by Kate Evans Seasonal influenza activity is high across the United States and continues to increase, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This region was among 46 states and Puerto Rico with widespread flu activity, including West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Ohio. The District of Columbia had local flu activity. A […]

by Kate Evans Five deer that were hunter-harvested in Morgan County during the first two days of the 2019-2020 buck firearms season tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). A deer harvested during the 2018-2019 hunting season also tested positive for the disease – the first one confirmed in the county. West Virginia Division of […]

by Geoff Fox For the last three months, there has been a group of middle school students at Hancock Middle School working on creating and programming a working robot for competitions and getting a head start on their futures. The club is student-driven and meets for an hour and a half each week. The group […]

Last Tuesday’s winter storm dropped five inches of snow around Morgan County, cancelling school on Wednesday, January 8. By last weekend, temperatures had worked their way up into the 60s, erasing the snow and serving up spring-like weather. This weekend’s forecast swings the area back to winter, with snow predicted Saturday and temperatures sliding down […]

by Kate Evans Firefighters battle a fire in a vacant house on Eckerd Lane in Berkeley Springs on January 7.photo by Zachary Sipe Firefighters responded to a fire in a vacant house in Berkeley Springs on Tuesday, January 7 that is considered suspicious. Responders dealt with snowy and icy road conditions as they battled the […]

Herbert I. Golden, Sr. 1928-2020 Herbert I. Golden, Sr., age 91, of Hancock, Md., passed away on Friday, January 10, 2020 at the War Memorial Hospital, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va. Born in Hancock, on November 30, 1928, he was the son of the late Stanley W. and Cornelia (Mellott) Golden; and the husband of the […]

Joseph L. Horst 1941-2020 Joseph Lee Horst, age 78, of Mars, passed away on Friday morning, January 10, 2020 in the comfort of his home with his family at his side. Born in Greencastle, Pa. on October 20, 1941, he was a son of the late Michael and Esther Eby Horst. Joe started his career […]

Benjamin L. DeShong 1941-2020 Benjamin Lee DeShong, age 78, of Hancock, Md., passed away on Friday, January 10, 2020, at Doey’s House, in Hagerstown, Md. Born October 18, 1941, in Hagerstown, Md., he was the son of the late Bryan DeShong and Mary Marguerite (Schetrompf) DeShong; and the husband of Rosela M. “Kitty” (Rhodes) DeShong. […]

Denver G. Kerns, Sr. 1935-2020 Denver G. Kerns, Sr., 84, of New London passed away on Monday, January 6, 2020, at the New London Specialty Care Center in New London. Denver was born on October 1, 1935, in Gore, Virginia, the son of Edgar Robert Lee & Grace Mae (Yost) Kerns. He was united in marriage […]

William E. Dugan 1933-2020 William Edward Dugan, age 86, of Hancock, Md., passed away Friday, January 10, 2020 at Gottlieb Hospital, in Melrose Park, Illinois. Born August 16, 1933, in Hancock, Md., he was the son of the late William Edward and Mildred (Piper) Dugan; and the husband of Dorothy E. (Lynch) Dugan, whom he […]