Kenneth Amos Kenneth Amos, 50, of Martinsburg, W.Va., passed away on August 11, 2021 in St. Louis, Missouri, due to complications resulting from Covid-19. For the full obituary please go to www.ompsfuneralhome.com. Visitation will be open to the public at Omps Funeral Home: Amherst Chapel on Thursday, August 26, from 4-8 p.m. Funeral services are […]

Austin Lee Allen 1994-2021 Austin Lee Allen, age 27, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va. died on August 13, 2021 in New London, Connecticut. Born April 12, 1994 in Honolulu, Hawaii, he is the son of Steven Michael and Christina Louise Sharp Douglas of Berkeley Springs, W.Va. He was a 2012 graduate of Fitch High School in […]

Mary Louise “Goog” Yost 1941-2021 Mary Louise “Goog” Yost, age 79, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Monday, August 16, 2021 surrounded by her loving family and while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born December 5, 1941 in Morgan County, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Clyde Perry, Sr. and […]

by Kate Evans Morgan County Schools students, staff and visitors will be required to wear face masks  during the week of August 23 since the levels of community COVID-19 transmission are high. The weekly total of new COVID-19 cases in Morgan County for the week of August 13-19 was 54 cases, according to the Morgan […]

Editor’s note: This story was updated at 7:50 p.m. to add additional details about the apprehension of the subject. Area police have found a Virginia man who stole a Morgan County Sheriff’s cruiser at roughly 12:30 p.m. today, Thursday, August 19 and eluded officers, hiding out in a wooded area near Spielman Road, Eppinger Road […]

by Kate Evans Due to the recent surge in the Delta variant of COVID-19, Morgan County Schools students, staff and visitors will wear face masks on buses, in school buildings and in areas where social distancing is limited when new community COVID-19 cases are at a substantial to high level. The mask mandate came from […]

by Lisa Schauer “If you can see outside, you’re making power. If you can see a shadow, you’re making a lot of power,” explains Mike McKechnie, president and founder of Mountain View Solar. That’s what he tells his customers and prospects when asked about the reliability of solar power in cloudy weather. Mike McKechnie, president […]

Mountaineers open in 17 days by Jim Buzzerd First, a brief update on the latest round of conference realignment, or, perhaps more accurately, the pending realignment. All we know for sure is that Texas and Oklahoma are going to the Southeastern Conference after the 2024 season, but we are also reasonably certain that both schools […]

by Jamie Harris The 2021 Berkeley Springs High School cross country will be under the guidance of a new head coach. Ian Helmick, a long-time teacher for Warm Springs Middle and Berkeley Springs High School, takes over the reins after spending last season as an assistant. Helmick previously coached at Paw Paw for 13 years. […]

by Kate Shunney Bill Valentine, the town’s temporary advisor employed by Greenwill Consulting, told Hancock officials that several of their current management problems have been caused by a lack of clear policy and procedures in some areas of town government. Town officials have said they are struggling to track and manage an array of grant […]