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Teen found by bloodhound in daylong search

by Kate Shunney A 14-year-old boy who had gone missing from his New Hope area home on Sunday was found by a police bloodhound and his handler late Monday afternoon following a widespread search by multiple police agencies and members of the public. The teen was suffering from exposure to[Read More…]

Brick pathway planned for German Cemetery

by Trish Rudder A brick walkway using historic pavers from the old brick roadway on Fairfax Street is being planned for the German Cemetery. At the March 5 Bath Town Council meeting, the council unanimously  approved the Foxglove Garden Club request to use the pavers for the historic cemetery between[Read More…]

Judge sentences man for delivering deadly drugs

Circuit Judge Debra McLaughlin handed down sentences and accepted pleas in a variety of felony and misdemeanor cases in Morgan County Circuit Court in recent months. Judge McLaughlin sentenced a man found guilty in a January jury trial of delivering a controlled substance that caused the death of a local[Read More…]

Cacapon State Park Foundation wins award for mountain bike trail development

The Cacapon State Park Foundation (Foundation) has been selected as the recipient of the 2023 Coalition for Recreational Trails (CRT) Award for Trail Construction and Design. The Foundation secured grants, including the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) Trail Accelerator grant, leading to the professional development of the Rock & Roll[Read More…]

School Superintendent offers her resignation to school board

by Kate Evans Morgan County Schools Superintendent Kristen Tuttle on Tuesday night offered her resignation as Superintendent  to the Morgan County School Board. The announcement took place at the March 5 regular school board meeting. Tuttle’s announcement came after a mid-meeting executive session about personnel. The resignation would take effect[Read More…]

Boil water alert lifted after repairs to broken water line

by Trish Rudder Berkeley Springs Water Works (BSWW), the town-owned water department issued a notice on Thursday, February 29 that the boil water alert was lifted for those customers affected by the water line break on Monday, February 26. The customers involved were in the areas of U.S. 522 South[Read More…]

Smith named Community Champion

Nikki Bowman Mills, editor of WV Living magazine, stands with Travel Berkeley Springs director Laura Smith, who received a regional award from WV Living magazine recently. The award recognized her work as the county’s lead tourism director and promoter of all things Berkeley Springs. “When the time came for someone[Read More…]

Bath answers State Historic Preservation Office concerns

by Trish Rudder A letter dated February 9 from Town of Bath Mayor Scott Merki to Susan Pierce at the West Virginia State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) was discussed at the February 21 Bath Town Council meeting. Merki said the letter was “to right the ship, more or less.” The[Read More…]

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