by Jim Buzzerd   Checking in It’s Tuesday morning and I’ve been sitting here for nearly 40 minutes with no idea how to proceed. There are no sports to discuss. I could lament that last night should have been the NCAA National Championship game to conclude March Madness. I could lament that yesterday should have […]

by Kate Evans The Morgan County School Board voted to officially adopt the 2020-2021 school calendar at their March 17 meeting which was held at the school board office. The board held two public hearings on the proposed school calendar at previous meetings-one on February 18 at Berkeley Springs High School and one on March […]

by Kate Shunney West Virginia Governor Jim Justice announced last Wednesday, April 1 that the state’s Primary Election would be held on June 9, not in May. The move is part of the state’s official response to the coronavirus. Eligible state residents now have until May 15 to register to vote in the party primary […]

Hay smolders on U.S. 522 in downtown Berkeley Springs after being pulled off a trailer. photo by Bob Wurster A trailer load of hay destined for a Virginia farm caught fire on Saturday, April 4 in downtown Berkeley Springs. The West Virginia Division of Highways shut down U.S. 522 for over an hour while firefighters […]

by Kate Shunney West Virginia Governor Jim Justice last Friday issued an Executive Order directly aimed at limiting the spread of a growing number of cases of coronavirus illness in the Eastern Panhandle. The order took effect at 12 a.m. on Saturday, April 4. The new rules come on top of West Virginia’s “Stay at […]

by Geoff Fox Fulton County become the final county in the tri-county area to have a confirmed COVID-19 case when, on April 5, the Fulton County Medical Center in McConnellsburg, Pa. announced the first positive case in the county. Fulton County was also the last county along the Maryland border to report a positive case. […]

Pennsylvania State Police are investigating a burglary that occurred along High Germany Road in Warfordsburg where money and a gun were taken. According to police, sometime between March 20 and March 23, an 80-year old victim reported an assorted coin collection, a .38 caliber Lyman “Cap and Ball” rifle, and cash were stolen from his […]

by Geoff Fox Hancock Mayor Ralph Salvagno announced Monday the town has developed a Pandemic Planning and Response Plan designed to be put into effect in the event of a crisis, such as COVID-19 and future events, that directly impact Hancock and the surrounding area. Work on the plan started last week and was finalized […]

Richard C. Eckley 1934-2020 Richard Carlyle Eckley, “Dick the Dog,” age 85, of Warfordsburg, Pa., passed away on Monday, March 30, 2020 at his home. Born June 21, 1934, in Kalamazoo, Mich., the son of the late John Eckley and Genevieve (Rix) Nichols. He was an active member and friend to everyone at the Warfordsburg […]

Adona (Brown) Burnett Adona (Brown) Burnett, age 90, our precious and faithful mother, passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of April 6, 2020, surrounded by her family at her daughter’s home in Fishersville, Va. She was born in Richfield, Ut., to the late Alburn Adonis and Clara Ellen (Ellett) Brown; the fifth child […]