Maryland Department of Labor (Labor) Secretary Tiffany P. Robinson has announced that the state’s 32 American Job Centers (AJCs), which served thousands of job seekers and businesses virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic, are now reopening physical locations to provide in-person services. Western Maryland has three job centers to serve the region’s residents. “At a time […]

by Trish Rudder & Kate Shunney Morgan County Commissioner Sean Forney will meet with the Bath Town Council at its July 27 meeting to request the town extend its public water system south along U.S. 522. Councilman Chris Chapman said Forney met with the town’s water committee on July 12 regarding a proposed water line […]

Morgan County Circuit Judge Debra McLaughlin sentenced Berkeley Springs resident Robert D. Golden Jr., 53, of Tower Circle, to 11-50 years in prison following his conviction for multiple drug dealing charges and a weapons charge stemming from an investigation by the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department in 2020. In May, Golden had pled guilty to three […]

by Kate Evans Residents may have noticed hanging-down clusters of brown leaves on certain trees on their property or have an abundance of brown leaf clusters on twigs and small branches falling to the ground from the ends of tree branches. The tree damage is the aftermath of the invasion of the Brood X 17-year […]

by Geoff Fox James Breathed came to Hancock as a physician after serving as an artillerist in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. In 2003, a small park along Main Street was named after him. Now, 18 years later, the Hancock Historical Society is looking to rename the park to encompass the entire Civil […]

Earl F. Brill 1933-2021 Earl Franklin Brill, 87, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Thursday, July 8, 2021, at the Winchester Medical Center. Services were held at Giffin Funeral Home and Crematory in Capon Bridge on Sunday, July 11. Interment followed in the Salem Church Cemetery near Cross Junction, Va. Arrangements were by the Giffin […]

Virgil C. Cox Virgil Carroll Cox, 79, of Berkeley Springs, died Monday, July 12, 2021 at Metstar Harbor Hospital, Baltimore, Md. Services and burial will be private. Arrangements by Hunter-Anderson Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 36 South Green Street, Berkeley Springs.

Richard W. Conley Richard Wilbert Conley, 79, of Great Cacapon, died Sunday, July 4, 2021 at E.A. Hawse Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Services and burial will be private. Arrangements by Hunter-Anderson Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 36 South Green Street, Berkeley Springs.

Football stuff by Jim Buzzerd Received an email the other day that the West Virginia University football team’s home opener with Long Island University is just two months away. While LIU should not be a daunting task, the season opening road game at Maryland the week before is another story. Ditto the home game with […]

by Kate Evans Morgan County Schools was one of many victims of a massive Fourth of July weekend ransomware attack that struck businesses and agencies nationally and around the globe. A Russian-based hacker group initially demanded $70 million to stop the cyberattack. School Superintendent Kristen Tuttle said at a July 6 school board meeting that […]