by Lisa Schauer After weeks of rain, the sun shone on the Town of Bath’s first Founding Flavors food truck festival on Friday, May 29. Around a dozen vendors were set up on Fairfax Street next to Berkeley Springs State Park, where people waded into the famed warm springs, ate[Read More…]
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Fox, Stotler & Younker are 2026 Golden Horseshoe Winners
Morgan County 8th graders Dominick Fox, Aryonna Stotler and Kii Younker will be traveling to Charleston next week to become members of the 95th Class of Golden Horseshoe Winners. These are students who have shown a mastery of West Virginia state history on the annual Golden Horseshoe test, given statewide[Read More…]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finalizes habitat protections for endangered Rusty Patched Bumble Bee
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is designating approximately 1.5 million acres of occupied critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act for the endangered rusty patched bumble bee. This designation covers 33 counties in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin. The bumble bee is found primarily in urban[Read More…]
Clifton C. “Butch” Bennett, Sr.
Clifton C. “Butch” Bennett, Sr. 1944-2026 Clifton C. “Butch” Bennett, Sr., 82, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., passed away on May 25, 2026, quietly at home under Hospice care. Butch was born on January 8, 1944, In Enterprise, W.Va. to Clyde and Mona Bennett. He worked in construction and could run[Read More…]
Help pick the 2026 Apple Butter Festival logo
The Berkeley Springs–Morgan County Chamber of Commerce has begun public voting in the fourth annual Apple Butter Festival Logo Contest. Sponsored by SC Studios, the contest was open to participants of all ages, with artists encouraged to submit as many entries as they wished. After receiving a wide range of[Read More…]
Denise Mary Sutton
Denise Mary Sutton 1938-2026 Denise Mary Sutton, age 87, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., passed away on Saturday, May 2, 2026 at her home while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born May 9, 1938 in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Lillian Pray[Read More…]
Hedgesville man arrested after fleeing police
West Virginia State Police have arrested a Hedgesville man on multiple charges following a pursuit along Route 9 on Thursday, May 21 at about 8 p.m. Police got behind a red Chevy Trailblazer with a missing headlight driving down the middle of the road, according to a criminal complaint filed[Read More…]
Herbert Lee Stevens
Herbert Lee Stevens 1932-2026 Herbert Lee Stevens, age 93, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., passed away on Saturday, May 23, 2026 at Harmony at Martinsburg while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born October 10, 1932 in Baltimore, Md., he was the son of the late Herbert Gustavos and Mary[Read More…]
William Kirby Lewis
William Kirby Lewis 1960-2026 William Kirby Lewis, 65, of Berkeley Springs, passed away Wednesday, May 27, 2026 at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. He is finally pain free after living with stage IV metastatic breast cancer for ten years. Born September 18, 1960 in Martinsburg, he is the son[Read More…]
Nannie M. Spears
Nannie M. Spears Nannie Mae Spears, 82, of Berkeley Springs, died Monday, June 1, 2026 at Allegany Health Nursing and Rehabilitation, Cumberland, Md. Full obituary will be announced in The Morgan Messenger. Arrangements are being handled by Helsley-Johnson Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 95 Union Street, Berkeley Springs.
