West Virginia residents who want to board an airplane for a domestic flight will soon need a REAL ID-compliant driver’s license. If their driver’s license is not REAL ID-compliant, they will need another form of approved identification, such as a passport, to board their flight or enter a secure federal[Read More…]
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WV Spring Fire Season, burning restrictions returned March 1
The start of West Virginia’s annual spring fire season on Saturday, March 1, marks the return of burning restrictions. The West Virginia Division of Forestry (WV DOF) reminds residents to con- fine outdoor burning to 5 p.m. to 7 a.m., according to West Virginia State Code Chapter 20-3-5. Fires set[Read More…]
Reading & giving: library book inspires elementary students to help others
by Kate Shunney Local elementary school students decided late last month to use their power to make positive change in their own community, inspired by a library book brought to them by a volunteer reader. Read Aloud WV volunteer and longtime former teacher Linda See has been reading to Widmyer[Read More…]
Bosben sentenced to life in prison with mercy for 2023 murder
by Kate Shunney A Maryland man was sentenced in Morgan County Circuit Court on Monday to life in prison with mercy, and two additional prison sentences associated with crimes he committed when he brutally killed a southern Morgan County man in March of 2023. Ian P. Bosben-Grayson, 32, sat in[Read More…]
Click It or Ticket seatbelt compliance campaign set for March 7-23
The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office is working with the West Virginia Governor’s Highway Safety Program to urge drivers to buckle up ahead of the statewide Click It or Ticket high-visibility seat belt enforcement effort, that runs Friday, March 7 through Sunday, March 23. The Morgan County Sheriff’s Department want seat[Read More…]
County seeks second planning grant for trail connector, approves HOME program for FY 26
by Kate Shunney The Morgan County Commission approved a plan to seek a grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to study the feasibility of building a trail from the northern end of Cacapon State Park into Berkeley Springs, possibly connecting to the planned North Berkeley Rail Trail with future[Read More…]
Companies sought for James Rumsey Technical Institute Career Fair
Companies in our region have the opportunity to register for James Rumsey Technical Institute’s annual Career Fair. JRTI will be hosting a Career Fair on Thursday, April 10. The school provides career and technical training for adult students from throughout the four-state area and high school students from Berkeley, Jefferson,[Read More…]
Maryland DNR to host informational meeting about potential power transmission line
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is scheduled to host an informational meeting on Thursday, March 13 in Frostburg to take public feedback related to the potential Mid-Atlantic Resiliency Link (MARL) power transmission line project being planned by NextEra Energy that could stretch through Western Maryland. The meeting will[Read More…]
Supreme Court to launch online Circuit Court records system
The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia has announced that a new online system to search and access circuit court records in all 55 counties will go live and be available to the public beginning March 10. The West Virginia Public Access Search System, or WVPASS, will provide online[Read More…]
Bath hires Reiff as new police officer
by Trish Rudder The Town of Bath hired a new police officer that was sworn in by Mayor Scott Merki on Friday, February 21. Hunter Reiff will begin working a full-time schedule on March 4 for the police department, said Sandra Venuto, Police Administrative Specialist. Reiff is an uncertified officer[Read More…]
