by Jim Buzzerd Signing day and basketball West Virginia University football coach Neal Brown will sign his first recruiting class today, the 18th of December as 16 prospects are expected to sign with the Mountaineers in the early signing period. WVU will round out the recruiting season in February during the traditional signing period. The […]

by Kate Evans The Rite Aid on Gayle Drive in Berkeley Springs will be transform over the next two months, converting to a fully-branded Walgreens store on Friday, February 28, 2020. The store’s last day of business as a Rite Aid will be Sunday, February 23. The store will be closed for the week beginning […]

by Kate Evans Seasonal influenza is off to a rolling early start across the country with more than 20 states experiencing widespread influenza activity while other states are showing lower levels. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officials estimate that there have been at least 2.6 million flu illnesses, 23,000 hospitalizations and 1,300 deaths […]

by Geoff Fox Town meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month, but that won’t be the case in January. Because the General Assembly in Annapolis has their opening sessions on January 8, 2020, the January town meeting is going to be on Wednesday, January 15. The meeting would still be held at […]

Two men and one woman were arrested last week near the Morgan/Berkeley county line on felony drug charges following an investigation by the Eastern Panhandle Drug & Violent Crimes Taskforce. Law enforcement officers working with the taskforce served a search warrant at a Morgan County residence in the 600 block of Audubon Road in Hedgesville […]

by Kate Evans The four-way Myers Road traffic light was installed in late November but is not yet operational. District Five Construction Engineer Daniel Watts said that the contractor is still waiting for the power service to be provided for the traffic light. The light is located on U.S. 522 at the intersection with Myers […]

Sunday night snow and a few flurries on Monday delivered the first few inches of snow accumulation for this season. Morgan County Schools were closed on Monday, December 16 and the county courthouse opened an hour late to accommodate plowing and sidewalk clearing. Rain continued throughout Monday but didn’t wash away the white covering everywhere. […]

by Geoff Fox New Hancock Police Chief James Robison. The Hancock Police Department has a new chief and two new officers after they were sworn in during last Wednesday’s town meeting. James Robison, who has been part of the police department for the last few years, was sworn in as chief while Seth Hall was […]

Ralph Harry Booth 1935-2019 Ralph Harry Booth, age 84, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., passed away peacefully on December 12, 2019 in the Berkeley Springs Center. Born May 19, 1935, in East Stroudsburg, Pa., he was the son of the late Oliver Joseph Booth and Celestia E. (Strunk) Booth. He served in the United States Army […]

Harold F. Lease 1924-2019 Harold F. Lease, 95, of Paw Paw, W.Va. left this life for his eternal home on Thursday, December 12, 2019 at Western Maryland Health System, Cumberland, Md. Born on June 18, 1924 in Fort Ashby, W.Va., he was the son of the late Adam Lease and Gertrude Wagoner Lease. He worked […]