by Kate Shunney Nearly eight years after the Morgantown-based Bruceton Farm Services (BFS) purchased Hancock’s Little Sandy truck stop, BFS has started the permit process to redevelop the Hancock Truck Plaza into a travel center with multiple chain restaurants. According to documents filed with the Washington County permitting department in March, BFS has applied for […]

by Kate Shunney A squadron of Health Department staff, medical personnel, National Guard soldiers and volunteers closed out Morgan County’s final community vaccination clinic on Saturday, May 1 at Warm Springs Intermediate School. Clinic staff take a break during the May 1 community vaccination clinic at Warm Springs Intermediate School. Medical workers vaccinated 564 people […]

by Geoff Fox On April 19, voters in Hancock took to the polls to vote in the municipal election, voting Tim Smith as mayor and Misty Cubbage and Leo Murray to town council. Monday evening, they were sworn in and officially took office to represent Hancock. Smith takes over as mayor for outgoing Ralph Salvagno […]

by Geoff Fox A Saturday morning fire destroyed an abandoned house near the intersection of Willow Road and Seavolt Road west of Hancock. According to Hancock Fire Company Chief Robert Hoopengardner, the call came in at 5:22 a.m. for an abandoned house on fire near the intersection of the two roads. Hoopengardner said when crews […]

Carol Lou Pittman Carol Lou Pittman, 82 of Berkeley Springs, died April 28, 2021 at Winchester Medical Center, Winchester, Va. Services and burial will be private. Arrangements by Hunter-Anderson Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 36 S. Green Street, Berkeley Springs.

Rocky R. Ryan Rocky R. Ryan, 59, formerly from Laurel, Md., passed away at his home in Martinsburg, W.Va. on April 29, 2021. Rock, as he was affectionately called, was a passionate guitar player, his love for a good “rock” session was contagious to everyone he was around. Rock loved the outdoors, whether it was tending […]

Douglas McArthur Stanley, Jr. 1968-2021 Douglas McArthur Stanley, Jr., age 52, of Hedgesville, W.Va., died on Thursday, April 29, 2021 in Beckley, W.Va. Born August 19, 1968, in Reidsville, N.C., he was the son of Kathryn Louise Wray Mull of Berkeley Springs and the late Douglas McArthur Stanley. He attended Wesleyan Chapel in Berkeley Springs. […]

Betty Mae Gaither 1934-2021 Betty Mae Gaither, age 86, of Orleans, W.Va., died on Saturday, May 1, 2021 at War Memorial Hospital in Berkeley Springs, W.Va. Born May 6, 1934 in Orleans, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Clifton Oscar and Lea Frances Gloyd Light. She was a member of Mt. Zion United […]

Raymond Lee Rosensteel 1934-2021 Raymond Lee Rosensteel, age 86, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Friday, April 30, 2021 at the Berkeley Springs Center LLC. Born July 5, 1934 in Mount Union, Pa., he was the son of the late Boyd and Mary Cornelius Rosensteel. He was a member of The Refuge Community Church in […]

Roland Cornel Spitzer 1947-2021 Roland Cornel Spitzer, 73, of Kearneysville, W.Va., passed away on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at Jefferson Medical Center in Ranson, W.Va. Born September 20, 1947 in Martinsburg, W.Va., he was the son of Betty Lee Whisner Spitzer and the late William Bell Spitzer. He was of the Methodist faith and a […]