Margella “Margie” Ruth Clark 1938-2020 Margella “Margie” Ruth Clark was a caring wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend. She passed away in her sleep on Saturday, December 26, 2020 at age 82. Margie was born to Lorenza and Hazel Widmyer on November 2, 1938. After attending Berkeley Springs High School, she met and then married […]

by KATE SHUNNEY In the first mass vaccination event for COVID-19 in Morgan County, the Berkeley-Morgan County Health Department on Saturday administered the first dose of a Pfizer COVID vaccine to more than 150 county residents aged 80 and over. The event was set to run from noon until 4 p.m. at Berkeley Springs High […]

by Jamie Harris Last week Governor Jim Justice in a press conference announced that West Virginia  High and Middle School winter sports would be pushed back again this time to March 1. At this time it is not known if this is the first practice date or competition date. More information from the WVSAAC will […]

by Jim Buzzerd See ya, Oscar The West Virginia University Football Team found a way to beat Army 24-21 last Thursday in the Liberty Bowl. Austin Kendall replaced Jarret Doege who had made some poor decisions in holding the ball too long. One instance caused a Doege fumble deep in the Mountaineers territory leading to […]

Morgan County EMS began operating out of its new station on December 31, 2020. The new station is located at 123 Winchester Street in Paw Paw, just across the street from the town office. Crews staff this station with  two personnel — one as an EMT and the other as a paramedic — 24 hours […]

by Kate Evans Morgan County cases of COVID-19 virus infection continue to climb, jumping 100 cases since Christmas Day. As of Monday morning January 4, there were a total of 687 COVID-19 cases in Morgan County — 553 cumulative confirmed cases and 134 cumulative probable cases. Some 166 county residents have active cases of the […]

by Geoff Fox It’s 2021, which means everything that happened in 2020 is now behind us. Whether it was a pandemic, loss of jobs, a presidential election, or just events going on around the world, last year was one we’d rather forget. But there were some things that happened around the Hancock area that we […]

by Kate Evans Dawn Beal, Randy Beal and their son Cardin Beal, a Berkeley Springs High School student, addressed the Morgan County School Board at their December 15 meeting about some of the issues they’ve had with remote learning this year.  The Beals also offered their assistance to other parents and families struggling with similar […]

by Kate Evans Morgan County’s older residents over the holidays started to receive their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine as it became available. Local medical practices and the Health Department alerted those over age 80 of the availability of a limited number of doses here in the county. Morgan County Health Department staff advertised […]

West Virginia State Police have arrested a Hedgesville man on felony charges of fraudulent schemes related to his home improvement business. Craig H. Fox, 48, was arrested on December 29 by Cpl. S. R. Smith on a December 18 warrant. According to a criminal complaint filed in Morgan County Magistrate Court, Fox is the owner […]