Carol V. Martin 1943-2021 Carol Virginia (Hatton) Martin, age 77, of Hancock, Md., passed away on Sunday, February 28, 2021, at the Winchester Medical Center, in Winchester, Va. She was born December 29, 1943, in Baltimore, Md., the daughter of the late Leona Marie Johnson Divelbliss and step-father, Earl Elmer Divelbliss; and the widow of […]

Robert L. Flowers 1939-2021 Robert Lee Flowers, age 81, of Hancock, Md., passed away on Monday, February 22, 2021 at the Meritus Medical Center, in Hagerstown, Md. Born November 25, 1939, in Hancock, he was the son of the late Elmer W. and Edith (Divel) Flowers; and husband of the late Susan Eileen (Appel) Flowers, […]

Paul T. Holmes 1943-2021 Paul T. Holmes, 78, beloved husband and father, passed away February 6, 2021 at Heritage Hall Care Facility in Front Royal, Va. He was born in Binghampton, New York to the Reverend Leroy Holmes and Ruth Altvator Holmes. He taught in Maryland Schools for 30 years and retired in 2004 to […]

Emlynn J. Shives 1952-2021 Emlynn Joseph Shives, age 68, of Hancock, Md., died on Monday, February 22, 2021 at Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, Md. Born July 1, 1952 in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., he was the son of the late Robert Francis Shives II and Julia Josephine Bohrer Shives. He was a Christian. Emlynn was […]

Shirley M. Lavilla Shirley Marie Lavilla, 84, died on Thursday, January 7, 2021 at The Berkeley Springs Center LLC. Services and burial will be private. Arrangements are being handled by Helsley-Johnson Funeral Home & Cremation Center.

Three low-water bridges in Morgan County have been closed today, Monday, March 1, due to high water. Morgan County Division of Highways (DOH) Supervisor Rodney Crowell said Monday morning that the bridges on Johnson Mill Road, Rockford Road, and on Kilgore Road at the Morgan County-Hampshire County line have been closed. The low water bridge […]

by Kate Shunney Morgan-Berkeley County Health Department staff are more than a year into unprecedented demands to act as the front line of public health here in the COVID-19 pandemic.  Local staff has now put their primary focus on getting vaccines to county residents. Nursing director Angela Gray said her vision is very clear – […]

by Jim Buzzerd   Shew! For the second time this season the West Virginia University Men’s Basketball Team rallied from a 19-point second half deficit to win a Big 12 game on the road. It happened in Stillwater, Oklahoma back on January 4 in an 87-84 win over the Cowboys. It happened again last Saturday […]

by Jamie Harris The Berkeley Springs High School Lady Indians have been working since February 15 in preparation of their upcoming season. Normally this time of the year the team would be in the middle of sectional play, however Covid-19 threw a monkey wrench into those plans. Now the Lady Indians will be looking at […]

by Kate Shunney Family and friends of patients in the Berkeley Springs Center rehab and nursing home and those in War Memorial Hospital’s Long Term Care Unit can begin scheduling visits to those patients again under new national and state guidelines. Stonerise, which operates the Berkeley Springs Center, announced the change in visitor policy last […]