by Kate Evans Some 97 Berkeley Springs High School students are currently quarantined as a precaution following contact tracing done on two high school students that tested positive last week for COVID-19. Students could’ve been exposed to the coronavirus from classes or athletics, School Superintendent Kristen Tuttle said on Monday afternoon.  A couple of those […]

As of Monday, 1,507 Morgan County residents were fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to state health officials. Health workers have administered 4,328 doses of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines here. Morgan County vaccine data, per the West Virginia DHHR, as of Monday. The West Virginia DHHR COVID-19 website reports the statistics under the “Vaccine Summary” […]

Morgan County officials unanimously voted to hire Lyn Goodwin as the county’s new Economic Development Authority (EDA) Director last Wednesday, March 17. Lyn Goodwin Goodwin was one of six applicants to the director post, and the EDA’s top pick for the opening left after Daryl Cowles resigned in December 2020. Commissioner Sean Forney, who sits […]

by Kate Shunney Citing dropping enrollment and limited student offerings at Hancock Middle-Senior High School, the Facilities and Enrollment Advisory Committee for Washington County Public Schools recommended last week the county consider closing the local school. During a virtual committee meeting on Thursday, March 18, members voted 9-1 in favor of the closure motion. Two […]

by Geoff Fox Hancock Police are looking for a suspect in the theft of three bottles of prescription medication from the Home Center Pharmacy on Main Street on Friday, March 19. According to police, officers responded to the pharmacy at 2:48 p.m. on March 19 for a theft in progress. Employees stated a bi-racial male […]

by Christina M. Vogt. Ph.D. About a year ago, the Morgan County Commission declared March to be West Virginia Women in History Month as part of a statewide initiative organized under the Secretary of State, Mac Warner’s office. West Virginia has many great women from the past to celebrate. A few to remember will be […]

Mabel I. Hendershot 1934-2021 Mabel Irene (Leasure) Hendershot, age 86, of Warfordsburg, Pa., passed away on Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at the UPMC Pinnacle Hospital in Harrisburg, Pa. Born July 27, 1934, in Whips Cove, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Russell and Ethel V. (Smith) Leasure; and the widow of Glenn Dale […]

Ilene K. Rankin 1933-2021 Ilene Katherine Rankin, age 87, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at War Memorial Hospital. Born April 2, 1933 in the North Mountain area of Hedgesville, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Charles Frederick Sensel, Sr. and Nora Mabel Cunningham Sensel. She was a member […]

Shirley L. Herrell A memorial service to celebrate the life of Shirley L. Herrell will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 27, 2021 at the Paw Paw Church of Christ with Evangelist Richard White officiating. Shirley passed from this life on December 4, 2020. Online condolences and memories may be shared with the family […]

Jeanne A. Yost 1959-2021 Jeanne Anna Yost, age 61, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died suddenly March 9, 2021. Jeanne was born October 14, 1959 in Rockville, Md., she was the daughter of the late William and Ruth Yost. Jeanne graduated from Robert E. Perry High School in 1977. She moved to Union Bridge, Md. in […]