Morgan County voters renewed the school excess levy by a wide margin during Tuesday’s primary election, picked one new school board member and re-elected two more, and chose a fresh GOP candidate for a November race for the Morgan County Commission. Voting turnout locally topped 28 percent between 10 days of early voting and ballots […]

by KATE SHUNNEY Kanawha Circuit Judge Joanna Tabit last week rejected an emergency petition to force election officials to not include candidate Tally Reed on the May 8 primary election ballot in Morgan and Berkeley counties, and to discard any votes cast for her in the primary. Reed is a Republican seeking a seat in […]

by KATE SHUNNEY The Washington County Board of Zoning denied a request on May 2 from cell phone provider U.S. Cellular to secure an exception to county rules and allow the construction of a 195’ monopole tower on Sideling Hill Mountain. In a 3-2 vote, the board rejected the request to build the tower at […]

Several members of the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department and the Berkeley Springs police department recovered suspected crystal meth and marijuana, along with weapons and cash during the search of a residence in southern Morgan County on Tuesday, May 1. Sheriff K.C. Bohrer said in a media release that officers executed a search warrant at a […]

1960-2018 Richard Wayne Mills, 57, of Paw Paw, died Sunday, April 22, 2018 at Western Maryland Health System, Cumberland, Md. Born March 18, 1960 in Silver Spring, Md., he was the son of the late Gary and Louise Osbourne Mills. He was of the Baptist faith. He attended public schools in Silver Spring. He worked for Waste […]

1930-2018 Joyce A. Wakeford, 87, formerly of Berkeley Springs, died Friday, March 30, 2018 in Akron, Ohio. She was active in many local organizations, especially as a volunteer for the Museum of the Berkeley Springs. She is survived by her two children, Anne Wakeford, Elkins and Mark Wakeford, Washington, D.C. She was preceded in death […]

1941-2018 Samuel Dennis Swaim, 76, of Berkeley Springs, died Wednesday, April 25, 2018, at War Memorial Hospital, Berkeley Springs. Born July 7, 1941 in Morgan County, he was the son of the late Roscoe R. Swaim and Mary E. (Hovermill) Swaim. He was a member of the Berkeley Springs Church of Christ. He retired from […]

1919-2018 Helen Yeatman Allemong, age 99, of Easton, Maryland, departed this life on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at Bayleigh Chase in Easton, Maryland. Born on March 20, 1919, in Washington, D.C., she was the daughter of the late Thomas W. and Mary Lewis Orme of Loudoun County, Virginia and Washington, D.C. Helen attended Washington, D.C., […]

1931-2018 David Lincoln Henry, 87, of Berkeley Springs, died Thursday, April 26, 2018 at the Berkeley Springs Center. He was born February 12, 1931 in Morgan County, he was the son of the late Robert W. and Pearl C. Henry Henry. He was a veteran in the United States Air Force, worked as a school teacher for […]

by Jamie Harris The success of  the Berkeley Springs High School TennisTeams paid off last weekas both teams captured the2018 Potomac Valley ConferenceChampionships. The Tribe not only capturedthe team  titles, but hadseveral athletes capture individual PVC Championshipsas well. Berkeley Springs headcoach Raynette Mock was tabbed as PVC Coach of the Year for both boys and […]