by Kate Evans Two men are accused of breaking into two walk-in food storage units at Paw Paw Schools and stealing a considerable amount of food following an early morning food delivery last Thursday, April 11. The Morgan County Sheriff’s Department received a report that morning that someone had broken into the Paw Paw Schools […]

Worn by decades of being left and forgotten, the train signals will be taken to Frederick and restored by the and replaced to the locations along the Hancock portion of the Western Maryland Rail Trail to where they once stood. by GEOFF FOX Train signals that have been dormant for decades will be seeing new […]

Morgan County’s own competition cheer team, WSW Empire, Reign took first place in the Platinum Nationals competition held in Reading, Pa. on March 31. This is the second first place national title for the freshman team. The Morgan County-based Empire Cheer program is a competitive cheer squad that branched off of the Warm Springs Wolves […]

The Maryland spring turkey season begins tomorrow, April 18, and continues through May 23. For the first part of the regular hunting season, April 18-May 9, hunting is allowed from one half-hour before sunrise until noon. Throughout the rest of the season, May 10-23, hunting hours are one half-hour before sunrise until sunset. “Wild turkeys […]

Sami Hufham, 5, of Berkeley Springs will be the one to ride the grand prize bicycle given away at the Hancock Community Easter Egg Hunt. Hufham’s grandmother, Connie French of Hancock, was the winner of the bicycle. Danielle Hufham, left, stands with son Sami. The bicycle was donated to the event by C&O Bike and […]

by Kate Evans Every April the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation celebrate National Park Week — a week of fun activities and special events hosted by parks across the country. National Park Week 2019 takes place from April 20 to April 28. All entrance fees are waived on Saturday, April 20. Special […]

by Geoff Fox The owners of WXDC, known to local listeners as Max 92.9, have said on air that they will be losing rights to use their broadcast tower located in Berkeley Springs at the end of the month. According to multiple sources, station owner Dianne Smith has announced on air that the station’s lease […]

by Jim Buzzerd Watching the game The NCAA National Basketball Championship game between Texas Tech and Virginia is about to start. I’ll attempt to offer some thoughts as the game goes on. I’ll be pulling for Texas Tech who last lost to my West Virginia University Mountaineers in the Big 12 Conference Tournament. Two Games […]

BSHS pitcher Mackenzie Stotler, 20 manages to catch a pop-up as she collides with third baseman Natalie McCarty, 11 in a game played at home against Spring Mills last Thursday, April 4.photo by Lori Younker by Jamie Harris The Berkeley Springs High School Lady Indians Varsity Softball Team had a busy week with a pair of […]

by Kate Evans Berkeley Springs High School seniors Otice “Dylan” Carder and Natalie Hashem won a second place award for their powerful video “A Life Without You” in the sixth annual West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Administration’s statewide No School Spirits PSA contest. The video the two created about alcohol can be seen at https://youtu.be/ndnPuh3Ym-s. The […]