This story has been updated with information from police. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man as a result of a homicide investigation in Hancock. According to Sgt. Ward of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, at 6:15 p.m. March 27, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office and Hancock Police Department responded to a […]
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Overdue Thanks: Morgan County Vietnam Veterans Memorial now in place
More than a decade of fundraising, research, publicity, paperwork and design have come to life on the Fairfax Green in downtown Berkeley Springs. On Friday, March 26, crews from Gordon’s Memorials and Digging & Rigging lifted and placed the granite pieces of the Morgan County Vietnam Veterans Memorial on their permanent home. Memorial effort founders […]
Berkeley Springs High School goes back to remote learning again
by Kate Evans All Berkeley Springs High School students returned to remote learning for the rest of the week beginning on Wednesday, March 24 after school officials were notified of two additional high school COVID-19 cases late Tuesday. All extra-curricular activities at the high school are cancelled until further notice. Officials said in an online […]
League bowling scores
Bowling scores for the Tri State Mixed on March 8: High scratch game men: John Riis 256, Mike Burks 233 and Pete Coe 215. Women: Sandy Bettag 192, Deloris Stotler 181 and Shirley Whittaker 160. High scratch series men: John Riis 660, Mike Burks 611 and Pete Coe 578. Women: Sandy Bettag 507, Deloris Stotler […]
Hancock could see $1.28 million under stimulus plan
by Geoff Fox Under the recently passed American Recovery Plan (ARP), direct aid has been earmarked for state and local recovery funds. Town officials said Hancock reportedly could see $1,277,000 of that stimulus package, which Mayor Ralph Salvagno said was a “pretty incredible amount.” The purpose and use of the monies is to provide essential […]
School board proposes steady levy rate
Morgan County School Board approved the same proposed regular state school levy and special levy rates for Fiscal Year 2022 that they approved for the last seven fiscal years. Their action took place at a March 16 special meeting that followed their regular March 16 school board meeting at the school board office. Tax rates […]
Hancock residents react to school closure reasoning; town leaders call on federal help to keep school open
by Geoff Fox After the news broke regarding the FEAC’s decision to recommendation to close Hancock High School, response on social media was harsh regarding the decision. Some local people said they were considering home schooling their kids or looking to enroll their children in a private school in Warfordsburg rather than having them bused […]
High school, Widmyer students in quarantine with COVID-19 cases
by Kate Evans Some 97 Berkeley Springs High School students are currently quarantined as a precaution following contact tracing done on two high school students that tested positive last week for COVID-19. Students could’ve been exposed to the coronavirus from classes or athletics, School Superintendent Kristen Tuttle said on Monday afternoon. A couple of those […]
More than 4,300 vaccine doses given in county so far
As of Monday, 1,507 Morgan County residents were fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to state health officials. Health workers have administered 4,328 doses of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines here. Morgan County vaccine data, per the West Virginia DHHR, as of Monday. The West Virginia DHHR COVID-19 website reports the statistics under the “Vaccine Summary” […]
Goodwin hired to lead EDA
Morgan County officials unanimously voted to hire Lyn Goodwin as the county’s new Economic Development Authority (EDA) Director last Wednesday, March 17. Lyn Goodwin Goodwin was one of six applicants to the director post, and the EDA’s top pick for the opening left after Daryl Cowles resigned in December 2020. Commissioner Sean Forney, who sits […]
