Highway neighbors fight to get attention of DOH by Kate Shunney Property owners who watched the four-lane U.S. 522 Bypass built before their eyes are now contending with highway lights that have taken the darkness of night away from them. “I have not had a decent night’s sleep since the[Read More…]

by Kate Shunney An interstate project to connect a natural gas pipeline from Southern Fulton, Pa. to northern Morgan County has work continuing at multiple sites, including horizontal directional drilling under the Potomac River. A biweekly status report on the 3.4-mile natural gas extension project says that contractors for the[Read More…]

by Kate Shunney A Berkeley Springs man was sentenced to 16-80 years in prison last Thursday, February 6 in Morgan County Circuit Court for multiple counts of sexual abuse and failure to update his registry information with the West Virginia State Police Sex Offender Registry. Shannon W. Hill, 63, appeared[Read More…]

by Trish Rudder Jan Wilkins, Foxglove Garden Club president, asked and received permission from the Bath Town Council to complete the yellow brick walkway in the German Cemetery. At the February 4 council meeting, Wilkins said the unfinished brick walkway that meanders through part of the cemetery will continue to[Read More…]

Sleepy Creek Watershed Association is the recipient of a 2025 Stream Partners Grant in the amount of $4,525 from the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, Conservation Agency, Division of Natural Resources and Division of Forestry. Sleepy Creek Watershed Association plans to host an educational workshop series, covering topics such[Read More…]

This weekly “Wednesday” edition of the paper has been printed early this week because of the anticipated forecast for bad weather on Tuesday into Wednesday. We value the safety of our employees and our customers, so we’re getting the paper out ahead of schedule to avoid any distribution difficulties. Good[Read More…]

Morgan County 911 Director Marshall Younker took to social media to ask the public again to help avoid unnecessary responses to accidental phone calls to the emergency dispatch center. “We ask again that if you accidentally dial 911 that you please stay on the line and answer the questions the[Read More…]

The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) announced that hunters in West Virginia harvested 2,479 black bears during the combined 2024 archery, crossbow and firearms seasons. The preliminary harvest for the combined 2024 seasons was lower than the 2,830 bears taken in 2023. As predicted by the 2024 Mast[Read More…]

A Maryland man has pled guilty to murdering Geoffrey Reed in his southern Morgan County home in March of 2023. Ian Patrick Bosben-Grayson entered the guilty plea in Morgan County Circuit Court on Friday, January 31 during a hearing just days before his trial for the murder was to begin.[Read More…]

The Morgan County Career 2025 is right around the corner, and now is the time to register for a free table.  The Berkeley Springs-Morgan County Chamber of Commerce will team up again with Berkeley Springs High School to bring local businesses and students together for their Second Annual Career Fair[Read More…]