by Lisa Schauer A community block party was held at the municipal park in Paw Paw on Saturday, August 9. Free backpacks, school supplies, hygiene items, shoes, clothes, and bags of produce were set out for anyone to grab. Hot dogs, chips, fruit, and bottled water were given out by[Read More…]
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Business community welcomes new teachers to county
The Berkeley Springs-Morgan County Chamber of Commerce staff and ambassadors welcomed Morgan County Schools’ newest teachers at a special luncheon on August 4 hosted at the Berkeley Springs campus of Blue Ridge Community & Technical College. Over a delicious meal prepared by Blue Ridge’s talented culinary department, ambassadors shared information,[Read More…]
County agency to cut back Paw Paw Senior Center offerings, community considers options
by Kate Shunney Paw Paw’s Senior Center, located on the ground floor of the Mountaineer Health Clinic, is open five days a week from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and operates as a gathering place for older citizens who come to eat together, do activities and share stories. Come September[Read More…]
Kniceley is Morgan County’s ETC of the Year
Morgan County Emergency Communications Center has selected Robert Kniceley as the Emergency Telecommunicator (ETC) of the Year for 2024. Kniceley was selected out of the four equally qualified candidates from the year. “He continuously shows his dedication to Morgan County Emergency Communications Center by putting forth his best effort and[Read More…]
Virginia deputy found former county teacher with teen in parking lot
by Kate Shunney A former Morgan County teacher who was arrested in Virginia in July was charged by a Louisa County Sheriff’s deputy after the officer came upon him and a teen in a parking lot in Mineral, Va. in the early morning hours of July 12. Benjamin “Sam” Hopkins,[Read More…]
Tractor trailer fire shuts down I-70
An early morning tractor trailer fire on eastbound I-70 on Tuesday shut down both lanes at the 9 mile marker, detouring commuter traffic onto Route 40 and through Clear Spring. According to the Hancock Volunteer Fire Company, firefighters were on the scene shortly after 4:30 a.m. to knock down the[Read More…]
Community Alternatives to Violence offers a different choice
by Lisa Schauer “Anger doesn’t cause domestic violence,” said Jo Elliot, executive director of Community Alternatives to Violence, a batterer intervention and prevention program that serves residents in the Eastern Panhandle. The program serves anywhere between 400 and 500 people a year in Morgan, Berkeley and Jefferson counties. “Domestic violence[Read More…]
Two county companies receive export awards from state
Thirty-three West Virginia companies were recognized for expanding into new international markets at the annual Governor’s Export Awards ceremony held on July 31. Seven of the honored businesses were first-time recipients of the award, including one Berkeley Springs company, Valkyrie-Simulators LLC.. The Governor’s Export Award is presented to companies that[Read More…]
Small Business Admin. opens access to federal disaster loans for May floods
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the availability of low interest federal disaster loans to small businesses and private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia who sustained economic losses caused by flooding, excessive rain and flash flooding that occurred May 13-14, 2025. The disaster declaration covers[Read More…]
Local man sentenced to federal prison for coercion of minor
A Berkeley Springs man — Joel Galen Patton, 40, — has been sentenced to 150 months in federal prison for attempted coercion and enticement of a minor. Patton was talking to who he believed to be a 14-year-old female online, requesting nude photos of the teen, as well as sending[Read More…]
