Morgan County News

Just in time for the July 4th holiday weekend, The Country Inn took a step back in time.

Gerrardstown resident Connie Shaffer doesn't need to see state figures to know that finding a job locally is hard.

Organizers and attendees alike agree: The Morgan County Economic Summit was an overwhelming success.

Which of the three roads do you support becoming toll routes? Read/Post a comment MARTINSBURG - ' W.Va. 9 and U.S. 340 don't appear to be good candidates for toll roads but U.S. 522 might be, according to a ...

Economic development summit sets goals, sees bright future for county - by David Abner - 6/18/2008 Dozens of Morgan County business owners gathered at Cacapon State Park Lodge on Wednesday, June 11 for an ...

Boys & Girls Club sign-out policy becomes sore spot for neighbors - by Kate Shunney - 6/18/2008 Before local schools closed for the summer, 3 p.m. was an active time along Green and Biser Streets.

Commission seeks bylaws of Tri-State clinic board - by Kate Evans - 6/11/2008 The Morgan County Commissioners plan to write Tri-State Community Health Center asking if Tri-State would consider some local people ...

' Organizers behind the Berkeley Springs Bike and Skate Park feel confident that the proposal is moving ahead, a message that they recently shared with the Morgan County Commission.

' New drilling techniques have suddenly made untapped natural gas deposits in the region viable and valuable, leading to a sort of land rush by natural gas companies and speculators who are trying to lock up ...

The state Department of Education has named seven West Virginia schools as Schools of Excellence for the upcoming school year.

Citizens take firing concerns to Tri-State - by Norma Emery - 5/28/2008 Residents of the tri-state area voiced their opinions about the firing of Dr.

' Berkeley Springs High School's salutatorian for the class of 2008 wanted to leave fellow graduates with one last lesson before they picked up their diplomas Friday night.

' Graduating seniors in Paw Paw High School's class of 2008 are confident of their future.

' The West Virginia Courthouse Facilities Improvement Authority has agreed to award $200,000 to Morgan County out of the authority's emergency fund to help with that county's new courthouse.

Payne convicted for downtown burglaries - 5/14/2008 A Morgan County jury recently found Jason M. Payne, 26, of Berkeley Springs guilty of two counts of felony breaking and entering, felony grand larceny and ...

Incumbents Laura S. Smith and Larry Omps were the apparent winners in the nonpartisan Morgan County Board of Education race in Tuesday's primary election.

“There is no doubt it was tried to make the body unrecognizable”

A Berkeley Springs man was found guilty of second-degree murder early Saturday in the Sept. via Herald-Mail

Payne found guilty of murder in 2004 case of missing man - by John Douglas - 5/14/2008 A Morgan County jury found Jason M. Payne, 26, of Berkeley Springs guilty of second degree murder in the 2004 slaying of ... via The Morgan Messenger

Firefighters this morning responded to a house fire in the area of Fairfax Street, near War Memorial Hospital, a Morgan County Emergency Services dispatcher said. via Herald-Mail

“I didn't want to smell it. I went home. "I did not kill him, man”

The case of a Berkeley Springs man charged in the death and burning of a man at a West Virginia campsite in 2004 was given to a Morgan County Circuit Court jury Friday. via Herald-Mail