Harpers Ferry News

The traditional, though unofficial, start of summer begins this weekend. Memorial Day is also a time when we remember and pay tribute to those who have given their lives so that we may live in freedom and peace.

A shocking confession from a West Virginia inmate has opened files from a cold murder case dating back to 1982, when a Berkeley Springs woman was found dead in the Potomac River.

Recently residents in the Eastern Panhandle have been complaining about being over charged on their electric bills from Potomac Edison on Wednesday.

Carole Griffith from Shepherdstown, Beverly Meadows of Shepherdstown and Joyce Dailey from Harpers Ferry were among the nearly 45 people who attended the third annual Victorian Tea Party at historic Charmadoah in Harpers Ferry on Saturday.

The birthday is but a notice on the door. "Congrats," it reads. "You've made it this far.

A longtime educator from West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle will spend three years on probation and pay a $6,000 fine for illegally selling weapons to a convicted felon from the back of his vehicle.

A new exhibit at the Oil & Gas Museum in Parkersburg is highlighting how the history of the Civil War and the formation of the state of West Virginia were tied together.

In the wings and hallways leading to Shepherd University's Butcher Center gymnasium, scores of soon-to-be university graduates waited anxiously Saturday for word to begin the procession that would culminate with a walk across the stage to accept their degrees and begin a new life's journey.

The Blue Ridge Watershed Coalition of Harpers Ferry is now accepting applications for a program that will offer septic pumping assistance to residents of the Blue Ridge in Jefferson County.

Esoterica: Historical Hauntings at Harper's Ferry -- Hotel Security Catches Ghostly Vandal -- Near-Death Experiencer Claims She Talked to God John Brown believed he could free the slaves, and he selected Harpers Ferry as his starting point.