Category Election 2024

HANCOCK COUNTY VOTES in RECORD NUMBERS

Hancock County voters went to the polls in record numbers in the 2024 General Election with 65.99 percent of registered voters voting. A total of 8,956 went to the polls election day with 3,624 early voting. Absentee voters numbered 513. Only one Democrat on the…

AND THEN AGAIN……………by Tamara Pettit

Elections……they bring out the worst in us. Rarely, do they bring out the best. While our focus is on the National race for President and the search for corruption in that race, West Virginia has its own long history of dirty tricks in elections and…

AND THEN AGAIN……………..by Tamara Pettit

……….The New Cumberland Lions Club Halloween Party is tomorrow (Thursday) night at 7:15 p.m. right after the trick or treat concludes. It was my favorite part of a holiday I did not embrace nor could I ever figure out a way to get right. It’s…

Opinion: West Virginia elections are the best run in America

By Diana Cromley, president of WVACo, the WV Association of Counties I’m a West Virginia County Clerk, the County Clerk from Mason County, to be exact.  For 31 years, I along with my staff have coordinated the free and fair elections in Mason County, all races…

HANCOCK COUNTY DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS OPEN

 The Hancock County Democratic Headquarters located at 340l Penna. Ave., Weirton, WV (behind Vince Gurrera’s Office) was opened on October 15, 2024.        Candidates’ signs are there, as well as other materials.  The hours for the Headquarter are as follows:  Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday…

AMENDMENT ONE ADDRESSES ASSISTED SUICIDE

When voters go to the polls, they will find a Constitutional Amendment that has flown under the radar when it comes to voter attention or education. Amendment One to the WV Constitution addresses assisted suicide. The Amendment’s title is “Protection of Persons against medically assisted…

EARLY VOTING BEGINS WED. OCT 23

West Virginia voters will be able to cast their votes at the Hancock County Courthouse beginning Wed. October 23rd. The Courthouse will be open for Early Voting during regular business hours Monday through Friday and Saturday, October 26 through Saturday, November 2. Election Day is…

SHELTERED WORKSHOP LEVY UP FOR RENEWAL

Hancock County voters will have the opportunity to renew the Hancock County Sheltered Workshop Levy in the upcoming election. The Workshop was founded in 1958 and County voters have approved every Levy that has come before them since 1992. Michael Hagg, executive director of the…

AND THEN AGAIN…………..by Tamara Pettit

……I cringed when I heard the subject of this week’s sermon in Church: the upcoming election.  I am a staunch believer in the separation of Church and State. We are very clear in our Constitution’s First Amendment that there be a separation of Church and State.…