Jack Lynn Butts 1949-2021 Jack Lynn Butts, age 72, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Saturday, November 13, 2021 at his home while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born March 14, 1949 at Kings Daughters Hospital in Martinsburg, W.Va., he was the son of the late Marven Lathaniel and Ruth Eleanor Post […]

Nathan Micah Claudy 1973-2021 Nathan Micah Claudy, 48, of Great Cacapon, W.Va., passed away Sunday, November 7, 2021, at his home. Born October 31, 1973, in Hagerstown, Md., he was the son of Wilson Thomas “Bill” Claudy and Vigelea Ruth “Jill” (Blickenstaff) Claudy. He was a graduate of Smithsburg High School class of 1992. He […]

Linda Lou Cooper 1949-2021 Linda Lou Cooper, 72, of Berkeley Springs W.Va., passed away on Tuesday, November 9, 2021, at the Winchester Medical Center, Winchester, Va. Born September 14, 1949, in Martinsburg, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Edward Norris and Helen (Weir) Norris and wife of Fred A. Cooper, of Berkeley Springs, […]

Nancy Josephine Wooters Edwards 1926-2021 Nancy Josephine Wooters Edwards, age 95, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Thursday, November 4, 2021 at her home while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born May 12, 1926 in Bridgeport, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late George Benjamin and Mary Helen Wilkinson Southern. She […]

Virginia L. Bonham 1945-2021 Virginia L. Bonham, 76, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, passed away Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at UPMC in Cumberland. She was born April 3, 1945 at Kayford, W.Va. (Kanawha County) and was the daughter of the late Virgil Earl Bonham and Elizabeth Fannie Moore Bonham. Virginia worked as a food server at […]

Richard Johnson Rohn, Sr. 1938-2021 Richard Johnson “Dick” Rohn, Sr., retired Chief Pilot for U.S. Silica in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., made his final take-off and soared into the heavens on Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at home under out-patient care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Rohn is survived by his wife of 63 years, Roberta “Bobbie” […]

by Geoff Fox Sitting above Western Pike, about three miles west of Hancock, sits a small graveyard known as the Dillon Farm Cemetery. Its stones date back to the 18th and 19th century. Over the years, it had been overgrown with brush, with and cows walking through the graves. Charles “Pickle” Diehl and Ronald Michael […]

by Kate Shunney County officials have voted to move the Morgan County Animal Control operations to the west side of the old hospital and former 911 center. Animal control offices and kennels are currently east of Berkeley Springs along Martinsburg Road. Animal Control workers have struggled with a failing water well at that location, tight […]

by Kate Shunney Pennsylvania’s political redistricting that follows the 2020 Census is a process that’s underway now. The state lost a congressional district due to population shifts, and will go from 18 congressional representatives to 17. Other district lines must change to make sure each state and regional district are the correct size based on […]

by Kate Shunney Pennsylvania’s political redistricting that follows the 2020 Census is a process that’s underway now. The state lost a congressional district due to population shifts, and will go from 18 congressional representatives to 17. Other district lines must change to make sure each state and regional district are the correct size based on […]