Artificial Intelligence Platform for Educational Staff The Hardy County Board of Education is requesting sealed proposals from qualified vendors to provide an artificial intelligence (AI) platform designed to support educators and administrators. The platform shall provide AI-powered tools to assist with lesson planning, instructional resource development, assessment creation, communication, differentiation, professional productivity, and other educational […]

Notice of Administration to Creditors, Distributees & Legatees Notice is hereby given that the following estate(s) have been opened for probate in the Hardy County Clerk’s Office at 204 Washington Street, Moorefield, WV 26836‑0200. Any person seeking to impeach or establish a will must make a complaint in accordance with the provisions of West Virginia […]

LEGAL NOTICE Town of Moorefield PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Planning Commission of the Town of Moorefield will hold a public hearing on the proposed adoption of the Town of Moorefield Comprehensive Plan. The public hearing will be held on August 6, 2026, at 5:30 p.m. at the Moorefield Town […]

One could be forgiven for confusion. Smaller banks are often swallowed by bigger banks. In this case, however, Grant County Bank will continue into the future both financially strong, and independent. It will simply move forward with the name Highlands Bank. “We’ve been here since 1902,” related Scotty Miley, Chief Executive Officer. “In 1903, the […]

TRUSTEE’S SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE The undersigned Trustee, by virtue of the authority vested in him by that certain Deed of Trust dated June 18, 2025, and duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Hardy County, West Virginia, in Deed of Trust Book 359, at Page 130, Ashley […]

Last week at an awards luncheon honoring female veterans Maria Saunders, a 15-year veteran of the United States Army and West Virginia State Chaplain for the Veterans of Foreign Wars, shared her story of trauma and pain. Through her time in the military, she experienced the loss by suicide of three comrades-in-arms. The trauma in […]

Coverage of the development of data centers in West Virginia has generated a great deal of discussion over their role and impact, but little has been reported as of yet about their expected revenue benefits to local government. One of the fears that some share about their development in West Virginia comes from the history […]

By Stephen Smoot Before Irish and German railway workers toiled to extend the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad through the mountains of Western Virginia, it was there. When Lieutenant General Jubal Early marched quickly from Moorefield with 5,000 Confederates and drove Union forces away from Fort Mulligan, it was already a more than two decade old […]

By: Charles OwensFor: Bluefield Daily Telegraph Bluefield — A sweltering heat wave will impact much of the region over the next several days, according to forecasters. A heat advisory has already been issued by the National Weather Service for a number of counties, including McDowell, Wyoming, Buchanan, Northwest Raleigh and Northwest Fayette, and more counties […]