Work makes way for interior restoration by Trish Rudder Contractors removing asbestos materials from the historic Berkeley Springs train depot at the north end of town are expected to wrap up work by the end of this week. Safeco Services, Inc. of Dilliner, Pa., the environmental firm hired to remove the hazardous materials such as […]

by Kate Evans Update: The Morgan County Board of Education on Tuesday, February 15 voted 5-0 to lift their mask mandate for students and staff, making masks optional in classrooms and on school buses and in school facilities. As the story states below, this policy was up for discussion on the school board’s agenda. As […]

by Geoff Fox Hancock Mayor Tim Smith announced at last week’s council meeting that Councilwoman Misty Cubbage has resigned from her town seat. Misty Cubbage. Smith said he received a resignation letter before the meeting, and has been informed the letter was  coming. Cubbage was not in attendance at the February 8 meeting due to […]

Diana Kay Gibbs 1953-2022 Diana Kay Gibbs, age 68, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at her home while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born April 1, 1953 in Cherokee, Okla., she was the daughter of the late John Clarke Duncan and Opal Mae Varnell Dooty of Medford, […]

Anna McClure Russell 1949-2022 Anna McClure Russell, age 72, died on January 27, 2022 in Charlotte, N.C., after a brief illness. She was born in Salem, W.Va., on October 10, 1949 to the late Elmer and Pauline (Allen) McClure. She is survived by her husband of 52 years James Russell of Charlotte, N.C.; one son […]

Juanita Kay Saville 1947-2022 Juanita Kay Saville, 74, of Cresaptown, passed away peacefully at her son Clinton Saville’s home in Berkeley Springs on Sunday, February 6, 2022. She had been under hospice care for the last month. Juanita was born December 15, 1947. In addition to her parents, Beulah Rexrode and George McGhee, Juanita is […]

Jose Alberto Delcid 1960-2022 Jose Alberto Delcid, 61, of Paw Paw, West Virginia passed away Saturday, February 12, 2022 at his home. He was born July 27, 1960 in El Salvador, and was the son of Ernesto Zepeda of El Salvador and the late Catalina Delcid Zepeda. On May 3, 1993 he married Bessie Louise […]

Ida Mae Kidwell 1932-2022 Ida Mae Kidwell, 89, of Paw Paw, West Virginia, and a patient at Blue Ridge Hospice in Winchester, Virginia, went to her heavenly home on Tuesday, February 8, 2022. She was born October 17, 1932 at Kiefer, Maryland and was the daughter of the late Michael Joseph Crane and Margie Susan […]

Marion Joan Reich Thomas 1934-2022 Marion Joan Reich Thomas 1934-2022 Marion Joan Reich Thomas, 87, of Hancock, Maryland, passed peacefully at home on Saturday, February 12, 2022, surrounded by her family. Born on March 9, 1934, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Charles “Jerry” and Edna Mae Reich, she was the oldest of three children. She grew up in […]

Delores June Householder 1941-2022 Delores June Householder, 80, of Paw Paw, West Virginia passed away Friday, February 11, 2022 at War Memorial Hospital in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. She was born October 23, 1941 and was the daughter of the late Nathan Delbert Crouse and Goldie Viola (Parlett) Crouse. She married Charles Leon Householder on […]