by Kate Evans The Morgan County School Board approved their proposed Fiscal Year 2021 total budget of $29,998,609 for publication during their May 5 meeting. School Treasurer Ann Bell gave a budget presentation at the meeting beforehand. Their proposed total budget has an approximate general current expense fund of $26,339,999 and an estimated special revenue […]

by Kate Shunney Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf last week moved 24 of the state’s counties to a “yellow” status, lifting some of the Stay at Home orders and restrictions that have been in place since April amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As of Monday, Pennsylvania had confirmed 56,611 cases of the respiratory disease. More than 3,700 […]

by Kate Shunney A Kanawha County Circuit judge has denied a Morgan County man’s petition to block Ken Reed from appearing on the Republican primary ballot as a candidate for the House of Delegates representing the 59th district. Reed is currently a Morgan County Commissioner seeking the state legislative seat. He is running against Republican […]

by Geoff Fox This June, seniors at Washington County high schools are supposed to walk across the stage at their respective schools, but the county school system is in a holding pattern waiting for the Maryland State Board of Education to make a decision on the remainder of the school year. Last Wednesday, May 6, […]

by Geoff Fox Rain last Friday didn’t dampen the needs of people lining up in the Hancock Assembly of God Steve Martin, left, hands Lenny Stotler four boxes of food off the back of a Dot Foods trailer in the Hancock Assembly of God parking lot last Friday. parking lot as Dot Foods donated a […]

by Kate Shunney Morgan County’s courthouse will be open again to the public on Monday, May 18 with specific restrictions meant to reduce person-to-person contact in offices. Morgan County Commissioners issued guidelines for a reopening of the courthouse during a live-streamed public meeting on Wednesday, May 6. Unrestricted access to the courthouse was closed on […]

Valeria R. Shoemaker 1935-2020 Valeria R. (Younker) Shoemaker, 84, of Orchard Ridge Road, Hancock, Md., passed away peacefully on Friday, May 8, 2020, at the home of her daughter, Linda Keefer and son-in-law, Theodore Jay Keefer, Sr., where she had resided for the past six years. She was under the care of Hospice of Washington […]

Ila R. Whitacre 1926-2020 Ila Roselea Kidwell Whitacre, 93, of Paw Paw, died Wednesday, May 6, 2020 at her home. She was born July 18, 1926 at Levels, she was the daughter of the late Alfred Owen Kidwell and Stella Mae Shreve Kidwell. She was a 1945 graduate of Paw Paw High School, worked as […]

Ronald H. Ankeny, Sr. 1934-2020 Ronald Henry Ankeny, Sr., 85, of Berkeley Springs, died Thursday, May 7, 2020 at War Memorial Hospital, Berkeley Springs. Born October 19, 1934 in Johnstown, Pa., he was the son of the late Raymond Lauer and Flora Elizabeth Williams Ankeny. He was a Christian. He was a graduate of Dundalk High […]

Spring dogwood in the West Virginia woods. Spring is a glorious time in West Virginia. It’s an especially great time to be an outdoors person. Depending on the weather conditions, some time around the last of March, or the first of April, a lot of exciting things start to happen in nature in this area. […]