by Kate Evans Many states across the country are experiencing a summer surge of COVID-19, including Western states such as Texas and California and some Eastern states like Florida and North Carolina that are showing very high levels of the virus. Nationally, wastewater viral activity from COVID is very high[Read More…]
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The raging, spreading inferno: Firefighters on the scene of Hotel Washington recall tragedy 50 years later
by Geoff Fox In the early morning hours of Sunday, August 25, 1974, the Washington House Hotel, located at the corner of Washington Street and Fairfax Street, caught fire and burned, killing 12 people and destroying a block of businesses in downtown Berkeley Springs. Locally, The Morgan Messenger, Morning Herald[Read More…]
Chamber of Commerce announces winners of Annual Community Awards
The Berkeley Springs-Morgan County Chamber of Commerce has announced the winners for their second Annual Community Awards. These eight people will be honored at the Chamber Awards banquet Thursday, September 12, and will be the grand marshals for the 49th Annual Apple Butter Festival parade on Saturday, October 12. “We[Read More…]
Berkeley Springs Athletic Boosters host premiere “Meet the teams” event
Local teen found in southern West Virginia, adult male being held in investigation
The Berkeley Springs teen who was reported missing from her home off Fairview Drive in Berkeley Springs on August 3 has been located by West Virginia State Police in southern West Virginia, police announced on Monday. Angel Turner was found on Sunday, August 18 after an extensive investigation by the[Read More…]
Residents ask water and sewer line extension questions at public session
by Trish Rudder An informal water and sewer line extension meeting took place last Wednesday, August 14 at the Morgan County Commission meeting room. The meeting was set up with just a few days’ public notice to engage local residents who may be affected by a planned two-mile extension of[Read More…]
Man arrested on charges of stalking bypass construction worker
A worker on the U.S. 522 bypass construction site at Winchester Grade Road was granted a personal safety order, or PSO, on July 19 against a man who habitually conducted video surveillance in close proximity of the site during working hours, causing the worker to change his shift schedule. According[Read More…]
Doris Virginia Combs
Doris Virginia Combs 1944-2024 Doris Virginia Combs, age 79, of Hedgesville, W.Va., died on Thursday, August 15, 2024 at Winchester Medical Center. Born December 14, 1944 in Prince Frederick, Md., she was the daughter of the late Andrew Leroy and Virginia Mary Roberts Beverley. She attended Faith Bible Church in[Read More…]
25422 postal boxes to have limited access
Postal customers in Great Cacapon were informed recently that vandalism and unwanted activity around the Great Cacapon Post Office would cause the lobby to locked up outside of business hours. An informational flyer put in mailboxes there said no lobby keys would be issued to allow boxholders to get to[Read More…]
U.S. Sen. Capito, Halle Berry raise awareness of menopause challenges
West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and actress, Halle Berry, on Aug. 14, hosted a roundtable discussion on the Advancing Menopause and Mid-Life Women’s Health Act, bipartisan legislation that would boost federal research on menopause and would—for the first time—coordinate the federal government’s existing programs[Read More…]
