by Jamie Harris Berkeley Springs High School cross country and track standout John Mundey was selected as a member of the Class of 2019 Berkeley Springs High School Athletic Hall of Fame. Mundey who graduated from Berkeley Springs in the spring of 2010 left his mark as a distance running specialist. In the fall of […]

by Jim Buzzerd Random thoughts The West Virginia University Football Team continues to work toward its opener against James Madison on Saturday, August 31 and while there are numerous position battles going on, the quarterback battle is quite possibly the most important one.  If there is a clear favorite first year head coach Neal Brown […]

by Kate Shunney The Morgan County Commission last week chose a Jane Lew firm to oversee planned upgrades to the county’s E911 equipment and its new center. Communication Consulting Services, run by Joe Gonzalez, will charge the county $15,000 to help prepare project bids, track FCC requirements for new communications equipment and guide the county’s […]

by Geoff Fox As the smoke from the fireworks fell across Widmeyer Park and the smell of gunpowder filled the air last Tuesday night, August 7, well over 700 people headed home after celebrating National Night Out in Hancock. Hancock Police Department sponsored the yearly event, which is held on the first Tuesday of August […]

by Geoff Fox The Washington County Gaming Commission announced last Tuesday its gaming fund distribution to the Washington County Fire and Rescue Association was well as 84 local charitable organizations. The Gaming Fund total of $2,044,999 for fiscal year 2019 ended on June 30 and represents an increase of $68,625 when compared to fiscal year […]

by Kate Shunney County officials last week approved the purchase of a conservation easement on a 120-acre farm as part of the county’s Farmland Protection program. The easement, which prohibits the working farm from being developed for non-agricultural uses, will cost $216,000, said Farmland director Ginger Johnson. Once the easement purchase is finalized, Morgan County […]

by Kate Evans Some Widmyer Elementary kindergarten and first grade students will have a new experience this year with a split kindergarten/first grade classroom. Widmyer Elementary Principal Rhett Beckman said that the decision was made during personnel planning season last school year to hire a split kindergarten/first grade teacher for the school. The move was […]

Virginia L. Payne 1927-2019 Virginia Lee (Purnell) Payne, age 91, of Hancock, Md., passed away on August 6, 2019 at Ravenwood Nursing Care Center, in Hagerstown, Md. Born in Hancock, on November 23, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Genevieve (Purnell) Sipes, and step-father, Merrill J. Sipes; and the widow of Irvin Payne, […]

Delma L. Zirkle 1933-2019 Delma L. Elbin Zirkle, 85, of Little Orleans, died Friday, August 9, 2019 at WHMS Hospital, Cumberland. Born December 21, 1933 in Artemas, Pa., she was the daughter of the late W. Kelly and Mabel R. Clingerman Elbin. She was married in 1951 to William Wayde Zirkle who died March 31, 1982. She is survived by children, Leon […]

Douglas E. Smith, Sr. 1938-2019 Douglas E. “Gene” Smith, Sr., 81, of Great Cacapon and Kingwood, died Thursday, July 4, 2019 in Kingwood. He was born June 18, 1938 in Berkeley Springs, son of the late Turner Nelson and Agnes Louise Close Smith. He was a retired printer for the Baltimore Sun newspaper. He liked being outdoors, camping, […]