Former West Virginia state trooper Ronald Mason started his first full month Ronald Mason.photo by Sarah Hogbin as Morgan County’s new 911 Director this week. Mason took over the emergency communications office on March 11 after an extended search for a new director. Deputy Director Sarah Hogbin had served as the 911 center’s acting director […]

Local police arrested two Berkeley Springs residents on Monday, April 1, and charged them with possession of drugs with the intent to deliver them. Sheriff K.C. Bohrer identified the suspected drugs as “scramble” – a capsule form of combined drugs with either heroin or cocaine as the base. Shortly after 4 p.m., police made contact […]

Don Sager heads west on the beginning section of the Western Maryland Rail Extension from Pearre to Little Orleans on Thursday afternoon, March 28. Sager, who started in Big Pool on his new bike, said once the new section of trail is open, he’d be heading out toward Little Orleans. by Geoff Fox An extension […]

by Geoff Fox The Hancock Chamber of Commerce has dissolved after an organizational meeting last Tuesday, March 26. There had been talk at prior meetings about dissolving the chamber, but no action had been taken until now. According to Penny Pittman, the Chamber board will send out letters to members explaining what is happening to […]

by Kate Evans A deer that was harvested in Morgan County during last year’s hunting season has tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease. Assistant Chief of Game Management Gary Foster from the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (DNR) said that the deer was found along the Berkeley County line right along the Sleepy Creek […]

More than 220 attendees gathered last Friday to honor and thank Vietnam veterans at a homecoming event held at the American Legion Post 60 in Berkeley Springs. A luncheon and veterans ceremonies marked March 29, the state and national Vietnam War veterans holiday. Vietnam veterans stand to be recognized during a homecoming luncheon event at […]

Daniel E. Hull 1941-2019 Daniel Elwood Hull, 77, of Hancock, died Thursday, March 28, 2019 at home. Born in Hancock on June 23, 1941, he was the son of the late Lester and Dorothy Younker Hull. He was a graduate of Hancock High School and retired from employment with C. William Hetzer, Inc., Hagerstown. He […]

James W. Spurlock, Sr. 1934-2019 James W. Spurlock, Sr., 84, formerly of Berkeley Springs, died Saturday, March 23, 2019 under the care of Haven Hospice of Orange Park, Fla. Born September 12, 1934 in Jonesville, Va., he was the son of the late Caynor N. Spurlock and Stella M. Gobble. He worked as an engineer at Hood College […]

Judith C. Roach 1944-2019 Judith Carol “Judy” Roach, 74, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at the Hospice of the Panhandle Inpatient Care Center in Kearneysville, W.Va. Judy was born on November 20, 1944 in Hagerstown, Md., a daughter of the late Marion Lester Farris and Martha Willis Dawson Farris. S […]

Edith E. Jenkins 1930-2019 Edith E. Brough Jenkins, 88, of Martinsburg, formerly of Berkeley Springs, died Tuesday, March 26, 2019. She was born August 14, 1930, she was the daughter of the late James L. and Rose P. Brough. She was a member of the Eastern Star and the Winchester Avenue Christian Church. She was […]