UPDATED 12:52 P.M.      Cacapon State Park officials announced they are evacuating cabins there out of concern that the upper reservoir dam was at risk of failing due to flooding. The dam, situated roughly a quarter of a mile west of cabins in the lower part of the park, serves as a reservoir for the […]

Larry Thomas. In a special meeting held this morning, Friday, June 1, Morgan County commissioners voted unanimously to fire County Administrator Larry Thomas from the job he’s held since November 13 of last year. The agenda for the June 1 special meeting included one item: “Discussion of Employee Grievances presented to Dan James, Morgan County […]

by Colin McLaughlin Co-Salutatorians Katey Banks and Stephanie Golden as well as Valedictorian Violet Hott spoke at the Berkeley Springs High School’s class of 2018 graduation last Thursday May 24. Banks started with a thought that she had that morning. “On Nov. 5, 2004 [the Incredibles] movie was released and almost everyone has seen it,” […]

by Kate Evans The Morgan County School Board unanimously approved Morgan County Schools Superintendent Erich May’s contract for a two-year term of employment beginning July 1 at their May 22 meeting.  May has been serving as Interim Superintendent since Erich May. August 15. May’s salary for the first year of his term will be $105,120. […]

by Kate Shunney A group of Winchester mountain bikers have added several miles of trails at Cacapon State Park for cyclists and hikers, and plan to create several loops through the park forests in the future. The Winchester Wheelmen have coordinated their work with park officials, reopening old trails and creating new ones from the […]

Hancock’s Cora Keefer selected as Player of the Year by Jamie Harris and Bill Sterner The sports writers from The Morgan Messenger and The Hancock News  partnered with the athletic directors and head coaches from Berkeley Springs High School, Hancock High School and Paw Paw High School to select an All Area team for the […]

The Saga(ba) continues Fans of the West Virginia University Men’s Basketball Team received some good news last Thursday when sophomore center Sagaba Konate announced that he removed himself from the upcoming NBA draft and will return for his junior season at WVU. The announcement ended weeks of speculation that the rapidly improving native of Mali […]

by GEOFF FOX Pennsylvania State Police were led on a four-mile pursuit on Sunday evening, May 27, just after 8 p.m. that stretched from Needmore to Warfordsburg. According to police, police located a stolen white Subaru Impreza driven by Haley Elizabeth Biser, 19, of Frederick, when the attempted a traffic stop when Biser and her […]

A Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund poster carried by parade walkers bore the names and photos of Morgan County veterans that lost their lives in the Vietnam War. Veterans from the Tri-State Honor Guard led the 59th Annual William H. Norton Memorial Day parade in Paw Paw on Saturday. The parade and its annual festival and […]

 1940-2018 Rayetta Larue Gordon, age 77, of Berkeley Springs, WV, passed away on Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at her daughters home surrounded by her loving family while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born November 1, 1940 in Hancock, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Edgar Elise Smith and Helen Louise […]