During Monday’s briefing, Governor Jim Justice announced that West Virginia officials submitted the state’s initial vaccine order to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday, December 4. In total, 16,575 doses of the Pfizer vaccine were ordered, the maximum weekly ordering cap allowed for West Virginia at this time, the governor’s […]

Members of the War Memorial Hospital Auxiliary chose Linda Jones and Penny Bohrer as their Volunteers of the Year for 2020. The pair would have been honored at the annual Community Volunteers breakfast and award event, which was cancelled by COVID. Bohrer was further named the group’s Star for 2020, in recognition of her extensive […]

by Kate Evans Morgan County has experienced another surge in COVID-19 cases in the past week, going from 65 county residents having active cases of the virus on Monday, November  30 to 112 residents with active cases of the illness on Monday, December 7. On Sunday alone, 30 more cases were confirmed. Some 112 Morgan […]

by Geoff Fox Materials shortages have stopped the long-awaited work that just began to restore a bridge over the C&O canal in Hancock. Last November, officials with the C&O Canal National Historical Park announced the bridge over the canal to the Tonoloway park and Potomac River would be closed to vehicular traffic after an inspection […]

The Hancock Lions Club, with help from the Hancock Lioness Club, will host their annual community Christmas dinner on Saturday, December 19. Due to COVID restrictions on gatherings, the dinner will offer dinners only for pickup. The drive-thru event will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Hancock American Legion at 240 […]

Daniel M. Justice 1940-2020 Daniel Marshall Justice, 80, of Berkeley Springs, died Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at Winchester Medical Center, Winchester, Va. Born April 8, 1940 in Ellicott City, Md., he was the son of the late Daniel S. and Mary Ann Riddle Justice. He is survived by two sons, Tony Justice and Marty Justice, both of Westminster, Md.; […]

Thomas L. Dewitt 1944-2020 Thomas Leo Dewitt, 76, of Berkeley Springs, died Thursday, November 12, 2020 at War Memorial Hospital, Berkeley Springs. Born August 28, 1944 in Besthesda, Md., he was the son of the late Thomas Andrew and Hazel B. Cummings Dewitt. Services and burial will be private. Arrangements at Hunter-Anderson Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 36 […]

Kevin L. McCoy 1954-2020 Kevin Lee McCoy, age 66, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Friday, December 4, 2020 at Winchester Medical Center in Winchester, Va. Born November 26, 1954 in Winchester, Va., he was the son of the late Jim and Margie Virginia Omps McCoy. He was a Christian. He was a body mechanic. He enjoyed hunting, […]

James E. Risinger 1950-2020 James Eugene “Gene” Risinger, age 70, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Sunday, December 6, 2020 at his home. Born August 2, 1950 in Martinsburg, W.Va., he was the son of the late James Edward and Mary Elizabeth Laing Risinger. He was a member of Highland United Methodist Church. Gene was […]

Shirley L. Herrell 1939-2020 Shirley L. Herrell, 81, of Paw Paw, W.Va., passed from this life on Friday, December 4, 2020 at UPMC in Cumberland, Md. She was born August 31, 1939 at Cumberland, Md. and was the daughter of the late Jasper Frederick Flora and Helen Chaney Flora. Shirley graduated from Paw Paw School in […]