Briscoe, Boscoe, Feliciano, Fortney, Golden, Harris, Helmick, Mundey and Stone qualify for State Championships by Jamie Harris This past Friday, May 12 the Berkeley Springs Indians track and field team traveled to North Marion High School for the Class AA Region I Championships. The track athletes were looking to qualify[Read More…]
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Everyday Outdoors: Bucks I have known, Part XIII
This is the latest in a multi-part series of columns about memorable deer that stand out from decades of whitetail hunting. The Second Day Buck Opening day of West Virginia deer firearms season is a yearly event that I have looked forward to since before I was old enough to[Read More…]
Planners to weigh approval of KOA campground for Great Cacapon
by Kate Shunney When the Morgan County Planning Commission holds their regular monthly meeting next Tuesday, May 23, their agenda will include a Public Hearing to consider the approval of a Commercial Improvement Location Permit for a KOA-branded RV campground in Great Cacapon. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m.[Read More…]
Wilkes Street gets prepped for paving
by Trish Rudder Prep work on North Wilkes Street was being done last week to get ready for the street paving on Friday, May 19. The area to be paved from curb to curb on Wilkes is from Union to Legion streets. Paving will be done by the DOH contractor,[Read More…]
Morgan County Observatory shares Guide to Summer Sky Happenings
by Kate Evans The Morgan County Observatory first opened in December 2001 and provided night sky viewing of the planets, constellations and celestial phenomenon for many years until it closed in early 2019. The observatory reopened in September 2022 with a new board of directors. Kathryn Krenn, Morgan County Observatory[Read More…]
COVID public health emergency ends, but disease remains
by Kate Evans On May 5, the World Health Organization canceled its designation of COVID-19 as a public health emergency. The United States also removed its designation of COVID-19 as a public health emergency on May 11, more than three years after it was first instituted. However, health officials say[Read More…]
Veriee Mabel Weller
Veriee Mabel Weller 1934-2023 Veriee Mabel Weller, 88, Hancock, Md., beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away peacefully on May 11, 2023, in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. She was born on November 4, 1934, in Hancock, Md., to Roy and Bridget Weller Moats. Veriee was a devoted family woman[Read More…]
Mildred Arlene Schetrompf Beddow
Mildred Arlene Schetrompf Beddow 1929-2023 Mildred Arlene Schetrompf Beddow, age 93 of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at her home while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born August 31, 1929 in Hancock, Md. and raised in Buck Valley, Pa., she was the daughter[Read More…]
Mary Edna Catherine Michael Smith
Mary Edna Catherine Michael Smith 1936-2023 Mary Edna Catherine Michael Smith, 86, of Middletown, died Saturday, May 13, 2023, at her home surrounded by her family. Born September 18, 1936, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Ernest Cecil Michael and Maxine Virginia Hovermale. She received a[Read More…]
WV Press Political Advisory: W.Va. State Senate announces fundraising events for State Senators Grady, Woodrum and Swope
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Press Association, as a public service to residents and political candidates, will share ‘Political Advisories” outlining public appearances, campaign events and fundraising efforts by candidates for federal, statewide and legislative offices. Candidates are encouraged to share details with WV Press Executive Director Don Smith at[Read More…]
