 80 percent of high school dropouts end up
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By Hannah Heishman Moorefield Examiner Moorefield has a problem. The town center is no longer the intersection of Main Street and Winchester Avenue; it's the intersection of Main Street and Corridor H. The only traffic that regularly comes downtown is what's headed for Pilgrims. Most of it goes no further than Walmart
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By Jean A. Flanagan Moorefield Examiner For the past four years Judy Hahn has been begging the Wardensville Council to fix Maple Lane. The unprecedented wet summer has exacerbated the problem and Hahn has had enough. Hahn spoke to the Wardensville Council at the meeting held Tuesday, Oct. 9. “My garage has flooded,” Hahn
Read MoreThe mission of the West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management is to ensure the protection of life and property by providing coordination, guidance, support and assistance to local emergency managers and first responders. As part of that mission, we are coordinating with the Federal Emergency Management Agency,
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By Jean A. Flanagan Moorefield Examiner If you’ve been to Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College recently, you probably noticed the construction of an additional parking lot. According to Eastern’s President Dr. Charles “Chuck” Terrell, the parking lot is only the beginning of “the Grand Design.” “It all started with Carla Hardy
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Photo by Jean Flanagan Moorefield Attorney William Bean presided over the closing of the Habitat for Humanity home. Dave Mathias represented Habitat and La Shawn Walters is the new homeowner. By Jean A. Flanagan Moorefield Examiner More than five years ago, Hardy County’s Habitat for Humanity purchased two acres of land in Old Fields.
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By Jean A. Flanagan Moorefield Examiner The West Virginia Division of Highways will serve South Fork Road property owner Mark Kuykendall with another Notice of Obstruction, which virtually holds him responsible for the landslide that has blocked the busy highway for weeks and continues to reduce it to one lane of through
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By Jean A. Flanagan Moorefield Examiner “I think the community needs to have a serious discussion about the future of the the pool,” said Wardensville Mayor Betsy Orndoff-Sayers. “The pool is 42 years old and in need of major repairs.” The Wardensville Council met on Monday, Sept. 10 and Mayor Orndoff-Sayers thanked several
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Community members from Moorefield were selected to participate in the West Virginia Community Development Hub’s (The Hub) Cultivate WV program. Cultivate WV helps towns get started on their journey of creating an engaged, revitalized community. Residents of Moorefield participated in a competitive process to be selected for this opportunity. They included
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By Jean A. Flanagan Moorefield Examiner The demolition of the buildings on the corner of Main Street and Jackson Avenue could be begin this week, according to Danny Miller, owner of Potomac Highland Construct. The Hardy County Board of Education accepted the bid of $47,900 from Potomac Highland Construction at the meeting held
Read MoreThe Parking Lot at the Hardy County Courthouse will be closed to finish electrical project on Monday, Aug. 27 and possible Tuesday, Aug. 28. Cars will need to be cleared from the parking lot this eve, Friday, Aug. 24, 2018, please. Paving of the lot will be done at this time. Parking
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By Jean A. Flanagan Moorefield Examiner Three members of the Hardy County Emergency Ambulance Authority resigned at the end of the meeting held Wednesday, Aug. 8. One resigned because of the possibility of a conflict of interest. One resigned because of a definite conflict of interest. One resigned because of indignation. In June,
Read MoreBy Jean A. Flanagan Moorefield Examiner When school opens on Friday, Aug. 16, Moorefield High School students and staff will welcome a new face to its halls. Hardy County Sheriff’s Deputy Josh Vetter will assume the duties of Prevention Resource Officer at MHS. “I’m super excited,” Vetter said. “I was in Moorefield High
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By Jean A. Flanagan Moorefield Examiner Hardy County voters will have the opportunity to decide if ambulance service will be paid with a levy on their tax bill. The Hardy County Commission voted to put the question on the November ballot at their meeting held Tuesday, Aug. 7. “We’re not laying a levy
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By Jean A. Flanagan Moorefield Examiner When Dave Judy heard South Fork Road was going to be closed “indefinitely,” he called the Hardy County Division of Highways office. That was on Wednesday, July 18. “We were told it’s in the legal office in Charleston,” Judy said. “We could not stand that. We
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By Jean A. Flanagan Moorefield Examiner “We estimated a carryover of about $30,000,” said Wardensville Recorder Maureen Martin. “Thankfully, there is considerably more than that.” The Wardensville Council met in special session on Monday, July 30 to approve a final budget revision to the state and to discuss other financial matters. The council voted
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The Hardy County Commission will hold a Special Meeting on Monday, July 23 at 9 a.m. at the Hardy County Commission Room at the Courthouse. The purpose of the Special Meeting is to make a decision on a verbal request of a funding allocation for the Wardensville War Memorial Building. Anyone wishing
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By Jean A. Flanagan Moorefield Examiner Although half the board members present didn’t vote, the Hardy County Emergency Ambulance Authority Board of Directors approved the same slate of officers for Fiscal Year 2019 as were in place last year. Dave Pratt, Patty Shoemaker, Mary Fishel and Carmen Rexrode neglected to respond to President
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