by Kate Evans Area health care providers are reporting a surge in COVID-19 cases that are impacting local families and communities. As of Monday, Morgan County had 161 total COVID-19 cases-148 confirmed and 13 probable, with 39 active cases and no deaths. Washington County is reporting 2,376 cases of the virus and 47 deaths.  Fulton […]

by WADE SHAMBAUGH Anyone who knows me, knows that I enjoy shooting and using all kinds of firearms and archery equipment. I also really like to cook and eat many different game animals, as well as fish. That being said, I have recently been spending a lot of time afield not with a gun or […]

by Kate Evans The longtime annual Empty Bowls fundraiser for the Morgan County Starting Points Mealtime Community Kitchen is going virtual this year.  The kitchen serves free community meals to anyone three afternoons each week in Berkeley Springs. The community can help support the meal program through a weeklong online auction, a drive-through donation event […]

by Geoff Fox Each year, Christmas For Others in need has helped hundreds of Hancock residents in getting their holiday food and toys and clothing for children. This year is going to see a few changes. For 2020, Christmas For Others will be in a modified mode as organizers look at crowd size for the […]

by Trish Rudder & Kate Shunney Sidewalk, lighting and drainage improvements in downtown Berkeley Springs will keep rolling into a new phase, as state officials last week awarded more grants for the Streetscapes project. Governor Jim Justice on October 30 awarded over $2.3 million in Transportation Alternatives and Recreational Trails Program (TARTP) grants for seven […]

Morgan County Clerk Kim Nickles delivered election results for the county’s 13 precincts by 9:20 p.m. this Election Night — far earlier than in any general election in recent memory. Results include received absentee ballots and early voting tallies, along with ballots cast in polling places around the county on a clear sunny Tuesday, November 3.  […]

Alvia E. Kidwell 1932-2020 Alvia Eugene “Gene” Kidwell, age 88, of Great Cacapon, W.Va., died on Sunday, November 1, 2020 at his residence surrounded by his loving family and while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born May 21, 1932 in Morgan County, W.Va, he was the son of the late Dayton Victor […]

Darlene M. Stanton 1960-2020 Darlene Marie Stanton, 59, of Berkeley Springs, died Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at home while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born December 29, 1960 in Washington, D.C., she was the daughter of Barbara Maxwell Barrett of Shanghai and the late Francis Guilett Jackson. She was a Christian. She was […]

Robert A. Tomlinson 1935-2020 Robert “Bob” A. Tomlinson, 85 of Eldersburg formerly of Berkeley Springs died Friday, October 30, 2020. He was born March 10, 1935 in Turtle Creek, Pa., the son of the late Stephen T. Tomlinson and Margaret Ament Tomlinson. He was an electronics technician for Litton Industries, and a veteran of the […]

Cindy P. Fleegle 1974-2020 Cindy P. Fleegle, 46, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., passed away Monday, October 26, 2020, at Winchester Medical Center. Cindy was born in 1974 in Winchester, Va., daughter of Douglas and Ellen Leighton. She graduated from John Handley High School. Cindy loved her birds; Jessie, Terry, Wilma and Thumper. She was a […]