Washington County’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee would like to welcome you to attend an informative Listening Tour. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, March 17 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Hancock Library, 231 Hancock Veterans Parkway. This event is FREE to the public and everyone is encouraged to attend. If you would […]

Faith E. Munson Faith Elaine Reckley Munson, 83, of Washington Township, N.J. died Thursday, February 6, 2020 in New Jersey. She is survived by her children, Sarah Munson-Goldfinch, Laura Munson-Straub and Todd Munson; six grandchildren, Mark Cinque, Allison Straub, Elizabeth Straub, Zachry Munson, Joseph Munson and Dominick Munson and several nieces and nephews. She was […]

Riley W. Trumpower 1936-2020 Riley William “Bill” Trumpower, 83, of Big Pool, Md., died Saturday, February 8, 2020 at Fahrney-Keedy Memorial Home in Boonsboro, Md. Born April 28, 1936 in Big Pool, he was the son of the late Alonzo Vernon and Fanie Susan Hull Trumpower. He was a member of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Hancock. […]

Larry K. VanGosen 1943-2020 Larry Kent VanGosen, 76, of Berkeley Springs, died Friday, February 7, 2020 at Hospice of the Panhandle Inpatient Facility in Kearneysville. Born October 13, 1943 in Berkeley Springs, he was the son of the late Berkeley Carter and Martha Ellen Barney VanGosen. He was a Christian. He attended Berkeley Springs High School and Morris […]

Freda V. Kerns 1930-2020 Freda Virginia Kerns, 90, of Paw Paw, died Monday, February 3, 2020 at Winchester Medical Center in Winchester, Va. S he was born January 9, 1930 at Paw Paw, she was the daughter of the late Dayton A. See and Esther Miller See. She was a 1947 graduate of Paw Paw High School. […]

Donald F. Berens 1928-2020 Donald Frank Berens, age 91, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., formerly of Waldorf, Md., died on Saturday, February 8, 2020 at his home. Born April 2, 1928 in Lorain, Ohio, he was the son of the late Joseph August and Anna Stefik Berens. One week after graduating from Lorain High School in […]

by Jim Buzzerd Looking for a road win The West Virginia University Men’s Basketball Team split a pair of rematch games last week losing to a red hot Texas Tech team 89-81 in Lubbock and outlasting Kansas State 66-57 at home last Saturday. WVU has now split regular season games with both teams with the […]

by Jamie Harris The Paw Paw Pirates Varsity Boys’ Basketball Team split a pair of games last week on the hard wood. On Monday, January 27 the Pirates hosted the Moorefield Yellow Jackets at the Paw Paw gym. Moorefield jumped out to a 19-9 first quarter lead. By the end of the second quarter the […]

by Kate Evans West Virginia Assistant State Fire Marshal George Harms reported on several area fires that had been flagged as suspicious or as arson. Harms said his office determined that the January 7 Eckerd Lane house fire in Berkeley Springs does not meet the requirements of the law for arson. The Eckerd Lane house […]

by Geoff Fox Pennsylvania State Police responded to two traffic accidents in Fulton County in which three people from Hancock were involved. The first accident occurred just after 11:30 a.m. on January 30 on Timber Ridge Road in Fulton County, about five miles south of Needmore. According to police, the accident occurred as a 2001 […]