Berkeley Springs News

The late Ray Johnston, founder of The Woods Resort west of Hedgesville, had worked on improving W.Va. 9 from Berkeley Springs to the Virginia line since the mid-1980s. In tribute to his tireless efforts to improve the highway, the portion of W.Va. 9 between Martinsburg and the Berkeley County/Morgan County line has been named in Johnston's honor.

Independence Day at War Memorial Park, North Tennessee Avenue, Martinsburg. Bring a picnic lunch, play a round of miniature golf or go for a swim.

Instilling a renewed enjoyment of the outdoors was the main focus of a daylong women's event Saturday at Cacapon State Park in Berkeley Springs.

Rick Thompson, speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates, said Friday that his future political goals could include a run for governor in 2012.

U.S. Silica Company is building a new process facility at its plant in Ottawa, Ill., to increase production of frac sand for the oil and gas industries.

As of Friday evening, the Berkeley County Sheriff's Department had not released the name of the boy who died Thursday after being hit by a train.

After 32 years of making decorative and functional metalwork, local artist Glenn Horr still has the passion for his art.

The Tamarack Foundation's Artisan Resource Center was presented the 2009 Home-Based Business Champion Award Wednesday at the 2009 Small Business Awards Celebration at the Tamarack Conference Center.

Hike a trail zigzagging deep into a vale, hop on a tram slicing high into the air.

A local attorney has been named to the state's 15-member Commission on the Arts.

The 1885 Berkeley Springs Castle sits atop West Virginia Route 9 and is visible from the center of town.

The late Chad Sisler on the gray Kawasaki on the middle of the front row. Photo by Roger Lyle.

Chad Sisler wasn't home long from his honeymoon before going back to the racetrack.

A Berkeley Springs, W.Va., motorcyclist was killed Sunday morning at Summit Point Motorsports Park during a practice session, a track spokeswoman said.

The future appears sunny for advocates of home-based solar energy systems. State lawmakers overturned Gov.

Michael Twigg pitched a four-hit shutout with 17 strikeouts to lead Berkeley Springs to a 4-0 victory over Grafton in the West Virginia Class AA Region II semifinals Tuesday.

While all journeys must come to an end, Berkeley Springs High School's class of 2009 took solace Sunday in the fact that a new one awaits them just around the corner.

A Berkeley Springs man has been named West Virginia Small Business Person of the Year.

Jerome W. Smith, who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in February in the 2004 fire-pit slaying of Keese Bare, was sentenced Monday in Morgan County Circuit Court to 40 years in prison.

Mountain State University on Tuesday celebrated the graduation of about 120 students from its Martinsburg, W.Va., campus.