Staff at Hancock Middle-Senior High School on Tuesday confirmed they were aware of a threat made against their school and students on social media, and had reported that threat to the appropriate law enforcement and school agencies. Numerous Washington County Sheriff’s Department patrol vehicles were seen parked in spots at the front of the school […]

QB Race by Jim Buzzerd A couple weeks ago, I tossed out my thoughts on the race for the starting quarterback position for the 2022 West Virginia University football team. With little factual information to go on at the very beginning of spring practice, I had redshirt freshman Will Crowder in the lead with redshirt […]

The Herbert A. Young Scholarship fund is seeking donations for their annual scholarship that will be given to a senior member of the Hancock High School Band. Young was a long time band teacher at the school from 1965 until 1990. Herbert Young The scholarship was designed to honor the memory of Young’s 52-year career […]

by Trish Rudder Two dozen volunteers helped with the clean up on the North Berkeley Rail Trail (NBRT) last Saturday, April 9, as part of the “Make It Shine” yearly event in the Town of Bath. David O’Connell, who heads up Friends of the rail trail organization, said the volunteers collected 60 bags of trash, […]

by Kate Evans The Morgan County Partnership received a $1.5 million grant award from the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE) for opioid and substance use disorder prevention in vulnerable children and families.  Their goal is breaking the cycle of intergenerational addiction and overdose.     Project Resilience: Addressing ACEs in Appalachia will provide a “new […]

The West Virginia Division of Forestry (WVDOF) announced that the sign-up period for the Forest Stewardship Program began today, April 6. Landowners in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed region, which includes Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral, Morgan and Pendleton counties, are encouraged to apply. The  Program assists landowners with the management of the forest on […]

by Jamie Harris Donovan Tanouye placed sixth in the 800 meters. Priscilla Corbin was first with a jump of 12’7”. The Paw Paw High School Track and Field Teams was back in action last week with a meet at Keyser on Thursday, April 7. The Lady Pirates finished in fourth place with 17.50 points. Frankfort […]

The last day to register to vote in the May 10 primary or to update a voter registration is next Tuesday, April 19. Early voting begins on April 27 and continues through May 7 in the Morgan County Clerk’s office in the county courthouse. Voters will take to polling places to cast ballots on Tuesday, […]

by Jamie Harris The Berkeley Springs High School Baseball Team traveled to Spring Mills for a contest with the Cardinals on Tuesday, April 5. Berkeley Springs jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Spring Mills rallied back with three runs in the bottom of the first to take a […]

by Trish Rudder The lone bidder for the Berkeley Springs Train Depot renovations, Building Systems of Hagerstown, Md., submitted a bid of $299,750  for the interior work inside the historic depot building on the north end of town. That bid was $77,000 over the budgeted amount of $220,000, Town of Bath Recorder, Susan Webster, said […]