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CHARLESTON — In 2011, total peach production was 5,700 tons, up 400 tons from 2010. Utilized production totaled 5,500 tons, an increase of 500 tons from 2010. Value of utilized production totaled $4.69 million, an increase of 1 percent from 2010. Bearing acres were estimated at 950, unchanged from 2010, with an average yield of [...]
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HARPERS FERRY — Cans, bottles, diapers, and automobile parts are among the items that the Blue Ridge Watershed Coalition and volunteers removed from the Shenandoah River on July 14. The cleanup was the second of what the Blue Ridge Watershed Coalition plans to be a bi-annual event. Volunteers also found piles of tires, car doors, [...]
Continue reading …BRYAN CLARK Spirit Staff CHARLES TOWN – A proposal to require extensive audits in order for local volunteer fire departments to receive county funding drew strong opposition from local firefighters at last week’s County Commission meeting. The objection, explained Ronald Fletcher, president of the Jefferson County Fire and Rescue Association, stems from the fact that [...]
Continue reading …ROBERT SNYDER Spirit Staff CHARLES TOWN — West Virginia suffers from one of the highest rates of illicit drug use in the country. Even worse, the state’s prison population is near to overflowing. But there is good news and it was on display last week at the Jefferson County Judicial Center as area officials welcomed [...]
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17-year-old Hannah McCarley will turn 18 at the National Convention in September CHARLES TOWN — West Virginia Democrat Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin won’t be attending the Democratic Party’s National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., in September. Neither will U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin. But Washington High School senior Hannah McCarley will be taking a week off of [...]
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