by Kate Evans Public health officials on Monday released rules about when face masks could be required in local schools as they reopen. In a public letter, Berkeley-Morgan County Health Department Health Officer Dr. Kevin McLaughlin said mask wearing will be “universal” in all private and public schools in Morgan and Berkeley Counties when COVID […]

A Hancock, Md. medical practice got more COVID vaccine than they ordered and are now offering the shots to anyone in the area over the age of 18. Dr. Matt Hahn of Riverbend Family Medicine said Friday his practice got 400 doses of the Moderna vaccine rather than the 100 doses they had ordered. He […]

Massive uncertainty by Jim Buzzerd It was nearly two weeks ago that news broke that Texas and Oklahoma wanted out of the Big 12 to be able to join the Southeastern Conference. Last Monday a statement was issued by both schools. The statement read: The University of Oklahoma and The University of Texas at Austin […]

Mamie Ruth Bradshaw 1938-2021 Mamie Ruth (Mellott) Bradshaw, age 82, of Warfordsburg, Pa., passed away on Friday, July 30, 2021 at Doey’s House, in Hagerstown, Md. Born August 15, 1938, in Fulton County, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Ross and Florence (Miller) Mellott. She was the widow of Donald R. Bradshaw, whom […]

Margaret Virginia Federline Margaret Virginia (Shockey) Federline, age 74, passed away on June 18, 2021 in Daytona Beach, Florida after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. She graduated from Berkeley Springs High School as valedictorian in 1964 and from West Virginia University in 1968 with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology, where she was […]

Patricia Rogers Menhennick 1938-2021 Patricia Rogers Menhennick, age 83, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Thursday, July 15, 2021 at Winchester Medical Center. Born May 10, 1938 in Washington, D.C., she was the daughter of the late Philip Newell and Grace Marie Willard Rogers. She was a Christian. Patricia was a graduate of Northwest D.C. […]

Richard Arthur Jenkinson, Jr. 1948-2021 Richard Arthur “Rick” Jenkinson, Jr., age 73, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 at Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Martinsburg, W.Va. Born January 23, 1948 in Rochester, N.Y., he was the son of the late Richard Arthur Jenkinson, Sr. and the late Emily Helen Glanton Jenkinson. […]

Roland Elwood Shambaugh, Sr. 1934-2021 Roland Elwood Shambaugh, Sr. age 86, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va. died on July 31, 2021 at Berkeley Medical Center. Born November 22, 1934 in Magnolia, W.Va. he was the son of the late Vernon William and Lillian Frances Parker Shambaugh. Roland was a member of Berkeley Springs Church of Christ. […]

Paw Paw’s town council rounded out their numbers on Tuesday, August 3, appointing two residents to fill council seats left empty after their June municipal election. The town ballot was two member shy earlier this summer, and those who were elected got the job of picking who would serve alongside them. John Pritchard, who ran […]

by Trish Rudder   The Community Back to School Bash will be held on August 13 between 5-7 p.m. at the Warm Springs Intermediate School to ensure all Morgan County students have the supplies they need. School supplies are needed for all grades from Elmer’s Glue Sticks to dry erase markers to 3-ring binders – “Trapper […]