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Health Department provides county its first Narcan vending machines

New vending machines offering free doses of naloxone (Narcan) -the medication to reverse opioid overdoses- alongside other public health and wellness resources have been placed at three area locations with funds from a grant through the Washington County Health Department. The “Overdose Data-to-Action” grant through the Maryland Department of Health[Read More…]

Police ask public for help in infant death case

Pennsylvania State Police are investigating the death of an infant who was found in an intersection in McConnellsburg on Monday morning. According to Pennsylvania State Police, at approximately 8:45 a.m. on Monday, March 11, troopers from the McConnellsburg Barracks responded to Lincoln Way East at the intersection of South Second[Read More…]

Bridge work on Creek Rd. to continue, demo to begin

by Geoff Fox A Maryland State Highway Administration project that began in October is sitting at almost 9% completion toward a Summer 2025 target date. The SHA is replacing the dual bridges on Interstate 68 over Creek Road, just outside of Hancock. The bridges were constructed in 1963 and are[Read More…]

Warfordsburg man killed in accident

A 19-year old Warfordsburg man was killed in an accident on Pigeon Cove Road on the night of March 5 in Warfordsburg. According to Pennsylvania State Police, just before 11 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5, a 2005 Chevrolet Equinox was traveling south on Pigeon Cove Road near its intersection with[Read More…]

Theresa Stella Gallo

Theresa Stella Gallo 1929-2024 Theresa Stella Gallo, age 95, of Deptford, N.J. and formerly of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Friday, March 8, 2024 at Spring Hills Post-Acute Woodbury Facility in Woodbury, N.J. Born January 9, 1929 in Dorothy, N.J., she was the daughter of the late Frank and Mary[Read More…]

Donnie Francis Yost, Sr.

Donnie Francis Yost, Sr. 1949-2024 Donnie Francis “Snowball” Yost, Sr., age 74, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at his residence. Born September 15, 1949 in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., he was the son of the late Leslie and Adelaide Dailey Roach Yost. He was member of[Read More…]

Marjorie Jean Clark

Marjorie Jean Clark 1933-2024 Marjorie Jean “Marge” Clark, age 90, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at her home while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born November 2, 1933 in Martinsburg, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Leo and Mildred Rockwell[Read More…]

Ruth Marie McCarty

Ruth Marie McCarty 1934-2024 Ruth Marie (Shoemaker) McCarty, 89, formerly of Hancock, Md., and Falling Waters, W.Va., entered eternal life on Friday, March 8, 2024, at The Leland at Laurel Run, Waynesboro, Pa. Born Friday, September 7, 1934, in Morgan County, W.Va., Ruth was the daughter of the late James Chester[Read More…]

Randy Blake Barnes

Randy Blake Barnes 1954-2024 Randy Blake Barnes, age 70, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Sunday, March 3, 2024 at his home. Born January 8, 1954 in Martinsburg, W.Va., he was the son of the late Herbert Taft and Annetta Margaret Unger Barnes. He was a Christian. Randy was a[Read More…]

Southern Fulton High School performs Mary Poppins

The Southern Fulton Jr./ Sr .High School will be having a production of “Mary Poppins” on Friday and Saturday March 15 and 16. The tale of the magical nanny who arrives just in time to save a family, will be presented to the community for two nights only. Showtimes are[Read More…]