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Lady Bulldogs Nip East Hardy in Volleyball

By Carl Holcomb Moorefield Examiner Luray Volleyball narrowly escaped the Lady Cougars den in a four set battle last Monday in Baker with the scores of 25-23, 25-20, 22-25 and 26-24. In JV action, East Hardy took charge pouncing for a victory by 25-17 and 26-24. “The kids we have[Read More…]

Moorefield Can’t Quite Escape Hawks’ Clutches

By Carl Holcomb Moorefield Examiner The Hawks perched in the nest preparing for a defensive battle with Moorefield and South Harrison survived an errant field goal in the closing moments to snatch an 8-6 victory over the Yellow Jackets in Lost Creek. “The coaching staff absolutely got the defense ready[Read More…]

Lady Jackets Protect Hive, Eliminating East Hardy

By Carl Holcomb Moorefield Examiner Moorefield Volleyball defended the Hive against the Lady Cougars with a straight set match victory by the scores of 25-18, 25-18 and 25-15. In JV action, East Hardy garnered the win in three sets 25-18, 19-25 and 25-22. “From the front row, we swung hard.[Read More…]

Local OEM Managers Graduate From FEMA Academy

This week 38 staff from West Virginia’s State and county emergency management agencies graduated from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s National Emergency Management Basic Academy held in Flatwoods, West Virginia. Among them was Paul Lewis, director of Hardy County Office of Emergency Management. The graduation marks the completion of the[Read More…]

DNR Releases 2019 Mast Survey and Hunting Outlook

Hunters can get help preparing for the fall hunting seasons by consulting the 2019 Mast Survey and Hunting Outlook publication, available on the Division of Natural Resources website, www.wvdnr.gov/hunting/PDFFiles/2019MastSurvey.pdf. Information analyzing mast conditions and wildlife harvests also is available on the website. Since 1971, the Wildlife Resources Section of DNR,[Read More…]

Gov. Justice Amends Outdoor Burning Ban Proclamation

At the request of officials with the West Virginia Division of Forestry and West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Gov. Jim Justice has amended the proclamation banning all outdoor burning throughout West Virginia – originally issued last Friday, Sept. 20, 2019 – to include an additional exclusion from the ban.[Read More…]

Armed Robbery Suspect at Large

(Moorefield Police Department Press Release) On Saturday, August 17, 2019 at approximately 2:00 P.M., the Moorefield Police Department was advised of an armed robbery at the CVS in Moorefield. Upon officers responding it was determined that an unknown male had entered the store disguised with a wig, sunglasses, bandanna over[Read More…]

Lady Jackets Swarm Baker Den

The Lady Yellow Jackets inundated the Den in Baker with a 27-5 halftime advantage before swarming to a 56-16 victory over East Hardy during the second edition of the Hardy County Girls Hardwood Classic. “Coming off a game like we did, I thought we would come out a little flat.[Read More…]

Lady Rams Rally To Edge Moorefield

The Lady Yellow Jackets defended the Hive with a nine-point halftime advantage, but Southern Garrett found a way to penetrate the honeycomb scoring inside the paint causing it to crumble leading to a 50-48 victory rally on Friday night in Moorefield. “[We] Played good first half. Thought we should have[Read More…]

Wildcats Leave Moorefield Out in the Cold

Coming off winter break both teams struggled to break the ice on the rims combining for 50 missed field goals with the Yellow Jackets chipping away for a 17-14 halftime lead, but Pendleton County warmed up the hoop with late third quarter shooting as Moorefield became frigid during the Wildcats[Read More…]

2018 Hardy County General Election Results

Unofficial Results U.S. Senate Patrick Morrisey — 2,460 Joe Manchin, III — 1,870 U.S. House of Representatives Alex Mooney — 2,855 Talley Sergent — 1,418 State Senate Dave Sypolt — 2,755 Stephanie Zucker — 1,613 House of Delegates (Including Pendleton County) Jon Hof — 2,292 (+726) = 3,018 Isaac Sponaugle[Read More…]