A newly-built Morgan County EMS station in Paw Paw is roughly 70% complete and should be occupied by the end of 2020 or the start of 2021. Kevin Duckwall, Director of Morgan County Rescue Service, Inc. said the agency was hoping to have ambulance crews in the new facility this month, but construction delays will […]

Washington County Health Department has launched mobile testing sites throughout Washington County. Testing at these sites are free and residents do not need a doctor’s referral or an appointment to be tested. All testing sites will operate from 9  a.m. to 12 noon unless indicated differently. Wednesday, October 14: Christ’s Reformed Church, 17012 Alcott Rd, […]

by Trish Rudder A survey asking for public input about the future uses and development of the Town of Bath’s northside/train depot area is still open for the community to take. So far about 46 people have participated, said Bath Development Authority (BDA) member Cindy Bodin. Patrick Kirby, Director of the Northern Brownfields Assistance Center, […]

by KATE EVANS & KATE SHUNNEY Paw Paw High School was operating by full remote learning on Tuesday, October 13  with elementary students back in classrooms after the school system and Morgan-Berkeley County Health Department confirmed a case of COVID-19 in a Paw Paw student. All Paw Paw students spent Monday doing remote learning. Morgan […]

by Kate Evans & Kate Shunney The West Virginia Division of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) put Morgan County on “gold” status for the second time in three days on Tuesday, October 13. This week is the first time the county’s cases have risen to that level. The gold color designation means the county has […]

Kenneth Day Kenneth Day, 73, of Berkeley Springs, died Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at War Memorial Hospital, Berkeley Springs. Arrangements are being handled by Helsley-Johnson Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 95 Union Street, Berkeley Springs.

Wallace K. Hill 1924-2020 Wallace K. Hill, age 95, died peacefully on September 30, 2020, surrounded by loving family. He is survived by daughter Robbin Hill Widmeyer of Mechanicsville Va., with whom he was living at the time, daughter Leah E. Goss of Denver Colo.; son Michael Burdick of Huntington W.Va.; step-daughter Pamela R. Yost […]

Roger B. Glass 1955-2020 Roger Benignus Glass, 65, of Berkeley Springs, died Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville, Va. Born August 20, 1955 in Jacksonville Fla., he was the son of the late Roger B. and Rose Marie Irving Glass. He served in the U.S. Army from 1974 until his […]

Eva Monetta Kidwell 1927-2020 Eva Monetta Kidwell, age 93, of Great Cacapon, W.Va., died on Monday, October 12, 2020 at her daughter’s home in Berkeley Springs. Born August 27, 1927 in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Harry Marshall and Ethel Lee Crouse Hiles. She was a member of Love Assembly […]

David W. Gregory 1955-2020 David Wayne Gregory, 64, of Berkeley Springs, died Monday, October 12, 2020 at Winchester Medical Center. Born October 30, 1955 in Berkeley Springs, he was the son of Alma Jean Sensel Gregory, Berkeley Springs and the late Calvin Newton Gregory, Sr. He was a member of Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church. He was […]