Christmas trees, holiday decorations and festive meals—hallmarks of the holiday season—present potential fire hazards that collectively contribute to an increase in U.S. home fires each December.

The Bank of Charles Town has appointed two new executive vice presidents, Shane Bell and Ronald Burley. A resident of the Winchester, Virginia, area, Bell will serve as chief financial officer. His ...

With students, teachers and local officials on hand, Jefferson County Schools officials dedicated a new Ranson elementary school on Dec. 16. Here are a few photos of the dedication and from a ...

Current and former county officials came to Commissioner Jane Tabb’s final meeting on the Jefferson County Commission to offer words of praise and thanks for her 18 years of service on the county’s ...

In much the same way that Charles Town has broadened its brand by offering a night of open stakes with a pair of Grade II events now taking center stage, Rosecroft Raceway in Fort Washington, Maryland ...

saw a squirrel last September with its face, chest and forelegs stained blackish-brown from walnut husks. Cacheing walnuts for the winter, squirrels bury so many they never find them all. Then in ...

WVU Medicine has begun incorporating artificial intelligence into its day-to-day operations, using it to make data retrieval more efficient while still protecting patient information. West Virginia ...

A former Martinsburg homeless man was charged in Jefferson County this month with several felonies stemming from his alleged sexual abuse of a minor teenage girl. The man charged, whom The Spirit is ...

At his Madison Square Garden event a week before the election, Donald Trump went on an extended riff about the famous “chopstick” maneuver of Elon Musk’s Space X. In describing his slack-jawed ...

It’s the end of one era and the beginning of another for West Virginia government. The state’s two-term governor, Jim Justice, is set to be sworn in as the state’s next U.S. senator and the current ...

Educators in West Virginia, like their peers across the country, are reporting challenges in fulfilling their mission due to increased student behavior issues. In response to these growing concerns, ...

Complicated things—like how the federal government distributes $6 trillion plus in spending, funding and allocations—over time develop into axioms so everyone involved can have a soundbite to explain ...