by Kate Shunney Hancock students have spent the majority of this school year doing their schoolwork away from classrooms, and that situation will continue longer than earlier planned. Washington County Public Schools officials on Monday announced that students throughout the county will continue to do their school from home until at least January 26. Previously, […]

Morgan County’s 2021 Commission. Pictured, from left, are Commissioners Bill Clark, Joel Tuttle and Sean Forney. by KATE SHUNNEY Morgan County Commissioner Joel Tuttle will again serve as the president of the commission, county officials decided on Monday. At the first meeting of the 2021 County Commission, Tuttle was chosen to lead the county board as […]

by KATE SHUNNEY Morgan County’s Economic Development Authority director Daryl Cowles has resigned, saying he accepted a new job with the governor’s office. County Commissioners, in their first meeting of 2021, said the EDA board of directors would be starting their search process for a replacement this week. Commissioner Sean Forney sits on the EDA board […]

State officials change school plans; local vaccinations start for targeted groups by KATE EVANS State COVID Alert map on January 1, 2021. West Virginia pre-K through eighth students will return to in-school instruction five days a week beginning Tuesday, January 19. Governor Jim Justice made the announcement earlier this week, laying out new guidelines under which […]

Morgan County Health Department officials on Wednesday said that a public event on December 11 in Berkeley Springs State Park “has the potential to have exposed additional community members who were in attendance to COVID-19.” “If you attended the Christmas in the Park event that was held on the evening of the 11th, you may […]

by Jim Buzzerd Not a lot to say So, I just deleted a paragraph talking about the West Virginia University Football Team accepting a bid to play Tennessee in the Liberty Bowl on New Year’s Eve. The game is at 4 p.m. on ESPN, but Monday afternoon word came that Tennessee will not be the […]

by Kate Evans The Morgan County School Board approved the memorandum of understanding between the Morgan County Board of Education, the Morgan County Tennis Association, Morgan County Parks and Recreation and the Morgan County Commission at the December 15 school board meeting. The memorandum of understanding establishes a basis for the school board and the […]

by KATE EVANS So many people have fond childhood memories of Christmas train displays during the holidays, positioned under or near the family Christmas tree with hand-sculpted mountains, landscapes, tunnels, buildings and villagers. Berkeley Springs resident Evan Reichard, a longtime Morgan County Concert Band member and community volunteer, has spent a lifetime building and painting train […]

The boat ramp into the Potomac River at the C&O Canal. by Geoff Fox Town officials are looking at a possible temporary boat ramp access to the Potomac River once the construction starts at the boat ramp. That construction can’t begin until the new bridge over the C&O Canal has been replaced. Mayor Ralph Salvagno […]

by Trish Rudder The Town of Bath adopted a new municipal election calendar at the December 15 council meeting. The council unanimously passed the second reading of special ordinance 2020-12-01 that amended Chapter 26 of the town’s Municipal Code. The candidate filing period now runs from April 1-12 (all election years) and the deadline to […]