by Kate Evans The Morgan County School Board approved the following personnel changes at their November 15 meeting: Mark Landis was hired as a Berkeley Springs High School social studies teacher, the effective date to be determined. Libby Riley was employed as a Warm Springs Middle School sixth grade teacher[Read More…]
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William Eugene Lewis
William Eugene Lewis 1949-2022 William Eugene Lewis, 73, of Paw Paw, West Virginia passed away Monday, November 21, 2022 at his home. He was born July 21, 1949 at Romney, West Virginia and was the son of the late William Davis Lewis and Sarah Rachael Corbin Lewis. He was a[Read More…]
Annette B. Webb
Annette B. Webb 1962-2022 Annette Biggert Webb, 60, passed away on November 16, 2022 at the Hospice of the Panhandle in Kearneysville, W.Va., with her husband of 24 years, Jerry Lynn Webb, by her side. She was born on July 9, 1962 in Winchester, Va., to Donna Oates Biggert Selby[Read More…]
Margie E. Starliper
Margie E. Starliper 1945-2022 If you were lucky enough to know this beautiful lady we want to share with you that Margie E. (Fox) Starliper, 77, of Hedgesville, W.Va., passed away on November 22, 2022 at Winchester Medical Center. Born July 14, 1945 in Martinsburg, she was the daughter of[Read More…]
Gloria Graham Edmonson
Gloria Graham Edmonson On Monday, November 14, 2022, Gloria Graham Edmonson, beloved wife of the late Glenwood Marvin Edmonson (married 57 years) passed away. She is survived by her devoted children, Eileen Edmonson of Hyattsville, Md. and Neal Edmonson of Washington, D.C., and a host of loving relatives and friends.[Read More…]
Elton Eugene Ensor, Sr.
Elton Eugene Ensor, Sr. 1925-2022 Elton Eugene Ensor, Sr., 97, passed away Friday, November 25, 2022, at his home in Warfordsburg, Pa. Born February 8, 1925, in Baltimore, Md., he was the son of the late Noah and Ethel (Little) Ensor, and the widower of Thelma Vivian Ensor. He proudly[Read More…]
Chip Shots – Limbo
Limbo by Jim Buzzerd It’s early Tuesday morning and West Virginia University has yet to announce the hiring of a new athletic director to replace Shane Lyons who departed a week ago amid building turmoil surrounding head football coach Neal Brown. As the football team struggled this fall at times[Read More…]
Seniors Gabriel Clark & Isaac Harris ready to lead Indians Wrestling in 2022-2023 season
Last high school wrestling season, the Berkeley Springs Indians qualified seven wrestlers to the Class A/AA State Wrestling Championships in Huntington. Four of those seven earned all-state honors and three of the four return back to the Indians line up this winter. Berkeley Springs enters the 2022-2023 wrestling season with[Read More…]
Unfilled school positions impact student learning, staff coverage across county
by Kate Evans Morgan County Schools is in great need of teachers and substitutes in every category of positions, from professional, service personnel, short-term and long-term substitute teachers. School Superintendent Kristen Tuttle said the county needs substitute aides, bus drivers, cooks, secretaries, nurses and custodians along with teachers. School vacancies[Read More…]
Morgan County EMS nationally recognized
Morgan County EMS has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® EMS Silver Plus award for its commitment to offering rapid and research-based care to people experiencing the most severe form of heart attacks, ultimately saving lives. Each year, more than 250,000 people experience a type of heart attack known[Read More…]
