by Kate Evans Morgan County Schools students, staff and visitors will be required to wear face masks  during the week of August 23 since the levels of community COVID-19 transmission are high. The weekly total of new COVID-19 cases in Morgan County for the week of August 13-19 was 54 cases, according to the Morgan […]

Editor’s note: This story was updated at 7:50 p.m. to add additional details about the apprehension of the subject. Area police have found a Virginia man who stole a Morgan County Sheriff’s cruiser at roughly 12:30 p.m. today, Thursday, August 19 and eluded officers, hiding out in a wooded area near Spielman Road, Eppinger Road […]

by Kate Evans Due to the recent surge in the Delta variant of COVID-19, Morgan County Schools students, staff and visitors will wear face masks on buses, in school buildings and in areas where social distancing is limited when new community COVID-19 cases are at a substantial to high level. The mask mandate came from […]

by Lisa Schauer “If you can see outside, you’re making power. If you can see a shadow, you’re making a lot of power,” explains Mike McKechnie, president and founder of Mountain View Solar. That’s what he tells his customers and prospects when asked about the reliability of solar power in cloudy weather. Mike McKechnie, president […]

Mountaineers open in 17 days by Jim Buzzerd First, a brief update on the latest round of conference realignment, or, perhaps more accurately, the pending realignment. All we know for sure is that Texas and Oklahoma are going to the Southeastern Conference after the 2024 season, but we are also reasonably certain that both schools […]

by Jamie Harris The 2021 Berkeley Springs High School cross country will be under the guidance of a new head coach. Ian Helmick, a long-time teacher for Warm Springs Middle and Berkeley Springs High School, takes over the reins after spending last season as an assistant. Helmick previously coached at Paw Paw for 13 years. […]

by Kate Shunney Bill Valentine, the town’s temporary advisor employed by Greenwill Consulting, told Hancock officials that several of their current management problems have been caused by a lack of clear policy and procedures in some areas of town government. Town officials have said they are struggling to track and manage an array of grant […]

by Kate Evans Recent welcome rains may have helped the area avert a serious dry spell.  However, according to the United States Drought Monitor Classification system, the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, along with much of the state, is classified right now as abnormally dry — the lowest level of drought. Data is current as […]

Helpers from the Hope Community Church in Berkeley Springs gather folders and other supplies to fill a student backpack during the August 12 school supply drive. Volunteers fill giveaway bags with donated tomatoes, corn and other local produce on August 13. Families got a fresh food bag during the Back to School Bash in Berkeley […]

by Geoff Fox Preservation Maryland set out last year to uncover the mysterious location a fort in Hancock that has disappeared to the annals of history. Fort Tonoloway was built in 1755 to protect the area that would become Hancock against Native American attacks. While this sign at the intersection of Rt. 144 and Locher […]