Martinsburg

Civil rights trailblazer J. R. Clifford died on October 6, 1933, at age 85. He served in an African American unit during the Civil War and founded Martinsburg’s Pioneer Press, the first black-owned newspaper in West Virginia.

The city of Martinsburg elected its first female mayor this week.Harriet Johnson, a Democrat, received 564 votes – a little more than 35 percent of the…

The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia is investigating the treatment of several protesters recently arrested by the Martinsburg Police…

A federal appeals court has vacated part of a finding that cleared five West Virginia police officers on qualified immunity grounds in an excessive force…

Seven companies have been named in a lawsuit related to the contamination of a West Virginia city’s water supply from firefighting foam.The lawsuit filed…

West Virginia University Medicine on Wednesday opened drive-thru coronavirus testing sites for pre-screened patients.The sites will be in Morgantown,…

With the help of the son of a famous televangelist, Gov. Jim Justice plugged a proposal for counties in Virginia to join West Virginia. The pitch for…

The Clorox Company says it plans to build a new manufacturing facility that would employ 100 workers in West Virginia.Company officials told The Journal…

Two incidents in the Eastern Panhandle that occurred over the Christmas holiday have seen some resolution.On Dec. 21, a train derailed in Harpers Ferry…

Statesman Newton Baker died in Cleveland on Christmas Day 1937 at age 66. The Martinsburg native earned a law degree in 1894 and practiced law briefly in…