Governor Jim Justice and West Virginia Department of Transportation (WVDOT) Secretary Byrd White on Monday awarded 38 Transportation Alternatives and Recreational Trails Program grants, worth $7,414,975 in total, for projects in 27 West Virginia counties. The West Virginia Transportation Alternatives and Recreational Trails Program is administered by the WVDOT and funded by the Federal Highway […]

by Jim Buzzerd Not a sports take If the Coronavirus pandemic wasn’t enough to put our way of life in chains, now we have nearly a solid week of mob violence across the country as folks protest the death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis policeman. Of course Floyd was black and […]

by GEOFF FOX A Hancock man was served Monday with a criminal summons after local police investigated missing funds from a local fraternal organization. John Philip True, 62, of Heavenly Acres Ridge Road in Hancock, was charged with allegedly stealing over $17,000 from the Hancock group. In July 2019, the Hancock Police Department opened a theft […]

by KATE SHUNNEY & KATE EVANS A mass COVID-19 testing site at Warm Springs Middle School last week tested 353 residents for the highly contagious respiratory disease on Friday, May 29 and Saturday, May 30. Tests were done through vehicle windows. Dr. Kevin McLaughlin, Deputy Health Officer for the Morgan-Berkeley County Health Department, said that 200 people were […]

The Berkeley Springs pool in Berkeley Springs State Park opened on Saturday, May 30 for the summer season and remains open daily under new restrictions. Young people were making full use of the Berkeley Springs pool on Monday, June 1. This is the first full week the pool will be open. Pool users must have […]

by Geoff Fox The crack of the bat as Mike Trout smacks a home run could very well not be heard this summer as the 2020 Major League Baseball season is in danger of being cancelled. Baseball field at Hancock’s Kirkwood Park. However, the clang of a bat as the next Mike Trout will be […]

by KATE EVANS Ticks are already prevalent this spring and area physicians are treating people for tick bites and Lyme disease. Health officials urge everyone to keep checking for ticks on themselves, their children and pets and watching for signs of tick bites, Lyme disease and other tick-borne illness. Lyme disease Lyme disease is a bacterial […]

by KATE EVANS The Morgan County Health Department issued a rabies alert for the Fish Hatchery Road area in Berkeley Springs in the early evening on Friday, May 29. The Health Department put the rabies alert on their Facebook page and their post was also shared by Morgan County Animal Control. Health Department officials said the […]

Patricia A. Webster 1939-2020 Patricia Ann Webster, age 81, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, at her home in Adelphi, Md. Born March 17, 1939, in Hancock, Md., she was the daughter of the late Margaret E. and James R. Smith. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Carl Webster, […]

Terry L. Appel 1958-2020 Terry Lee Appel, age 61, of Hancock, Md., passed away on Thursday, May 28, 2020, at the UPMC Western Maryland, in Cumberland, Md. “Gone but not forgotten.” Born October 7, 1958, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., he was the son of the late Doris L. (Boone) Appel and John W. Appel, Sr.; […]