Bowl game and basketball warning by Jim Buzzerd The West Virginia University football team accepted an invitation to play Minnesota in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl on December 28 in Phoenix. Game time for those of us not attending will be 10:15 P.M. eastern time on ESPN. Interestingly, this will be the first ever matchup between […]

Alaira Harrington runs the ball down the court.photo by Lori Younker by Jamie Harris Last Thursday night, December 2, the Berkeley Springs Lady Indians varsity basketball team opened their season at home. Berkeley Springs hosted the East Hardy Cougars in front of a pumped up home crowd. The Lady Indians got off to a fast […]

by Josiah Cork WV News Hunters in West Virginia tagged over 11,000 deer on the first day of firearm buck season, which will likely increase, since hunters have three days to register harvested game. After the first day of the much-awaited firearm buck season, the deer harvest seems to be running about the same as […]

by Geoff Fox A public hearing to determine if a piece of town owned property on the east end of town has been postponed until January due to the timing of Public Notice advertisements in The Hancock News. A second hearing on the town’s competitive bids was held prior to the November 23 town meeting. […]

Santa Claus and his Mrs. were pulled by their glowing reindeer down Winchester Street during Paw Paw’s annual Christmas parade.Paw Paw’s Parade Committee put on their annual Christmas parade along Winchester Street on Sunday, December 5.  Floats and parade entries included local fire and EMS units, police, the Paw Paw Marching Band, church floats,  Nativity […]

by Trish Rudder More than 2,000 people attended the 5th Annual Winter Fest Parade on Saturday, December 4. As the sun set, it was good parade weather – still in the 40s with a slight breeze. “Kids” from toddlers to grandparents lined Washington Street in downtown Berkeley Spring to watch the 40-plus entries parade down […]

by Kate Shunney Two of three Morgan County Commissioners voted last week to shift the county’s phone systems from landlines to a Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) system next spring. Commissioners Sean Forney and Bill Clark approved a proposal from Document Solutions to transition phones in the courthouse, Sheriff’s Department and other county offices to […]

Hancock’s Lions Club will host their annual community Christmas dinner on Saturday, December 18 at the American Legion. Dinners will be cooked and packaged up for drive-thru pickup only at the Legion building, located at 240 East Main Street. No reservations are necessary. Dinners will be given out starting at 11 a.m. and will be […]

There is an old saying that goes something like, “If you keep doing what you’ve always done, you’ll keep getting what you’ve always gotten.” While this holds true for many situations in life, it is definitely true when it comes to hunting. Many hunters, myself included, love the nostalgia and traditions associated with hunting. We […]

Betty Lu Washburn 1935-2021 Betty Lu Washburn, age 86, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Saturday, December 4, 2021 at her home. Born November 12, 1935 in Orange, Va., she was the daughter of the late Tyler Patrick and Mildred Thompson Estes. She was a high school graduate and also earned a bachelor’s degree. Betty […]