Carolyn M. Jones 1936-2020 Carolyn M. Jones, 83, of Fairfield, Pa. died Monday, March 23, 2020 at Shippensburg Health Care Center, Shippensburg, Pa. She was born November 30, 1936 in Berkeley Springs, W. Va., the daughter of the late Charles and Margaret Yost McCumbee. Her husband, Lewis Edward “Louie” Jones died in 2013. In her […]

Thomas Cathcart “Tim” Potter Thomas Cathcart “Tim” Potter, age 83, of Fulton County, Pa., passed away Friday, March 20, 2020 at his home. Tim loved his family, farming, politics and yard sales; not necessarily in that order. He was originally from the Philadelphia, Pa. area. He graduated from Penn State University with a Dairy Technology […]

Traci D. Snidemiller 1984-2020 Traci Dawn Snidemiller, age 36, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., passed away on Saturday, March 28, 2020 at her home. Born February 3, 1984 at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, Va., she was the daughter of Mary Susan Spitzer Snidemiller of Berkeley Springs and the late Steve Leon Snidemiller. […]

Theresa M. Goodman 1948-2020 Theresa Marie Goodman, of Martinsburg died Wednesday, March 25, 2020 at the Hospice of the Panhandle Inpatient Care Facility in Kearneysville. Born on September 29, 1948 in Berkeley Springs, she was the daughter of Mary Hobday Goodman of Falling Waters and the late John Goodman. She was a Christian. She was […]

Editor’s note: This story was updated on Tuesday, March 31 with comments from additional health officials. by Kate Shunney Dr. Terrence Reidy, chief medical officer for the Berkeley-Morgan Health Department. The head of the Berkeley-Morgan County Health Department confirmed Sunday the first positive test of COVID-19 in a Morgan County resident. That is the disease […]

by Kate Evans The Morgan County School Board held a second reading and adoption of the following policies at their March 3 meeting: sabbatical leave for professional educators and teachers’ aides, surviving spouse use of deceased spouse personal leave, job-related expenses, leave time for organ donation, audits, uniform records and accounts, system of accounting, authorization […]

by Jim Buzzerd   Milum A couple weeks ago, right before Coronavirus rudely interrupted our lives, the West Virginia University football program received a significant 2021 verbal commitment from Spring Valley tackle Wyatt Milum. Milum was a top target for Neal Brown and his staff as the coach, now entering his second season at the […]

by Geoff Fox Over the weekend, Washington County officials announced there have been two confirmed cases of COVID-19 within the county. On March 21, the first case confirmed in the county was a 50-year old woman who officials said was in good condition with mild symptoms and recovering at home. A second case was confirmed […]

by Kate Shunney A Berkeley Springs man has been charged with multiple felonies after leading police on a chase that extended into Virginia and then back again into Morgan County last Tuesday evening. The charges include attempted murder of a Sheriff’s deputy. Raymond W. Miller, 41, of Waugh Road was taken into custody on Tuesday, […]

Three Morgan County 8th graders have been chosen as the newest members of West Virginia’s Golden Horseshoe Society because of their outstanding knowledge of the Mountain State. All three are students at Warm Springs Middle School in Berkeley Springs. Alivia Arnold, Marley Heath and Audrey Helmick were announced as the county’s Golden Horseshoe winners late […]