School officials hope to return students to classrooms on Oct. 4 by Geoff Fox Students in Southern Fulton County, Pa. will be doing their schoolwork from home for the next two weeks, due to a high transmission rate and rising cases of COVID within the district. Beginning Monday, September 20, students will commence virtual learning. […]

by Jamie Harris The Berkeley Springs High School Lady Indians Volleyball Team ventured to Grant County for a match up with the Petersburg Vikings on Tuesday, September 7. The Lady Indians came out ready to play as they took an impressive game one win by a score of 25-16. In game two Petersburg rallied back […]

QB debate by Jim Buzzerd The West Virginia University football team rebounded from their season opening loss to Maryland with an easy 66-0 win over out manned Long Island University. The visiting school’s official name is LIU Post located in Brookville, New York on Long Island. Back when I subscribed to a Sunday newspaper that […]

by Kate Shunney A solar energy firm with plans to build a $2.3 million array of solar panels in the Hancock area is set to ask Washington County officials for a special tax arrangement to make their project financially feasible. In December 2020, the county’s Board of Zoning Appeals approved a two megawatt Solar Energy […]

by Kate Evans The Morgan County School Board voted to require universal indoor face coverings for students, staff and visitors on Morgan County Schools properties and buses when levels of community transmission rise to substantial or high. This is as determined by the 7-day rolling average of new COVID-19 cases per the Morgan-Berkeley County Board […]

Archery hunting for white-tailed and sika deer opened statewide last Friday, September 10, and continues through January 31, 2022. Archers may also use vertical longbows and vertical recurve bows February 1-3, 2022 during the second annual Primitive Deer Hunt Days, according to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR). photo by Jan Branscome “September signals […]

“It’s been a long time coming” by Trish Rudder About 50 people attended the North Berkeley Rail Trail (NBRT) celebration on Friday, September 10 to applaud the remediation of the trailhead – cleanup of the contaminated land parcel north of the Berkeley Springs Train Depot. The parcel of less than one-half acre had to be […]

by Kate Evans There has been a recent large outbreak of COVID-19 cases at the Stonerise Healthcare Berkeley Springs Center, according to the Stonerise Healthcare website and the West Virginia Department of Health and Resources (DHHR) COVID-19 websites. The Stonerise Healthcare website lists their Berkeley Springs Center as having 28 patients positive for COVID-19 as […]

  In recent months, some types of ammunition have been difficult to find, or if you can find it, extremely expensive. There are ways to shoot more efficiently without expending a lot of rounds. One of the best ways to practice, with any type of firearm, and it doesn’t take any ammunition at all, is […]

Neal Edward Redmond 1950-2021 Neal Edward Redmond, founder, owner and operator of Druid’s Oak (established in 1990), based out of Little Orleans, passed away quietly on September 4, 2021, after a long battle with complications from a stroke he suffered in May of 2014. Born to William Edward Redmond (deceased) and Marjorie Elizabeth Fiona McGainey […]