by KATE SHUNNEY Staff from the Morgan County Clerk’s office canvass the votes from Precinct 13 on Monday, June 15 as County Commissioners Ken Reed and Sean Forney watch. Morgan County’s election returns were still incomplete after a day of canvassing, precinct voting, 10 days of early voting and more than a month of voting by […]

by Kate Evans Several separate efforts to encourage gardening and healthy eating in Morgan County have put down roots and grown with a wider community vision this spring. Local agencies and students have joined together to work with families and young people to teach the strategies, benefits and joys of gardening. They started with seeds […]

A Bloomery, W.Va. man with Morgan County ties has died as a result of an ATV accident here today, Tuesday, June 16. Ralph D. Barnes, 60, was on property he owns on Spook Hollow Lane off of Ruppenthal Road and was operating an ATV there this morning when the vehicle apparently tipped on steep terrain and rolled onto […]

The Bicentennial Lecture on Civil War activities on Morgan County is the first in the series that will be available to a live audience. Steve French delivers the lecture on Saturday, June 20 at 11 a.m. at the Star Theatre. As with the first two lectures, this will also be live streamed and made into […]

Ellen B. Norris 1924-2020 Ellen Belle Norris, 95, of Hancock, died Friday, May 29, 2020 at War Memorial Hospital, Berkeley Springs. Born June 4, 1924 in Berkeley Springs, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Irene May Buckner Payne and the widow of John William Norris, Sr. She attended Grace Christian Fellowship Church, Hancock. She is survived by three […]

Keith Duvall Keith Duvall, 77, of Stafford, Va., died Wednesday, June 4, 2020 at Mary Washington Hospital. He retired from IBM after 30 years in Kingston, N.Y., Havant, Hantz United Kingdom and Manassas, Va. He then worked at Intuit for 15 years in Fredericksburg, Va. He is survived by his wife, Darlene Duvall, Stafford; one son, Dennis Duvall, […]

by GEOFF FOX The Confederate flag on a mural along the Town Tavern in Hancock was painted over early this month by the town mayor. Part of a private mural honoring a Confederate general was painted over, kicking off a criminal investigation. Hancock Mayor Ralph Salvagno has been charged with one count of malicious destruction and […]

Tennis Senior Spotlight Leah Reed by Jamie Harris Berkeley Springs High School senior Leah Reed, along with her senior tennis teammates, have a more unique story that they will remember for years. Imagine having to practice on courts that were in bad shape. How about not having a single home tennis match in her entire […]

Wide receiver verbals by Jim Buzzerd Last month West Virginia University 2021 football target, wide receiver J.J. Jones, narrowed his list to five schools and West Virginia was not among them. Jones plays for Myrtle Beach High school which is an area that WVU rarely recruits. Jones was a target because his father, Jon, played […]

Softball Senior Spotlight Meghan Fox by Jamie Harris Berkeley Springs High School Lady Indians softball player Meghan Fox was participating in her first year of high school softball when the season came to an abrupt end. Fox was also a varsity cheerleader for Berkeley Springs High School and was a competitive gymnast for 11 years […]