Photographs are now being accepted for the 2025 Morgan County Photo Contest, sponsored by The Morgan Messenger. The deadline for entries is Friday, May 16. Anyone may submit up to THREE digital photos of Morgan County scenes and people, landscapes or local events taken within the last year. Print photos[Read More…]
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Berkeley Springs High School takes third at state academic showdown
After qualifying at regionals, the Berkeley Springs High School Quiz Bowl team traveled to Charleston on Wednesday, April 30 to compete in the West Virginia Academic Showdown State Championship. The tournament features the top two academic teams of 47 teams in each of the state’s eight regions. In their first[Read More…]
Protests here part of national May Day action
Roughly 100 people participated in a May Day demonstration in downtown Berkeley Springs on Thursday, May 1 – the traditional May Day also known historically as International Workers’ Day. Part of a nationwide peaceful protest coordinated with the 50501 movement, the local action lasted roughly two hours and drew the[Read More…]
Energy Express will go forward this summer despite AmeriCorps cuts, other agencies lose volunteers
by Kate Shunney Morgan County’s summer reading program Energy Express, set to return to the county this year after several years of being suspended, will go ahead despite nationwide cuts to AmeriCorps, said state officials. AmeriCorps is the federal agency that provides funding and placement for many community volunteers to[Read More…]
Young Yukes to perform final concert at Star Theatre
BlackCat Music Cooperative has announced their very popular youth vocal group, The Young Yukes, will perform together for the last time on May 10 at the Star Theatre. The event, called “Final Fling” will feature the remaining Young Yukes, Mikayla, Sophie and Monroe playing some of their favorites during their[Read More…]
Widmyer aide Billie Jo Smith gets First Year Service Personnel Award
by Kate Evans Widmyer Elementary aide Billie Jo Smith was given the First Year Service Personnel Award at the April 1 Morgan County School Board meeting. Smith is working on becoming an Early Childhood Classroom Assistant Teacher. Smith went to college at Potomac State University after high school and transferred[Read More…]
Cool 92.9 named Best Classic Oldies/Adult Hits Station by state broadcasting group
Cool 92.9 (WXDC-FM), the classic hits station in Berkeley Springs serving the Eastern Panhandle and surrounding region, has been named the 2025 Best Classic Oldies/Adult Hits Station of the Year by the West Virginia Broadcasters Association (WVBA). The award was presented during the WVBA’s annual Excellence in Broadcasting Awards Banquet[Read More…]
Mother’s Day celebration began in West Virginia … in Grafton
by Trish Rudder Here in West Virginia, we have a lot to be thankful for in celebrating Mother’s Day in the United States. In 1907 in Grafton, Anna Jarvis organized the first Mother’s Day service of worship at Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church where it was celebrated, and the church still[Read More…]
Click It or Ticket: Buckle Up Every Day
The West Virginia Governor’s Highway Safety Program (GHSP) is teaming up the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), urging drivers to buckle up ahead of a national Click It or Ticket campaign. The national high-visibility seat belt enforcement effort, which coincides with the Memorial Day holiday,[Read More…]
Deputies investigating shooting at rental house party
Morgan County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a shooting at a party near Coolfont on Sunday, May 4 that resulted in a non-life-threatening wound to a victim’s leg. Morgan County Sheriff Johnnie Walter said Monday that officers are still interviewing witnesses from the party, some of whom are from Berkeley and[Read More…]
