by KATE EVANS Morgan County Schools students will switch back to full remote learning this coming week,  Monday, November 2 through Friday, November 6. The county was classified as an orange county on the West Virginia Department of Education’s Saturday, October 31 COVID-19 School Alert System map, triggering the closure of in-person classes for the […]

by Jamie Harris The Class AA Region I Cross Country Championships were held at Frankfort High School last Wednesday, October 21. Region I features some of the state’s best cross country runners and teams in the state of West Virginia. Four of the teams were ranked first, second, fourth and sixth in the state rankings. […]

More drops by Jim Buzzerd The West Virginia University football team lost a 34-27 at Texas Tech last Saturday in yet another game marred by dropped passes by the Mountaineer receiving corps. The dropped passes have become the norm for WVU and Saturday they were quite costly. And it didn’t take long on Saturday for […]

by GEOFF FOX Six kiosks with historical pictures of the area where they were placed have been placed along the sidewalk on Main Street. Each kiosk is double sided with a picture and description of a building or event that occurred at that location. For example, the two kiosks at Breathed Park recount the “Davis Hotel” […]

by GEOFF FOX Town officials received a preliminary engineering report on the wastewater facility project from RK&K, the engineering firm who will be doing the work. RK&K projects the project to be completed by November 2023. In a packet given to town officials, RK&K outlined the areas of focus of their report, an evaluation of the […]

by KATE SHUNNEY Voters lined up outside the Morgan County Courthouse early on Wednesday, October 21, the first day of early voting. photo by Rob Campbell Morgan County voters have lined up daily at the county courthouse since last Wednesday, waiting for their turn to vote early in the County Clerk’s office. Sometimes dozens of people […]

by KATE EVANS The tradition of making jack-o-lanterns at Halloween is centuries old and goes back to an Irish legend about a thieving con man known as “Stingy Jack.” One version of the story says that Jack was being chased by village people after he stole some things and that the devil appeared to him and […]

by KATE EVANS Three staff persons at War Memorial Hospital’s Extended Care Facility have tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus, according to the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources COVID-19 website data on Tuesday, October 20.  The three cases are considered an outbreak. War Memorial Hospital Vice President Heather Sigel, RN, BSN, MA said […]

by TRISH RUDDER A sales agreement for the old school building on Green Street in Berkeley Springs is pending approval. The Town of Bath’s Historic Landmarks Commission is concerned by the planned sale of the old school building on Green Street to Lotus Healthcare Group. The building and the surrounding property is under contract to be […]

Edward J. Gill 1959-2020 Edward Joseph Gill, age 60, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va. died on Saturday, October 17, 2020 at his home while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born November 21, 1959 in Baltimore, Md., he was the son of Georgiana Grammar Gill of Berkeley Springs, W.Va. and the late Joseph Eugen […]