January

• Francis Morgan voted president of the County Commission.
• Shepherdstown hires its first full-time zoning officer, John Mathews, who had previously held the job part-time.
• Jefferson County Planning Commission approves The Inn at Charles Town, a 150-room four-story hotel next to the racetrack.
• Jefferson County Board of Education announces that the new high school will be named “Washington High.” It is the first high school to be built in the county in 34 years. Its mascot will be the Patriots.

February

• Judge Gina Groh appointed to 23rd Circuit Court.
• Deputy Ronald Fletcher of the Jefferson County’s Sheriff Department is shot during a stand-off on Orchard Lane.
• Dr. Suzanne Shipley is announced as new president of Shepherd University—the first woman to hold the post.

March

• Over 400 teachers stage a walk-out of Jefferson County schools to protest low pay.
• Paul Raco is ousted as head of Jefferson County planning and zoning.
• Annexation of Windmill Crossing is denied by Jefferson County Commission.
• Shepherd University’s Sylvia Bailey Shurbutt is named West Virginia professor of the year.

April

• Harpers Ferry train station dedicated after four-year renovation by the National Park Service.
• Shepherdstown annexes 19 acres, making way for 64 proposed townhouses.
• Shenandoah Junction post office closes due to structural problems with building.
• Shepherd University students hold vigil for Virginia Tech shootings.

May

• First Lady Gayle Manchin visits Jefferson County.
• Rams kicker Ricky Schmitt signs with Arizona Cardinals.
• Jefferson County school bus with 54 students catches fire.
• James Addy retains seat as Mayor of Harpers Ferry.

June

• Referendum to allow table gaming in Jefferson County is defeated by a narrow margin.
• Shepherdstown and Charles Town set up wireless “mesh network” in their downtowns.
• Jefferson High School wins state baseball championship.
• Steven Nicols announces resignation as superintendent of Jefferson County Schools.
• County Commission votes to increase hotel/motel tax from 3 percent to 6 percent.

July

• Contemporary American Theater Festival trustee H. Alan Young resigns in protest over My Name is Rachel Corrie, chosen for performance at the 2007 festival.
• Old Standard Quarry fails in bid to be annexed by Charles Town and loses planning commission approval to develop site.
• Cases of Lyme disease in county rises.
• Over a two-month period, Shepherdstown town council members Cindy Cook, Frank Salzano, and Peter Wilson resign.
• Norm Thompson, which employs 150 people in Jefferson County, announces it is moving to Irving, Pa.
• President George W. Bush visits Eastern Panhandle.

August

• Judge Thomas W. Steptoe announces he will not seek re-election to Circuit Court in 2008.
• Three-judge panel rejects petition to remove Jefferson County Planning Commission member Todd Baldau.
• Ranson hires two new police officers.
• Kanawha County approves table-gaming referendum.
• Chief Curtis Keller pushed out of Shepherdstown Police Department.
• Jefferson County Commission gives 13.5 acres to Jefferson County Fair.

September

• Office Terry Bellomy is appointed acting police chief in Shepherdstown.
• Former Shepherd University softball coach David Trail files wrongful termination lawsuit.
• Potomac Appalachian Transmission Highline (PATH) power line project announced.
• Interim session of West Virginia legislature takes place in Eastern Panhandle.

October

• Fifth annual American Conservation Film Festival held in Shepherdstown.
• City of Charles Town wins a West Virginia Supreme Court case ruling that is has a right to annex parcels of land, contrary to wishes of Jefferson County Commission.
• New Jefferson County school districts announced.

November

• Draft zoning ordinance unveiled by county; six public hearings are scheduled.
• 12 cases of “community MRSA” are reported in Jefferson County.
• Supreme Court rules that Charles Town can annex Windmill Crossing.
• Shepherd Rams Football Team finish regular season with 9–1 record and win first playoff game.
• W.Va. State Trooper Linn, 25, dies in a car crash while responding to a call to assist a fellow trooper in Kearneysville.
• Water main leak shuts down Shepherdstown over Thanksgiving weekend; residents question town efforts to publicize “boil advisory.”

December

• Shepherd Rams Football team loses playoff game to California, Pa.