by Kate Evans Berkeley Springs High School students moved back to remote learning today, Friday, March 19 due to two confirmed student cases of COVID-19.  School officials posted on social media Friday night that that contact tracing for one of the students had been completed on Friday, but that they had just been notified of […]

by Jamie Harris The Berkeley Springs High School Lady Indians Varsity Basketball Team lost three games this week to move their record to 0-5 on the season.The Lady Indians hosted the Moorefield Yellow Jackets on Tuesday, March 9. Moorefield jumped out to a 15-8 lead in the first quarter. By halftime Moorefield increased their lead […]

by Jim Buzzerd   Surprising three seed The West Virginia University Men’s Basketball Team lost three of their last four games of the season. Prior to that ending many had projected the Mountaineers as a potential two seed in this week’s NCAA Basketball Tournament. After the overtime loss to Baylor and back-to-back losses to Oklahoma […]

Public hearing about grant proposal set for March 23 by Kate Evans The Town of Paw Paw is pursuing federal funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Rural Utilities Service to make upgrades to the town’s sewer system in part to bring it into environmental compliance. The town’s proposed sewer improvement project […]

by Trish Rudder A meeting between the Bath Town Council, the Ordinance Committee and the Historic Landmark Commission will meet on Monday, March 23 at 5:30 p.m. at the Ice House. David Abruzzi, who heads up the Landmark commission, said on Monday the purpose of the meeting is to let the town council know what […]

A Berkeley Springs woman has been charged with grand larceny after police responded to a call for an RV stolen from the Hancock airport. Alethia P. Hovermale, 27, of Pious Ridge Road was arrested on the charge on Thursday, March 11. According to a criminal complaint filed in Morgan County Magistrate Court, Capt. Tim Stapleton […]

by Kate Evans Area firefighters battled a number of brush fires over the weekend and last week amid extremely dry conditions and high winds that pummeled the region. Most of the fire incidents during the last week were brush fires, according to the Eastern Panhandle Working Fires Facebook page. Several brush fires covered a lot […]

by Kate Shunney Students, teachers, parents and several generations of Hancock graduates showed up at Hancock Middle-Senior High School last Tuesday evening to make clear their commitment to keeping Hancock schools open for future classes. Wearing bright blue “Save Our Schools” t-shirts on the first warm afternoon of March, people of all ages held signs […]

by Geoff Fox Registration Assistance for Hancock residents hoping to get their first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine will take place this Saturday, March 20, starting at 9 a.m. at the Hancock Town Hall/Hancock Works! located at 126 West High Street. This is a registration event only. Town residents will not get their vaccine shot until […]

Fewer and fewer people remain who have a first-hand recollection of the most destructive flood seen in this area in the last century. The 1936 flood changed the landscape and infrastructure of towns all along the Potomac River and its tributaries, removing bridges that connected towns, economies and families. Even local residents who were too […]