Linda D. Lefever 1952-2021 Linda Darlene Lefever, 68, of Berkeley Springs, died Friday, January 8, 2021 at War Memorial Hospital in Berkeley Springs. Services and interment will be private. Arrangements by Helsley-Johnson Funeral Home & Cremation Center.  

Douglas S. Barnes 1993-2021 Douglas Scott Barnes, age 27, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va. died on Saturday, January 16, 2021 at his home. Born February 8, 1993 in Berkeley County, W.Va., he is the son of Bonnie Louise Hosgood Cannon of Berkeley Springs and the late Ralph Douglas Barnes. He worked as a Tree Trimmer with […]

Christopher M. Forney 1976-2021 Christopher Michael Forney, age 44, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Thursday, January 14, 2021 at his home. Born September 29, 1976 in Manassas, Va., he was the son of Michael Francis Forney and his wife Millette of Luray, Va. and Debra Marie Rudasill Forney Walker and her husband Kenneth of […]

Martha V. Rider 1925-2021 Martha Viola Rider (Siegner), age 95 of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Thursday, January 14, 2021 in her home. Born April 22, 1925 in Hyndman, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Adam Siegner and Oral (Mull) Siegner. Martha was a Christian and lived her life daily based on her […]

Amanda E. Edwards 1987-2020 Amanda Elaine “Lil Tubba” Edwards, age 33, of Hancock, Md., died on Friday, December 25, 2020 in Eureka, Calif. Born September 11, 1987 at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pa., she was the daughter of George Allen Edwards of Springfield, W.Va. and Elaine Bishop Cochran of Hancock, Md. […]

Teresa Sullivan Teresa Sullivan, a resident of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died unexpectedly on January 6, 2021 at the age of 39. Teresa enjoyed exploring and visiting local coffee shops. Her true happiness was being in Florida carefree and dreaming of the future with her children. Teresa was a very loving, soft spoken and a trustworthy […]

Blended schedule set to run through Feb. 22 by KATE EVANS Morgan County School officials on Thursday approved a new plan to return local students to classrooms on a rotating two-day schedule starting next Tuesday, January 19. The decision was made at a January 14 emergency evening meeting which over 60 people attended, most of […]

  by Kate Evans     The Morgan County School Board will hold an emergency meeting this evening, Thursday January 14, at 6:00 p.m. at the school board office due to the West Virginia Board of Education’s vote to remove the county option of having full remote learning. People can also attend the emergency meeting via […]

by Jim Buzzerd Things I think I think the West Virginia University Basketball Team is going to fall short of the lofty expectations that so many had for them before the season began. On Saturday the Mountaineers snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in a 72-70 loss to fourth ranked Texas in Morgantown. West […]

by Kate Evans Berkeley Springs High School and Paw Paw High School along with other high schools across West Virginia will be receiving funds to support extracurricular programs that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Berkeley Springs High School will receive $32,600 and Paw Paw High School will get $2,500 from the Extracurricular Equity […]