by KATE EVANS & KATE SHUNNEY Paw Paw High School was operating by full remote learning on Tuesday, October 13  with elementary students back in classrooms after the school system and Morgan-Berkeley County Health Department confirmed a case of COVID-19 in a Paw Paw student. All Paw Paw students spent Monday doing remote learning. Morgan […]

by Kate Evans & Kate Shunney The West Virginia Division of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) put Morgan County on “gold” status for the second time in three days on Tuesday, October 13. This week is the first time the county’s cases have risen to that level. The gold color designation means the county has […]

Kenneth Day Kenneth Day, 73, of Berkeley Springs, died Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at War Memorial Hospital, Berkeley Springs. Arrangements are being handled by Helsley-Johnson Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 95 Union Street, Berkeley Springs.

Wallace K. Hill 1924-2020 Wallace K. Hill, age 95, died peacefully on September 30, 2020, surrounded by loving family. He is survived by daughter Robbin Hill Widmeyer of Mechanicsville Va., with whom he was living at the time, daughter Leah E. Goss of Denver Colo.; son Michael Burdick of Huntington W.Va.; step-daughter Pamela R. Yost […]

Roger B. Glass 1955-2020 Roger Benignus Glass, 65, of Berkeley Springs, died Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville, Va. Born August 20, 1955 in Jacksonville Fla., he was the son of the late Roger B. and Rose Marie Irving Glass. He served in the U.S. Army from 1974 until his […]

Eva Monetta Kidwell 1927-2020 Eva Monetta Kidwell, age 93, of Great Cacapon, W.Va., died on Monday, October 12, 2020 at her daughter’s home in Berkeley Springs. Born August 27, 1927 in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Harry Marshall and Ethel Lee Crouse Hiles. She was a member of Love Assembly […]

David W. Gregory 1955-2020 David Wayne Gregory, 64, of Berkeley Springs, died Monday, October 12, 2020 at Winchester Medical Center. Born October 30, 1955 in Berkeley Springs, he was the son of Alma Jean Sensel Gregory, Berkeley Springs and the late Calvin Newton Gregory, Sr. He was a member of Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church. He was […]

James R. Bissett III 1990-2020 James Robert “Bobby” Bissett III, 30 of El Paso, Texas died Monday, September 21, 2020 in El Paso. Born February 4, 1990 in Baltimore, Md., he was the son of James Robert, Jr. and Deborah Christina Lenton Bissett of Berkeley Springs. He was a member of Berkeley Baptist Church and Beacon […]

Students at Paw Paw Schools are learning out of the classroom today, Monday, October 12 following a confirmed case of COVID-19 in a student. Morgan County School Superintendent Kristen Tuttle announced the shift to remote learning at Paw Paw on Sunday evening in a letter posted on the school system’s Facebook page. Press Release–positive case 10.11.20. In […]

Jim Buzzerd   Can they make a run? The West Virginia University Football Team picked up a 27-21 double overtime win over Baylor last Saturday in Morgantown. West Virginia is now 2-1 overall and 1-1 in the Big 12 Conference. The game was another sloppy effort by the offense, but an excellent effort was turned […]