“One of a kind” doesn’t begin to describe the life of Ed Fincham by Bill Sterner The local sports scene lost an icon over the weekend with the passing of David “Ed” Fincham. Fincham, 84, left behind a legacy of longevity in teaching, coaching and his true passion of officiating. In fact, Fincham officiated numerous […]

by Jim Buzzerd   Season on the brink High school and college football begin in earnest this weekend and I believe that fact will make a lot of people happy. Personally, I keep my eyes on state and local high school scores, but my interest is college football in general and the West Virginia University […]

by Jamie Harris One of the first female standout athletes in Berkeley Springs High School history is taking her rightful place as a member of the Berkeley Springs High School Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2019. Mary Jean Hottel was a standout basketball and softball player for the Lady Indians in the late 1940’s. […]

by Geoff Fox The Hancock Flag Football league will be moving to a new location when the season starts in a couple of weeks. Instead of playing their games in Kirkwood Park where they’ve been playing, they will be moving to Widmeyer Park and the field across the stream from the main part of the […]

Local businessman killed in crash tied to road rage, suspect dies on scene by KATE SHUNNEY Two separate motor vehicle accidents within 36 hour of each other on U.S. 522 claimed the lives of three local men last week. Both collisions happened south of Berkeley Springs. A two-vehicle crash on Wednesday, August 21 claimed the […]

by Geoff Fox Students across Washington County will be heading back to school next Tuesday, September 3, and will be entering into schools with new policies, new faces, and of course familiar faces. This school year at Hancock Middle-Senior High School will be the first for new principal Christopher Cline. It will also be the […]

by KATE SHUNNEY A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Columbia Gas in which the gas company argued it should have access to a right-of-way under the Western Maryland Rail Trail for a proposed natural gas pipeline. In January, Maryland officials on the Board of Public Works denied the gas company access to […]

by Trish Rudder The majority of the 35 public comments on the proposed U.S. 522 Berkeley Springs Bypass want the bypass to be reduced to two lanes instead of the four lanes as it is now designed. The comments are from the West Virginia Department of Transportation Division of Highways (DOH) workshop meeting on February […]

by Kate Evans Some 193 potential cases of severe lung illness associated with e-cigarette use and vaping have been reported by 22 states this year between June 28 and August 20, announced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last week. Cases have primarily been among adolescents and young adults. One death was reported […]

Ruby I. Swain 1934-2019 Ruby I. Hull Swain, 84, Hancock, died Thursday, August 22, 2019 at her home. Born in Hancock on September 18, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Lester and Dorothy Younker Hull and the wife of Adolph W. Swain. She was a member of the Stone Bridge Church of the Brethren, […]