The Washington County Board of County Commissioners has said that the countywide burn ban remains in effect for the second full week. Officials will continue to monitor weather conditions and reevaluate the ban on Friday, April 4 to determine if it should be lifted or extended further. Continued dry conditions[Read More…]
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Intermediate school shares growth, needs at strategic plan update
by Kate Evans Warm Springs Intermediate School Principal Rebecca Huber told the Morgan County school board at their March 4 meeting about the accomplishments that the staff and students had achieved this year during the school’s strategic plan update. Student academic accomplishments include Math Field Day winners, Regional science fair[Read More…]
Sleepy Creek Watershed to hold Make-it-Shine Cleanup April 12
The Sleepy Creek Watershed Association will host its the annual West Virginia Make-It-Shine campaign on Saturday, April 12 from 10 a.m. to Noon. This year’s litter clean-up site is on Spohrs Road east of Berkeley Springs. To arrive at the site, follow Rte. 9 East (Martinsburg Road) from Berkeley Springs[Read More…]
Making derby cars & memories at Gat Creek
Caperton Furnitureworks held their 26th annual “Bring your Child to Work” day last Thursday, March 26 and hosted a wooden car derby as part of the popular employee event. Children of Gat Creek employees learned some of the inner workings of the furniture manufacturing plant first-hand as they turned blocks[Read More…]
Crash on Paw Paw Rd. claims life of Virginia driver
A head-on collision on Sunday, March 30 in a Hampshire County stretch of Paw Paw Road claimed the life of a Fredericksburg, Va. driver. According to the West Virginia State Police, Senior Trooper S. M. Ward and Corporal D. A. Bowland of the Romney Detachment were called to respond to[Read More…]
County approves $11.17 million budget for FY 26
by Kate Shunney Morgan County Commissioners and staff at the County Clerk’s office held multiple work sessions to shape a fiscal year 2026 budget in time to meet the state’s deadline for submittal. “We’ve worked on this budget longer than we have in the past,” said Commissioner Joel Tuttle on[Read More…]
Not yet included on endangered properties list, efforts to save old schoolhouse will continue
by Trish Rudder Saving the old Bath schoolhouse building at 187 South Green Street has been has been a topic of discussion since the building has fallen into disrepair and has been boarded up with no activity. The building is owned by Lotus Real Estate Investments, LLC. In January, the[Read More…]
County suspends unsafe buildings ordinance, board
by Kate Shunney Citing a lack of action and a non-functioning advisory board, the Morgan County Commissioners last Wednesday voted unanimously to suspend their Unsafe Structures ordinance. The county law, enacted August 15, 2018, was championed by then-commissioner Ken Reed to address several unsightly and dilapidated structures around Morgan County[Read More…]
Ed David Crouse
Ed David Crouse 1932-2025 Ed David Crouse was celebrating his birthday and passing on the same day he was born March 25, at the age of 93. He always had a magnetic energy and zeal for life about doing things differently. He was a resident of Julia Manor Nursing home[Read More…]
OPINION: Carelessness can cost lives
It was revealed on Monday that a national magazine editor was mistakenly included in a text exchange among top Trump intelligence staff as they traded details about airstrike plans against Yemen rebels. The airstrikes began two hours later and continued into Tuesday morning, killing at least two people. The editor[Read More…]
