The bridge over the C&O Canal to the Little Tonoloway Park was removed on Tuesday, December 15, by a crew from Aspen Construction and Digging & Rigging, Inc. The bridge was originally supposed to be removed in November, but issues with a material shortage due to the pandemic halted any work at the bridge site. […]
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Future Pa. interchange gets support from town officials as they approve annexing land near state line
by Geoff Fox Town officials are in support of an interchange on I-70 in Bethel Township in Fulton County that would serve the area near the newly annexed 136.9 acres of land on Warfordsburg Road, as well as LanCo Pennland and Mellott’s in Fulton County. Officials held a public hearing prior to the virtual December […]
Students in 4th week of remote learning
by Kate Evans Morgan County Schools students will continue remote learning at home this week December 14-18. However, Morgan County was classified as RED on the Monday morning Department of Health and Human Resources County Alert map due to its spiraling level of COVID-19 cases. December 12 WVDE map. Morgan County had been categorized as […]
Spot closures as COVID sweeps through county
Morgan County businesses and public buildings have taken turns closing for days at a time as the COVID-19 respiratory illness moves steadily through the community. Morgan County remains red on the state’s COVID-19 alert system map, signifying the highest level of community transmission. The county’s infection rate ranged from 69 to 85 percent during the […]
Morgan County man admits to federal child pornography charge
On Monday, December 14, federal court officials announced that a Berkeley Springs man Gunner Scott Young, 28, has admitted to a child pornography charge. Young pled guilty to one count of “Possession of Child Pornography.” Young admitted to having pornographic images involving minors under the age of 12 in June 2019 in Morgan County. Young […]
COVID-19 vaccine arrives in West Virginia
The first doses of of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived in West Virginia on Monday, December 14 at two “hub” locations in Kanawha and Monongalia counties. Governor Jim Justice was one of the first state residents to receive the vaccine on Monday afternoon. “I cannot express how incredible of an achievement this has been,” Gov. […]
Melvin P. Tritapoe
Melvin P. Tritapoe 1933-2020 Melvin Paul Tritapoe, 87, of Berkeley Springs, died Monday, December 14, 2020 at WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown. Born December 14, 1933 in Berkeley Springs, he was the son of the late Robert Franklin and Annie Marcheline Yost Tritapoe. He was a member of Highland United Methodist Church. He served […]
Vernon Carl Graham
Vernon Carl Graham 1945-2020 Vernon Carl Graham, age 75, of Big Pool, Md., passed away on Saturday, December 12, 2020 at his home. Born August 8, 1945, in Hagerstown, Md., he was the son of the late Carl Owen and Orpah Agnes (Keefer) Graham. He was a truck driver; and he farmed for his grandfather […]
Dorothy Elizabeth Price
Dorothy Elizabeth Price 1922-2020 Dorothy Elizabeth Price, age 98, of Little Orleans, Md., passed away on Sunday, December 13, 2020 at her home. Born July 9, 1922, in Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Russell and Ethel (Smith) Leasure; and the widow of Joseph W. Price, who passed away on October 4, 2018. […]
Kathy Lynn Abrell
Kathy Lynn Abrell 1960-2020 Kathy Lynn Abrell, 60, of Paw Paw, W.Va., passed away on Thursday, December 10, 2020 at her residence. Born on September 24, 1960 in Winchester, Va., she was the daughter of the late Edward Lange and Charlotte Kerns Lange. She always put others before herself, especially her family. Her children and […]





