Jim Buzzerd   Nowhere to run We were told to expect James Madison to give the West Virginia University Football Team a strong challenge in the season opener last Saturday. James Madison was even a popular upset pick to win the game outright by numerous talking heads last week. West Virginia managed to take care […]

by Geoff Fox An incident at a local church has led Hancock Police to increase patrols and coordinate with all church officials to boost safety. Hancock Police Chief Rick Cook said there was recently an issue at one of the churches in the Hancock area where a member of the congregation showed up and pushed […]

by Trish Rudder More than 60 people attended an information session last Thursday, August 29, to learn how the property acquisition process works and about the property owners’ rights regarding the proposed U.S. 522 Berkeley Springs Bypass to be constructed by the state’s Division of Highways (DOH). The event was held at the Ice House […]

Cacapon State Park summer naturalist Gerald Michaels is seen with a milkweed plant that has a monarch instar caterpillar on it. Cacapon State Park has an official pollinator zone where monarch butterfly research is conducted. by Kate Evans Some 75% of flowering plants and almost 75% of food crops depend on pollinators. The monarch butterfly […]

by Kate Shunney Morgan County Commissioners will discuss today, Wednesday, September 4, whether they want to make further changes to the county’s E-911 fee ordinance. Commissioners voted unanimously on Wednesday, August 21, to double the fee from $2.50 per month to $5.00 per month. The fee hasn’t been raised since 1998, when it was put […]

by Geoff Fox Flynn Donoho has been riding across the United States since January 6, 2011 and has been to every state at least twice on a journey to raise funds for cancer research. He and his canine companion stopped in Hancock last Tuesday. Donoho, of California, is riding in support of raising funds for […]

Rosemary D. Smith 1929-2019 Rosemary D. Smith, 89, died Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at the Berkeley Springs Center LLC in Berkeley Springs. Born September 2, 1929 at the home of her uncle in Cumberland, Md., she was the daughter of the late Brady Hebert and Alberta M. Slider Dolly. She was a member of the First United […]

“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. […]