Laura Storm gave the following remarks to the Ranson City Council on April 16. She is responding to a proposal to dissolve the Ranson Convention and Visitors Bureau to have ...

Ranson and Jefferson County convention and visitors bureaus, or CVBs]. As president of the board of directors for the Ranson CVB and a volunteer with the Ransom CVB for about 20 years, I am not in ...

Bill Ridenour, the Republican delegate representing Jefferson County in the 100th District, submitted a piece in the Spirit (published April 17) dealing with what he calls the “illegal alien scourge ...

Local Republicans got the memo from the main office to replace the use of the phrase solar farms with solar compounds. A local daily newspaper used the phrase for a ...

This article was corrected from the print version to reflect that Jefferson County school board member Donna Joy said extra bonus pay, or "stipends," given to central office administrators in ...

Deep in that October night when everyone was asleep, John Brown and his 21 armed men slipped silently from their rented cabin ...

Tanya Gossett has been selected to serve as the new superintendent for Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. She currently ...

One week after the top West Virginia-bred fillies and mares had their chance to shine in the $75,000 Original Gold Stakes, ...

In recognition of Earth Day and Arbor Day, Charles Town Tree Board members and other volunteers last Saturday planted 23 ...

Bit by bit Jefferson County is losing part of its history as African-American burial grounds are encroached upon by builders, ...

The oldest grave marker dates back to 1879, for a man named Lewis Cooke.

Jefferson High School boys and girls track and field teams do well is staying the course. With Craig Hunter directing the ...