Additional Training Resources for Program Participants Among Topics WV Press Release Sharing BECKLEY, W.Va. — Media are invited to cover the continuing progress of the Communities of Healing (COH) recovery to work model being administered throughout southern West Virginia. The COH Winter Gathering will be held next Monday from 9:30 a.m.[Read More…]
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Media Advisory: Zoom preview today at 2 p.m. today for USA Diving Winter National Championships in Morgantown
All media invited on WV Press Association-hosted zoom call for roundtable discussion of event WV Press News-Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. — All members of the media are invited to join a virtual roundtable discussion on the 2022 USA Diving Winter National Championships, which are being held Dec. 14-18 at the Aquatic Center[Read More…]
It’s Stacy– Healthy Eats: Venison stuffed peppers
The stories of how those big bucks got away or those tiny buck racks ended up on the wall of shame have always been a way of life in Morgan County. I don’t have hunting stories, but I sure have the cooking deer meat stories. My Great Grandma Arizona Henry[Read More…]
Chip Shots – Messy Forecast
Messy forecast by Jim Buzzerd It’s been an interesting few weeks for those who watch the comings and goings of West Virginia University athletics. Two weeks ago, WVU athletic director Shane Lyons was fired by WVU president E. Gordon Gee amid growing frustration surrounding the football program and specifically, the[Read More…]
Indians Basketball gearing up for 2022-2023 season
by Jamie Harris For the first time in seven years there will not be a Barkley in the line-up for head coach Chad Brinegar’ s Berkeley Springs Indians basketball team. All-state and 1432 point score Gavin Barkley has graduated and took his talents to Potomac State. Before Gavin, older brother[Read More…]
Pleasant View Elementary kids explore science, math and more
Carmen Winiarski, Morgan County Extension Office STEM educator, does the STEM activity Sink or Float with Pleasant View Elementary first graders in teacher Bridget Christie’s class. Winiarski had each student choose an object from a bag and predict whether it would sink or float. Kids watched the outcome and she[Read More…]
Berkeley Springs Salt Cave adds halotherapy to the town’s litany of spa rituals
by Lisa Schauer This story begins in the salt mines of Eastern Europe, where miners were said to emerge from their toil with rejuvenated skin, greater lung capacity and a reduced incidence of respiratory ailments. Healing spas began to spring up around the salt mines, catering to people with a[Read More…]
County to explore secondary water source for public system
by Kate Shunney Projecting ahead to an extension of public water and sewer lines south along U.S. 522, county officials have started talking about finding a second public water source for the central portion of Morgan County. The Berkeley Springs Waterworks, owned by the Town of Bath, is the sole[Read More…]
Expanded Winter Fest Parade will roll Saturday
by Trish Rudder The 6th annual Winter Fest Parade will roll through Berkeley Springs this Saturday, December 3, beginning at 5 p.m. The parade event has grown, with about 90 entrees this year and larger floats joining the public display. To accommodate more and larger floats, the parade route has[Read More…]
Several sentenced for threats, arson, harassment, child neglect
Morgan County Circuit Judge Debra McLaughlin accepted pleas and delivered sentences in multiple criminal cases during open hearings at the Morgan County courthouse recently. Jared A. Cubbage, 24, of Hancock was sentenced to 1-5 years in prison after pleading guilty to making threats of terroristic acts. Cubbage made the plea as[Read More…]
