Sharon L. Humber 1950-2021 With heartfelt sadness we announce the passing of Sharon, a devoted wife, loving mother, adoring grandmother and thoughtful friend, on May 4, 2021. She was born in the coal-mining community of Connellsville, Pennsylvania on April 24, 1950, and at a young age she moved to Alexandria, Virginia where she later worked […]

Robert “Bob” Twigg 1940-2021 On Sunday, May 2, 2021, Robert “Bob” Twigg, loving husband, Father, and proud Pap, passed away at the age of 80. Bob was born on October 9, 1940 in Morgan County, W.Va., to Frank and Lillian Batt Twigg. He attended school in Paw Paw, W.Va. and later received his GED. Bob […]

by Kate Evans The Morgan County School Board will consider approving a contract of purchase of 28.3 acres of land at 1088 Fairview Drive at their meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, May 11. The land is located behind the intermediate school and adjoins the 23 acres the school board owns at the Warm Springs Middle School-Warm Springs […]

Police have charged one local man and issued an arrest warrant for another after a break-in Friday morning that turned violent and sent a Berkeley Springs man to the hospital with a skull fracture. Sheriff K.C. Bohrer has charged John Barber, 48, of Fairbee Lane, Berkeley Springs with multiple felonies related to the early morning […]

by Geoff Fox During the May 4 Board of Education Meeting, Washington County Public Schools’ Superintendent Dr. Boyd Michael told school board officials he would recommend a modified version of closure for Hancock Middle-Senior High School. His advice to the board was a departure from a Facilities and Enrollment Advisory Committee report presented to the […]

by Jim Buzzerd NFL Draft The NFL Draft took place over three days last weekend and just one West Virginia University football player was selected. Linebacker Tony Fields was the only Mountaineer picked in the 2021 NFL Draft, which concluded with the final four rounds Saturday. He was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the […]

by Jamie Harris The Berkeley Springs High School Lady Indians Softball Team hosted Keyser in a key sectional game on Tuesday, April 27. The winner would pick up some much needed advantage in the future sectional championships. In the first inning Berkeley Springs jumped out to a 2-0 lead. Keyser tied the game in the […]

West Virginia’s Natural Resources Commission met on Sunday, May 2 in new meeting rooms at Cacapon State Park. by Kate Shunney West Virginia Division of Natural Resources officials met at Cacapon State Park this Sunday, May 2 for their monthly meeting. Members of the Natural Resources Commission gathered for the meeting as part of the […]

by Kate Evans Stonerise Health Care’s Berkeley Springs Center has experienced a recent COVID-19 outbreak in staff members. The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources COVID-19 website lists one active positive COVID-19 staff case and four recovered COVID-19 staff cases at the Berkeley Springs Center for a total of five cumulative COVID-19 staff […]

Young people aged 16 to 24 in Morgan County have a rare opportunity open to them through the Job Scholars Program at Blue Ridge Community and Technical College’s Morgan County Center. The free job training and career support program begins this summer, and is taking applications now. An information session is being held in person […]