Kevin L. McCoy 1954-2020 Kevin Lee McCoy, age 66, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Friday, December 4, 2020 at Winchester Medical Center in Winchester, Va. Born November 26, 1954 in Winchester, Va., he was the son of the late Jim and Margie Virginia Omps McCoy. He was a Christian. He was a body mechanic. He enjoyed hunting, […]

James E. Risinger 1950-2020 James Eugene “Gene” Risinger, age 70, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Sunday, December 6, 2020 at his home. Born August 2, 1950 in Martinsburg, W.Va., he was the son of the late James Edward and Mary Elizabeth Laing Risinger. He was a member of Highland United Methodist Church. Gene was […]

Shirley L. Herrell 1939-2020 Shirley L. Herrell, 81, of Paw Paw, W.Va., passed from this life on Friday, December 4, 2020 at UPMC in Cumberland, Md. She was born August 31, 1939 at Cumberland, Md. and was the daughter of the late Jasper Frederick Flora and Helen Chaney Flora. Shirley graduated from Paw Paw School in […]

Della M. Wachter 1930-2020 Della Mary Wachter, age 90, a former resident of Hancock, Md., and Hagerstown, Md., passed away on Thursday, December 3, 2020 at the Heritage Springs Memory Care, in Lewisburg, Pa. Born January 10, 1930, in Hancock, Md., she was the daughter of the late George William and Mary Eva (Spade) Peck; […]

  Morgan County students will continue to learn from home this week as the county’s COVID cases have placed it in the “orange” category on the West Virginia Department of Education map which dictates methods of instruction and student activity guidelines. Last week, county schools were able to distribute Chromebooks to students to use for […]

Editor’s note: This story has been updated on December 8 with the names of the four applicants to fill Reed’s vacant seat on the County Commission. ———————————————- by KATE SHUNNEY Morgan County Commissioner Ken Reed resigned his seat on the commission on Wednesday, December 2 in preparation for starting work as a member of the West Virginia […]

by Kate Evans The art program at Paw Paw Schools has received a $1,488 grant from the Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation’s 2020 Fall Education Grant fund to support the purchase of 20 portable aluminum easels and six H-frame wooden easels, as well as 120 stretched canvases and 120 canvas panels for its art classes. […]

by Jim Buzzerd Cutting to the chase Despite numerous teams dropping out of the Bad Boy Mowers Basketball Tournament the event was played. West Virginia University Mountaineers won the tournament with wins over South Dakota State, Virginia Commonwealth and Western Kentucky. The highly anticipated football matchup between the Mountaineers and Oklahoma scheduled for last Saturday […]

Tributes to Jeanne Mozier came from near and far last week as news spread of her sudden death last Thursday, November 26 at the age of 75. In Berkeley Springs, her name was posted on the marquis of the Star Theatre – the movie theater she ran with her husband Jack Soronen for over 40 […]

by Kate Evans The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (DNR) Chronic Wasting Disease testing was cancelled this year in this district on the first two days of buck season due to concerns about potential COVID-19 transmission to hunters and DNR staff at sampling stations. District 2 Division of Natural Resources wildlife biologist Rich Rogers […]