School News

Three Morgan County 8th graders have been chosen as the newest members of West Virginia’s Golden Horseshoe Society because of their outstanding knowledge of the Mountain State. All three are students at Warm Springs Middle School in Berkeley Springs. Alivia Arnold, Marley Heath and Audrey Helmick were announced as the county’s Golden Horseshoe winners late…

by Kate Evans Morgan County Schools are closed for students through at least Friday, March 27, due to Governor Jim Justice’s March 13 order to close all West Virginia public and private schools. The move is meant to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19. Morgan County Schools has already taken steps to continue…

The Morgan Arts Council hosts its annual Student Art show throughout the month of March at the Ice House gallery in Berkeley Springs. Paintings, drawings, sculpture, pottery and mixed media artworks are on display at the galley, which is open to the public Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 5. p.m.    …

by Kate Evans & Trish Rudder As the number of cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 grows in the United States, local and state officials are reviewing their plans for dealing with a possible outbreak of the virus. Dr. Terence Reidy, Health Officer for the Berkeley-Morgan Health Department, said local public health officials are looking…

by Kate Evans Warm Springs Intermediate School art teacher Marianna Ruggiero was one of three educators that led presentations at the “Arts in Our Communities” conference which took place in Charleston on February 25-26. Ruggiero spoke about two classroom project collaborations with local artists-endangered animals sculptures and a recycled plastics ocean mural-and shared around 50…

Driving through Morgan County changed last Thursday, January 30. The county’s newest four-way traffic signal, located at U.S. 522 and Myers Road, went online in the morning. Morgan County now has four stoplights. School traffic at the busy intersection was controlled by red and green lights for the first time last week, after two week…

  by Kate Evans Seasonal influenza activity and flu-like illness is now widespread in our area, with growing numbers of flu cases confirmed at War Memorial Hospital and illnesses prevalent in local schools. War Memorial Hospital’s emergency room has seen an increase of patient cases with flu and flu-like illness symptoms, said Chris Parsons, Emergency Department Director. Medical staff confirmed…