by Geoff Fox Hancock Mayor Ralph Salvagno announced Monday the town has developed a Pandemic Planning and Response Plan designed to be put into effect in the event of a crisis, such as COVID-19 and future events, that directly impact Hancock and the surrounding area. Work on the plan started last week and was finalized […]

Richard C. Eckley 1934-2020 Richard Carlyle Eckley, “Dick the Dog,” age 85, of Warfordsburg, Pa., passed away on Monday, March 30, 2020 at his home. Born June 21, 1934, in Kalamazoo, Mich., the son of the late John Eckley and Genevieve (Rix) Nichols. He was an active member and friend to everyone at the Warfordsburg […]

Adona (Brown) Burnett Adona (Brown) Burnett, age 90, our precious and faithful mother, passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of April 6, 2020, surrounded by her family at her daughter’s home in Fishersville, Va. She was born in Richfield, Ut., to the late Alburn Adonis and Clara Ellen (Ellett) Brown; the fifth child […]

Patricia Lorraine (Wachter) Zilch 1935-2020 Patricia Lorraine (Wachter) Zilch, age 84, quietly departed this life on Friday, April 3, 2020, in the Heartland Healthcare and Hospice, in Chesterfield, Va. She was born in Hancock, Md., on April 22, 1935, the daughter of the late Willard Reed and Gladys Pauline (Phillips) Wachter and the widow of […]

Amy C. Barnes 1924-2020 Amy C. Barnes, 95, of Winchester, Va., died Sunday, April 5, 2020. She was born June 22, 1924 in Morgan County, the daughter of the late Peter H. Henry and Hattie Henry Henry. She is survived by her husband Stanley D. Barnes of Winchester; daughter, Anna Lee Frederick, Berkeley Springs; two […]

Margaret A. Kline 1935-2020 Margaret Ann Kline, 84, of Paw Paw, died Friday, April 3, 2020 at Western Maryland Regional Medical Center in Cumberland, Md. She was born August 24, 1935 at Moorefield and was the daughter of the late Roy Sherman and Margaret Smith Sherman. She graduated from Shepherd College and was a home […]

James L. Schwartzbeck 1941-2020 James Levi Schwartzbeck, 79, of Berkeley Springs, died on Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at Winchester Medical Center in Winchester, Va. Born January 11, 1941 in Rockville, Md., he was the son of the late Russell William and Hilda Carter Schwartzbeck. He was of Protestant faith. He was a retired mechanic with […]

Edward H. Lutman 1924-2020 Edward H. Lutman, 95, of Berkeley Springs, died on Friday, April 3, 2020 at the Berkeley Springs Center in Berkeley Springs. Born July 11, 1924 in Morgan County, he was the son of the late Chester Paul and Frances A. Shearer Lutman. He was of Catholic faith. He attended schools in […]

The Centers for Disease Control has now said individual use of cloth face masks, even those made at home, can be helpful in slowing the spread of the highly-contagious coronavirus, which causes the respiratory disease known as COVID-19. There is a nationwide push to supply the necessary commercially-made masks to medical staff who need them […]

Businesses must direct employees to work from home, no gatherings of more than five people permitted, National Guard to assist counties by Kate Shunney West Virginia Governor Jim Justice on Friday issued an Executive Order directly aimed at limiting the spread of a growing number of cases of coronavirus illness in the Eastern Panhandle. The […]