Do you love the smell of apples cooking filling your house, have a recipe passed down through generations or like to experiment and make up your own? Enter your baking at the 49th Annual Apple Butter Festival Baking Contest! Any recipe that features apples may be entered in the contest. [Read More…]
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Save a Life Day to offer free naloxone & training
This Thursday, September 26 is national “Save a Life Day” in which communities have organized the largest day of naloxone distribution to date. Over 300 counties from over 30 states are signed up to participate. Last year, all 13 Appalachian states joined together and distributed over 45,000 naloxone doses during[Read More…]
State Senator Charles Trump honored with Morganite award, Chamber recognizes community volunteers
by Lisa Schauer State Senator, and justice-elect of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, Charles S. Trump IV was named the recipient of the second annual Morganite award by the Berkeley Springs-Morgan County Chamber of Commerce. The surprise announcement was made during a community awards banquet hosted by[Read More…]
Virginia woman sentenced for role in drug trafficking operation
Hailey Lynn Oliff, 28, of Mount Jackson, Virginia, was sentenced to 66 months in federal prison for her role in a drug trafficking operation in Berkeley, Hampshire, and Morgan Counties. According to court documents and statements made in court, Oliff was one of the distributors of the organization, selling methamphetamine,[Read More…]
School Superintendent to improve reading & math scores under board-approved goals
by Kate Evans Morgan County Schools Superintendent David Banks’s goals for the 2024-2025 school year were approved at the end of the September 3 Morgan County School Board meeting after the board went into executive session to consider them. Banks’ goals encompass student achievement, facility and extracurricular improvements, reading initiatives[Read More…]
Pawpaw Festival had sunny skies, music and fruity fun
The first Pawpaw Festival held in Paw Paw, West Virginia had great weather and big crowds on Saturday, September 14. Todd McCree, (pictured) owner of Great Escape Farms in Romney, and Neal Peterson, owner of Peterson Pawpaws in Harpers Ferry, both gave presentations about pawpaws at the festival in a[Read More…]
9/11 Memorial Universal Garden opens at The Pines
by Lisa Schauer A 9/11 memorial universal garden opened in Morgan County on Wednesday, September 11 in a somber yet poignant ceremony held at the West Virginia Extension Service behind the old War Memorial Hospital. A universal garden is one that is friendly and inclusive. It has beds, a work surface,[Read More…]
Governor launches School Safety Task Force after widespread school threats last week
by Kate Shunney Threats of violence at more than 45 West Virginia schools last week disrupted learning and spread fear in communities around the state and has triggered the formation of a new governor’s taskforce to respond to the phenomenon. Online threats or comments about alleged threats were directed at[Read More…]
House & barn fire being investigated as possible arson
A Saturday afternoon fire that drew response from companies around the region is being investigated as a possible arson, according to the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department. Fire units were dispatched to Mattjack Trail off Spriggs Road near Highland Ridge on September 14. The fire destroyed a barn and partially burned[Read More…]
Police assess school safety after social media comments, firearm threat
by Kate Evans & Kate Shunney Police continue to investigate the circumstances around social media comments that led to a threat assessment at Berkeley Springs High School on Monday morning, September 9 and to address another social media post that appeared on Tuesday and threatened more schools and school buses.[Read More…]
