by Kate Shunney Two of three Morgan County Commissioners voted last Thursday to hire the Skinner Law Firm to sue drug manufacturers, distributors and suppliers and seek damages to cover the costs of tackling opioid and related addiction locally. Stephen Skinner had offered his services to the county in December, but commissioners weren’t prepared to […]

by Jim Buzzerd Big 12 Tournament time The West Virginia University Mountaineers’ regular season portion of the basketball season is complete and WVU is sitting with a 22-9 overall record and an 11-7 record in Big 12 Conference play. Their conference record was good enough  for a three-way tie for second place with Texas Tech […]

Rookie Division Best Dribbler – Brennen Anderton Wild Cats Runner-Up Dribbling – Jackson Shives Falcons Best Shooter – Mason Stotler Wild Cats Runner-Up Shooting – Ashlyn Unger Falcons Best Passer – Karsin Moon – Mountaineers Runner-Up Passing – Benjamin Frank Wild Cats Minor Division #2 Mountaineers 21 vs. #1 Bulldogs 20 Bulldogs – Jalen Miller […]

by Jamie Harris The Paw Paw Pirates Boys’ Basketball Team continued their impressive 2017-2018 basketball campaign. The Pirates opened up the Class A Sectional Championships by hosting Harman last Tuesday, February 27. The Pirates racked up nine points in the first quarter and 18 more in the second quarter. From there the Pirates scored a […]

by Jamie Harris Despite the teacher work stoppage across the state of West Virginia the 2017-2018 basketball season playoffs are under way. The #2 seed Berkeley Springs High School Indians hosted a first round game at the gym last Wednesday, February 28 against rival Frankfort. The two teams split a pair of games this season […]

1948-2018 Richard Ellsworth “Rick” Stotler, 69, of Berkeley Springs, died Friday, March 2, 2018 at the University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, Va. Born July 21, 1948 in Berkeley Springs, he was the son of the late Rumsey Howard and Elsie Belle Werdebaugh Stotler. He was a member of The Independent Church of God in […]

1959-2018 Raymond Blake Divelbiss, age 58 of Hancock, Md., died Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at War Memorial Hospital in Berkeley Springs, W.Va. Born April 2, 1959 in Oklahoma City, Okla.,  he was the son of the late Millard Clarence Divelbiss and Noramay “Jackie” Payne Divelbiss Mellott of Hancock, Md. He was a member of The […]

1955-2018 Ulyses Sidney Grant Megargee IV, 62, of Berkeley Springs, died Saturday, February 24, 2018 at his home. Born July 4, 1955 in Front Royal, Va., he was the son of Mary Ann Jenkins Gibbs, Charles Town and the late Ulyses Sidney Grant Megargee III. He attended Charles Town High School. He worked for Jefferson County Parks […]

1948-2018 Evan Lefever, 69, of Elkhart, Ind., formerly of Morgan County, died Monday, February 26, 2018. He was born in 1948 in Spring Grove, Pa. He attended Unitarian Universalist Church. He was self-employed doing designing, building, repairs and maintaining things. He also worked on the water system at Coolfont. He donated his body to medical science. […]

1954-2018 David Jerome Ruifrok, 63, of Berkeley Springs, died Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at his brother’s home. Born April 24, 1954 in Prince George’s County, Md., he was the son of Wilhemus Jeromenus Ruifrok, Sterling, Va. and the late Norma Jean Carlson Ruifrok. He was a graduate of Northwestern High School in Hyattsville, Md. He was […]