by Kate Shunney As West Virginia’s primary election takes place on Tuesday, May 10, fewer Morgan County residents will be seeking out a ballot. A state report of voter registration figures from the West Virginia Secretary of State’s office indicates that as of the end of March, Morgan County’s voter registration stood at 12,454 voters. […]

by Kate Evans Morgan County Schools summer programs return this year with a variety of remediation and enrichment activities and fun for kindergarten through twelfth grade students. Summer programs include Camp MoCo at Warm Springs Intermediate School, Camp Alpha at Warm Springs Middle School and credit recovery at Berkeley Springs High School and Paw Paw […]

Tyler Barney named Most Outstanding Player Gavin Barkley and Nathan Guzick named to All-Tournament Team by Jamie Harris The Berkeley Springs High School Indians Varsity Baseball Team hosted the Ron Clatterbuck Baseball Invitational tournament at Morgan Field Saturday, April 30. The invitational featured Berkeley Springs, East Hardy, Grace Academy and Legacy Christian Academy. In game […]

by Kate Shunney Morgan County voters who haven’t cast a ballot during the 10 days of early voting in West Virginia’s primary election will have a chance to go to the polls in the county’s 13 precincts next Tuesday. County Clerk Kim Nickles said 62 ballots were marked during the first day of early voting […]

A Monday evening brush fire reportedly burned around six acres in the Doe Gully area and brought fire units from around the region to contain the blaze in a remote location along Low Line Road. Doe Gully is located west of Great Cacapon. On Tuesday, fire crews were called back out to the area to […]

Lisa Marie Fiorita 1963-2022 Lisa Marie Fiorita, 58, passed away with her son by her side, Thursday, April 28, 2022, at Hagerstown Healthcare Center, following a brief battle with brain cancer. Born September 14, 1963, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Lawrence Franklin “Pete” Fiorita and Mary Jane (Munson) Fiorita. […]

David Allen Reed 1959-2022 David Allen Reed, 62, Hancock, Md., passed away Sunday, May 1, 2022, at his home. Born May 31, 1959, in Hagerstown, Md., he was the son of the late Robert Reed and Gladys Jo McIntyre Reed Reuter and the husband of Jenny M. Bishop Reed, whom he married on August 21, 1982. […]

Michael Patrick Thomas 1961-2022 Michael Patrick Thomas, 61, of Little Orleans, Md., passed away on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at UPMC Western Maryland in Cumberland, Md. He fought to conquer his disease of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) since 2021. He battled valiantly and he was so very close to receiving a lung transplant. Because he […]

John L. Bailey 1949-2022 John L. Bailey, 72, of Paw Paw, West Virginia passed away Sunday, May 1, 2022 at Willow Tree Nursing Home in Charles Town, W.Va. He was born August 16, 1949 in Cumberland, Maryland and was the son of the late John H. Bailey and Sally C. Betson Bailey. Johnny was a […]

Sandra Kay Carlisle 1952-2022 Sandra Kay Carlisle, 69, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., passed away on April 19, 2022. She was born on June 21, 1952 to John Ingram Senior and Beverly Shriver in Muncie, Indiana. Sandra was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was married to her late husband, Donald F. Carlisle, of Berkeley Springs, […]