by Kate Shunney
Closing out two years of negotiations, planning and financial preparations, the Morgan County Building Commission on Monday officially purchased the former Ranking Fitness Center in Berkeley Springs to create a county-owned fitness and wellness center. 
In the Morgan County Commission meeting room on March 17, attorneys, county officials, a USDA representative and former property owner Kelly Rankin gathered to close on the sale.
Eric Lyda, President of the Morgan County Building Authority,…
