Carol Grant, a retired career federal administrator, is running for election to public office for the first time. Her candidacy for the Jefferson County Commission, she said, is a call for moderation and open consensus governance.
On Monday, ground was broken on a 900-square-foot expansion and renovation at the Harpers Ferry Visitors Center. The expansion will double the center's space and is expected to be complete next spring.
The Eastern Panhandle community has experienced a great loss with the recent death of 66-year-old Circuit Judge John C. Yoder. According to colleagues and friends of Yoder, he was always upbeat, friendly and welcoming both in and out of the courtroom, and the loss came unexpectedly after medical complications from his second open-heart surgery.