by Kate Shunney A development company has asked Morgan County planners to review their plans for a 48-acre, 173-site campground just east of Great Cacapon below the Panorama Overlook. The owner of the property is listed as Two Rivers Land Co. LLC of Berkeley Springs and the developer of record is Scenic LLC, also of […]

Now in its 108th year of publishing local news of Hancock, The Hancock News has added a digital edition to serve readers better, both near and far. The News will continue to print and distribute the paper version of the paper each week as usual. Readers will now be able to subscribe to read the Wednesday […]

by Lisa Schauer & Kate Shunney Members of Warm Springs Public Service District met last Friday, May 13 in the Morgan County Courthouse to discuss and approve various sewage plans and projects underway in the county. On their agenda was discussion of a request for the public utility to extend their lines in Great Cacapon […]

by Geoff Fox The town’s new second well is up and running but a pump at the well has already gone down. Councilman Roland Lanehart, Jr. said the pump that usually goes down every couple months went down recently but has been replaced already. Lanehart also told town officials a reducer had to be placed […]

Special school levy narrowly renewed in low-turnout primary by Kate Shunney Morgan County Commissioner Bill Clark is the apparent winner of a Republican primary race for the Morgan County Commission. Clark, who served more than a year as an appointed commissioner, beat out political newcomer Gary “G.W.” Easton in a close race. Preliminary election totals […]

The big groundhog was well hidden among the bean plants. A young boy peered through the 4-power scope on his older brother’s .22 rifle. The bean patch the groundhog was destroying was not a novelty or hobby. The boy’s father, with help from the rest of the family, worked hard to grow lots of delicious […]

by Trish Rudder The Humane Society of Morgan County, the county’s only no-kill animal shelter, needs to build a new facility on its property and has until March 2024 to do it. That’s because it has sold .27 acres of its property, a small portion of its property on U.S. 522 South to Caperton Furniture […]

by Kate Shunney Working 10 feet off the ground to brush red paint across one of the stripes of the American flag, Kelsie Lilly gets startled by the honks of passing cars and trucks. For weeks she has turned the plain brick side of the American Legion Post 128 in Paw Paw into a vibrantly-colored […]

by Geoff Fox Town officials have begun discussions to set up an election board that was already supposed to exist. The motion was made and discussion started by Councilman Roland Lanehart, Jr. Mayor Tim Smith said he would cover it at the next meeting on June 7, but has to make contact first with proper […]

Ruby “Ramona” Creek 1938-2022 Ruby “Ramona” Creek, age 84, of Hancock, Md., passed away on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at her home, surrounded by her loved ones and under the care of Hospice of Washington County. Born February 16, 1938, at home, in Washington County, Md., she was the daughter of the late Calvin and […]