by Jim Buzzerd The weekend did not get off to the kind of start West Virginia University sports fans had hoped, or even expected. The WVU basketball team lost its opening game with Buffalo Friday night 99-94 in overtime. The Mountaineers led by 13 with 16 minutes to go, but had no answer to C.J. […]

Predictions of a snowstorm that would bring five to eight inches of snow and ice to the region are coming true today, Thursday, November 15 as snow blankets the area. Morgan County school officials announced on Wednesday evening that schools would be closed today. The Morgan County Courthouse was on a two-hour delay, but has […]

by Kate Shunney Republican political newcomer Sean Forney won a six-year term on the Morgan County Commission last Tuesday, pushing out former commissioner and Democrat Stacy Schultz by a wide margin in the county’s most contentious political race this cycle. Forney took 4,197 votes in the election while Schultz pulled in 1,828. Sean Forney Unaffiliated […]

by Kate Shunney Paw Paw’s elected mayor Tim Mose resigned from his post on Monday, November 5. Mose sent an email message out to town officials shortly after 9:30 a.m. last Monday announcing he would step down. “Due to health concerns, effective close of business today, I must resign as mayor of the town of […]

A South Carolina man who was wanted by police on child pornography charges and was arrested here in September has been indicted in federal court. Douglas B. Bishop, 50, was indicted on Tuesday, November 6 on a failure to register as a sex offender charge. Bishop had moved to the Great Cacapon area in May […]

by Geoff Fox & Kate Shunney After months of candidates campaigning, voters turned out on Tuesday, November 6, to let their voices be heard across Maryland and the nation. Locally, eleven candidates sought five seats on the county commission. Three incumbent commissioners won their seat back while two newcomers will join them. Jeff Cline was […]

by Geoff Fox Each year, students at Hancock Middle-Senior High School hold their annual Veterans Day ceremony where students assemble in the auditorium listening to speakers talk about the sacrifices soldiers have made throughout history. At 11 a.m. Monday morning, Principal Sabrina McCoy greeted those in attendance in the auditorium to the ceremony, including students […]

by Kate Evans Is there a book you’ve loved that’s really changed your life or that left a long-lasting impact? Or a treasured book you’ve read many times, whose characters inspired you or that holds special memories? The Morgan County Public Library wants to hear about its patrons’ favorite book during their Great Berkeley Springs […]

by Kate Evans Area firefighters battled a structure fire last Saturday near Hedgesville that completely destroyed a garage and caused some damage to a camper that was someone’s residence. The fire call came to Morgan County 911 Dispatch Center at 6:13 p.m. on November 10 for a structure fire on Fox Hollow Lane which is […]

Sarah K. Candler 1937-2018 Sarah Kesecker Candler 81, of Danville, Va., died Saturday, November 10, 2018 at Riverside Health & Rehabilitation. Mrs. Candler was born in Morgan County, W.Va., on November 3, 1937 a daughter of the late Kenneth Custer Kesecker and Mary Elizabeth Crone Kesecker. Mrs. Candler worked as a Dental Hygienist and later […]