Morgan County Commissioners were faced with nearly $600,000 in requests for money from the county’s Hotel/Motel fund for the 2026 Fiscal Year, and settled on a budget of $425,000 to pay for recreation, arts and historical projects locally.
Morgan County collects a 6% lodging tax paid by guests at local hotels, inns and short-term rental properties outside the municipal limits. Half of that tax goes to Travel Berkeley Springs for tourism promotion efforts, while the…
