2010 Slams Clarke with Arctic Blast

Clarke County was slammed by some of the coldest air in decades this week with temperatures dipping to 5 degrees in parts of the county on Saturday night. Strong winds that began on New Year’s Day continued throughout the weekend with gusts reaching 44 MPH near Mount Weather on Saturday night. The frigid temperatures combined [...]

Zorn Fired by Redskins

Jim Zorn is no longer head coach of the Washington Redskins. According to the team’s website “the Redskins have relieved Zorn of his duties as head coach”. The news ends months of speculation about the team’s leadership and follows last night’s disappointing loss to the San Diego Chargers. The Redskins end the season with a [...]

The Virginia Department of Forestry Records First Easement in Clarke County

The Virginia Department of Forestry (VDOF) recorded its first conservation easement in Clarke County on Dec. 1, 2009.  Mike and Evelyn Walker donated to the VDOF a working forest easement protecting 230 acres on Taylors Hill, east of Berryville.  Overlooking the Shenandoah River, the easement limits future development, conserving a large block of forestland in [...]

School Board Elects Bouffault Chairperson in Split Vote

The Clarke County School Board’s first session of 2010 was packed with citizens despite the cold temperature on Monday night. Many citizens spoke in opposition to several books being used in the International Baccalaureate instructional program. The School Board also elected its leadership for the coming year and developed a tentative schedule for moving forward [...]

Clarke County Little League Registration

The first walk-in registration for Clarke County Little League will occur this Saturday, January 9th at the Rec Center from 9am to 1pm.
Remaining dates to register in person are:

Saturday, January 16th, 9am to 1pm, Rec Center
Wednesday, January 20th, 5pm to 7pm, Rec Center
Saturday, January 23rd, 9am to 1pm, Rec Center
Wednesday, January 27th, 5pm to 7pm, [...]

Overall Traffic Fatalities Down in Virginia For 2009

Once again, Virginia experienced a decline in traffic fatalities ending the year with a reported 750 deaths across the Commonwealth. The fatality count includes the deaths of 70 pedestrians. The 2009 preliminary number is significantly lower than in 2008 in which 821 individuals lost their lives due to traffic crashes.
“The decline in traffic fatalities for [...]

Obituary for Walter Harrison Bursey Jr.

Walter H. “Sonny” Bursey, Jr., 76, of Stephens City, Virginia, died Saturday, January 2, 2010, in Winchester Medical Center.
Mr. Bursey was born in 1933, in Winchester, Virginia, the son of the late Walter H. and Mary E. Bursey. He was a retired Loan Officer with Farmers and Merchants Bank then BB&T Bank, having served [...]

More Snow for Clarke?

The National Weather Service is forecasting more snow and cold for Clarke beginning Thursday night into Friday. Winds behind the storm will shift to a gusty 30+ mph from the northwest driving temperatures into the low teens. Sound familiar? While there are no forecasts (as of yet anyway) for another major snowstorm residents of Clarke [...]

Redskins Name Shanahan as New Head Coach

It’s official. The Washington Redskins have named Mike Shanahan as seventh head coach of the Daniel Snyder Dynasty. Ending months of speculation about the team’s leadership Shanahan will also hold the title of Vice President of Football Operations with full control over player personnel and player selection strategy.
Shanahan is highly respected in the NFL [...]

Route 7 West Reopens after Truck Accident

A tractor-trailer crash shortly after 12:30pm on westbound Route 7 in Clarke County near Pine Grove was still snarling rush-hour traffic at 7:00pm. The semi-tractor trailer apparently jack-knifed temporarily blocking both lanes of westbound traffic. Motorists traveling into Clarke County were initially detoured through Pine Grove just after the accident occurred. Police were later able [...]