State officials change school plans; local vaccinations start for targeted groups by KATE EVANS State COVID Alert map on January 1, 2021. West Virginia pre-K through eighth students will return to in-school instruction five days a week beginning Tuesday, January 19. Governor Jim Justice made the announcement earlier this week, laying out new guidelines under which […]

Morgan County Health Department officials on Wednesday said that a public event on December 11 in Berkeley Springs State Park “has the potential to have exposed additional community members who were in attendance to COVID-19.” “If you attended the Christmas in the Park event that was held on the evening of the 11th, you may […]

by Jim Buzzerd Not a lot to say So, I just deleted a paragraph talking about the West Virginia University Football Team accepting a bid to play Tennessee in the Liberty Bowl on New Year’s Eve. The game is at 4 p.m. on ESPN, but Monday afternoon word came that Tennessee will not be the […]

by Kate Evans The Morgan County School Board approved the memorandum of understanding between the Morgan County Board of Education, the Morgan County Tennis Association, Morgan County Parks and Recreation and the Morgan County Commission at the December 15 school board meeting. The memorandum of understanding establishes a basis for the school board and the […]

by KATE EVANS So many people have fond childhood memories of Christmas train displays during the holidays, positioned under or near the family Christmas tree with hand-sculpted mountains, landscapes, tunnels, buildings and villagers. Berkeley Springs resident Evan Reichard, a longtime Morgan County Concert Band member and community volunteer, has spent a lifetime building and painting train […]

The boat ramp into the Potomac River at the C&O Canal. by Geoff Fox Town officials are looking at a possible temporary boat ramp access to the Potomac River once the construction starts at the boat ramp. That construction can’t begin until the new bridge over the C&O Canal has been replaced. Mayor Ralph Salvagno […]

by Trish Rudder The Town of Bath adopted a new municipal election calendar at the December 15 council meeting. The council unanimously passed the second reading of special ordinance 2020-12-01 that amended Chapter 26 of the town’s Municipal Code. The candidate filing period now runs from April 1-12 (all election years) and the deadline to […]

by Kate Shunney Just days after West Virginia received its first shipments of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, Morgan County health professionals got their first doses under the state’s distribution plan. Berkeley County is one of five distribution “hubs” around the state. Nurse director Angela Gray, who is spearheading the Berkeley-Morgan County Health Department vaccine distribution efforts, […]

by Wade Shambaugh As 2020 comes to a close, it has been anything but a normal year. Many businesses have been forced to close, or severely reduce hours and capacity. Many activities have been cancelled. It remains to be seen how long and to what extent these West Virginia doe in late season. restrictions will […]

by Geoff Fox The Hancock Police Department is asking the public’s assistance in identifying an individual who is a suspect in the recent theft from motor vehicle cases they are investigating. There are two suspects in the case, however, a security camera at Sheetz caught the face of one of the suspects. The vehicle break-ins […]