2022-01-20 E-Edition

Court Stops County’s GOP Inspection Of Voting Equipment


An elections special meeting for an inspection of Fulton County’s voting machines was abruptly cancelled Friday when the state Supreme Court issued a stay, putting the inspection on hold until the court reaches a final decision. County commissioners Stuart Ulsh, Randy Bunch and Paula Shives and elections director Patti Hess were all in attendance to oversee the inspection by Envoy […]

County Faces Second Lawsuit Over Right-To-Know Compliance



A government watchdog organization is the latest group to sue Fulton County over information related to an off-the-books 2020 election review and has asked a court to order the release of all information requested as part of an open records request. In a lawsuit filed last week, Washington D.C.-based American Oversight says Fulton County has released some information requested as […]

Medical Center Announces COVID Updates

New cases total 194 over 7-day reporting period

Last week, the U.S Supreme Court chose to uphold the Medicare & Medicaid Services vaccine mandate that had been blocked by a federal judge in December. Fulton County Medical Center (FCMC) President and CEO Mike Makosky reported that all healthcare workers must be fully vaccinated by Feb. 28 or have an approved medical or religious exemption. Due to the continuing […]

County Commissioners Reorganize For 2022

Make committee, board appointments

The county Board of Commissioners spent a portion of its first weekly meeting of 2022 held Jan. 4 reorganizing for the new year. Commissioners Stuart Ulsh, Randy Bunch and Paula Shives will continue to meet every Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. at the commissioners’ office, 116 West Market St., McConnellsburg. The salary and retirement boards will also meet on Tuesday mornings. […]

Why Lie To Me? Senate Race Rivals Attack Carpetbaggery



HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – The title of “Pennsylvanian,” may not carry quite the cachet of declarations of fighting socialists or getting tough on China, but it’s increasingly the go-to weapon for Republican primary candidates in one of the nation’s premier U.S. Senate contests. A wide-open race for the swing-state seat being vacated by two-term Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania […]

Urges Countians To Get Vaccinated

To The Editor: As a former Fulton County resident who still considers the “News” to be his hometown paper, I am reading with increasing alarm about the disproportionate number of infections and deaths from COVID-19 in the county. The rates are so much higher than where I now live in Montgomery County and the Philadelphia metro area. And it looks […]

Deeply Held Beliefs Rooted In Disinformation, Distrust, Lies, Threaten Democracy

To The Editor: For 50 years now, I’ve been farming in south-central Pennsylvania and every weekend I return to the Washington area and my home in Takoma Park, Md. As I travel through Hagerstown, Chambersburg, Frederick and Harrisburg on farm business, I listen to the local talk show stations and the political messaging of Christian radio. Sadly, conspiracy beliefs can […]

House Votes For GOP-favored Congressional Redistricting Plan



HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – A plan to redraw lines for Pennsylvania’s congressional districts to account for a decade of population shifts passed the state House on Wednesday with a partisan vote that signaled lawmakers face more redistricting work ahead. Two suburban Philadelphia Republicans joined every Democrat in voting against the proposal that would reshuffle the state to take into account […]

County Weather Forecast


Looks like another cold front will bring a chance of some snow Wednesday night and Thursday and usher in colder weather again. High temperatures only in the 20s Friday and Saturday and dropping to the single digits at night. Not much warmer weather is foreseen for the remainder of January and the beginning of February. Temperatures may not even get […]