Morgan County Commissioners have chosen Bill Clark from among four candidates to fill a seat on the commission left empty by the resignation of Ken Reed earlier this month. Reed was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates in November and is already at work in that new position. Bill Clark. Clark worked for Morgan […]

Four Indians earn honorable mention by Jamie Harris The Class AA All-State football team was released last week and Berkeley Springs High School senior running back Peyton Thompson was named to the second team. P. Thompson finished with 94 rushes for 842 yards, six rushing touchdowns and five receptions for 51 yards. The Indians had […]

by Jim Buzzerd   COVID wins again The West Virginia University Football Team was forced to cancel the preciously postponed game with Oklahoma last Saturday. The November 28 game was postponed because of COVID issues within the Oklahoma program. Last Thursday it was announced that the game with Oklahoma would be cancelled. The statement read: […]

The bridge over the C&O Canal to the Little Tonoloway Park was removed on  Tuesday, December 15, by a crew from Aspen Construction and Digging & Rigging, Inc. The bridge was originally supposed to be removed in November, but issues with a material shortage due to the pandemic halted any work at the bridge site. […]

by Geoff Fox Town officials are in support of an interchange on I-70 in Bethel Township in Fulton County that would serve the area near the newly annexed 136.9 acres of land on Warfordsburg Road, as well as LanCo Pennland and Mellott’s in Fulton County. Officials held a public hearing prior to the virtual December […]

by Kate Evans Morgan County Schools students will continue remote learning at home this week December 14-18. However, Morgan County was classified as RED on the Monday morning Department of Health and Human Resources County Alert map due to its spiraling level of COVID-19 cases. December 12 WVDE map. Morgan County had been categorized as […]

Morgan County businesses and public buildings have taken turns closing for days at a time as the COVID-19 respiratory illness moves steadily through the community. Morgan County remains red on the state’s COVID-19 alert system map, signifying the highest level of community transmission. The county’s infection rate ranged from 69 to 85 percent during the […]

On Monday, December 14, federal court officials announced that a Berkeley Springs man Gunner Scott Young, 28, has admitted to a child pornography charge. Young pled guilty to one count of “Possession of Child Pornography.” Young admitted to having pornographic images involving minors under the age of 12 in June 2019 in Morgan County. Young […]

The first doses of of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived in West Virginia on Monday, December 14 at two “hub” locations in Kanawha and Monongalia counties. Governor Jim Justice was one of the first state residents to receive the vaccine on Monday afternoon. “I cannot express how incredible of an achievement this has been,” Gov. […]

Melvin P. Tritapoe 1933-2020 Melvin Paul Tritapoe, 87, of Berkeley Springs, died Monday, December 14, 2020 at WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown. Born December 14, 1933 in Berkeley Springs, he was the son of the late Robert Franklin and Annie Marcheline Yost Tritapoe. He was a member of Highland United Methodist Church. He served […]