During the 10 days of early voting in West Virginia’s primary election, 8 percent of Morgan County voters took to the county courthouse to cast their ballots ahead of the May 8 precinct voting. Morgan County election officials said 1,094 ballots were cast on voting machines and another 26 absentee ballots were received between April […]

by Kate Shunney The Washington County Board of Commissioners agreed last Tuesday, May 1 to top off local funds for a Hancock veteran banner project that has grown more complicated and costly than originally planned. During their evening meeting in Hancock, county commissioners heard a request from councilman Leo Murray for an additional $10,000 toward […]

by Kate Evans New Cacapon State Park activities coordinator Valerie Chaney has spent most of her career with the National Park Service in some of the nation’s most spectacular national parks. She started her position as Cacapon State Park activities coordinator on March 3. Chaney is excited to have the opportunity to interpret the history […]

by Geoff Fox In a 3-1 vote, town officials approved the promise scholarship for local high school students, first proposed by Mayor Ralph Salvagno in February. Councilman Tim Boyer was the lone vote against the scholarship. During the May town meeting, Salvagno fleshed out plans for the scholarship by adding four statements to a draft […]

by KATE SHUNNEY & TRISH RUDDER West Virginia Division of Highways map rendering of the southern end of a 522 Bypass. Morgan County Commissioners and Town of Bath officials have both joined an effort by local business officials to seek changes to state Division of Highways (DOH) plans for a U.S. 522 bypass east of […]

by KATE SHUNNEY Boyd Michael opens the May 3 listening session at Hancock Middle Senior High School. For the second time in two weeks, Washington County Public Schools Superintendent Boyd Michael got a taste of Hancock’s displeasure over the shift of the local agriculture teacher to Clear Spring. But during last Thursday’s listening session at […]

Morgan County voters renewed the school excess levy by a wide margin during Tuesday’s primary election, picked one new school board member and re-elected two more, and chose a fresh GOP candidate for a November race for the Morgan County Commission. Voting turnout locally topped 28 percent between 10 days of early voting and ballots […]

by KATE SHUNNEY Kanawha Circuit Judge Joanna Tabit last week rejected an emergency petition to force election officials to not include candidate Tally Reed on the May 8 primary election ballot in Morgan and Berkeley counties, and to discard any votes cast for her in the primary. Reed is a Republican seeking a seat in […]

by KATE SHUNNEY The Washington County Board of Zoning denied a request on May 2 from cell phone provider U.S. Cellular to secure an exception to county rules and allow the construction of a 195’ monopole tower on Sideling Hill Mountain. In a 3-2 vote, the board rejected the request to build the tower at […]

Several members of the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department and the Berkeley Springs police department recovered suspected crystal meth and marijuana, along with weapons and cash during the search of a residence in southern Morgan County on Tuesday, May 1. Sheriff K.C. Bohrer said in a media release that officers executed a search warrant at a […]