West Virginia’s Natural Resources Commission met on Sunday, May 2 in new meeting rooms at Cacapon State Park. by Kate Shunney West Virginia Division of Natural Resources officials met at Cacapon State Park this Sunday, May 2 for their monthly meeting. Members of the Natural Resources Commission gathered for the meeting as part of the […]

by Kate Evans Stonerise Health Care’s Berkeley Springs Center has experienced a recent COVID-19 outbreak in staff members. The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources COVID-19 website lists one active positive COVID-19 staff case and four recovered COVID-19 staff cases at the Berkeley Springs Center for a total of five cumulative COVID-19 staff […]

Young people aged 16 to 24 in Morgan County have a rare opportunity open to them through the Job Scholars Program at Blue Ridge Community and Technical College’s Morgan County Center. The free job training and career support program begins this summer, and is taking applications now. An information session is being held in person […]

by Kate Shunney Nearly eight years after the Morgantown-based Bruceton Farm Services (BFS) purchased Hancock’s Little Sandy truck stop, BFS has started the permit process to redevelop the Hancock Truck Plaza into a travel center with multiple chain restaurants. According to documents filed with the Washington County permitting department in March, BFS has applied for […]

by Kate Shunney A squadron of Health Department staff, medical personnel, National Guard soldiers and volunteers closed out Morgan County’s final community vaccination clinic on Saturday, May 1 at Warm Springs Intermediate School. Clinic staff take a break during the May 1 community vaccination clinic at Warm Springs Intermediate School. Medical workers vaccinated 564 people […]

by Geoff Fox On April 19, voters in Hancock took to the polls to vote in the municipal election, voting Tim Smith as mayor and Misty Cubbage and Leo Murray to town council. Monday evening, they were sworn in and officially took office to represent Hancock. Smith takes over as mayor for outgoing Ralph Salvagno […]

by Geoff Fox A Saturday morning fire destroyed an abandoned house near the intersection of Willow Road and Seavolt Road west of Hancock. According to Hancock Fire Company Chief Robert Hoopengardner, the call came in at 5:22 a.m. for an abandoned house on fire near the intersection of the two roads. Hoopengardner said when crews […]

Carol Lou Pittman Carol Lou Pittman, 82 of Berkeley Springs, died April 28, 2021 at Winchester Medical Center, Winchester, Va. Services and burial will be private. Arrangements by Hunter-Anderson Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 36 S. Green Street, Berkeley Springs.

Rocky R. Ryan Rocky R. Ryan, 59, formerly from Laurel, Md., passed away at his home in Martinsburg, W.Va. on April 29, 2021. Rock, as he was affectionately called, was a passionate guitar player, his love for a good “rock” session was contagious to everyone he was around. Rock loved the outdoors, whether it was tending […]

Douglas McArthur Stanley, Jr. 1968-2021 Douglas McArthur Stanley, Jr., age 52, of Hedgesville, W.Va., died on Thursday, April 29, 2021 in Beckley, W.Va. Born August 19, 1968, in Reidsville, N.C., he was the son of Kathryn Louise Wray Mull of Berkeley Springs and the late Douglas McArthur Stanley. He attended Wesleyan Chapel in Berkeley Springs. […]