Morgan County News

Morgan County residents Jason Ware and his son, Koen Ware, 3, search for tiny fish as they cool off while playing in the mineral spring water at Berkeley Springs State Park Wednesday afternoon.

BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va., May 25, 2012 If it's Memorial Day weekend, it must be time for the semi-annual Berkeley Springs / Morgan County West Virginia Spring Studio Tour.

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An extensive manhunt ensued late Monday night in Morgan County after a man attempted to run over two state troopers investigating a complaint about copper theft in Berkeley Springs.

U.S. Census numbers released earlier this year showed us that Berkeley County grew 37 percent since 2000; Jefferson County population is up nearly 27 percent, and Morgan County is up 17.5 percent.

The primary election races for county magistrates in the Eastern Panhandle have attracted more than 20 candidates in the three-county region.

A West Virginia man has died of an apparent heart attack during opening day of the state's buck gun season.

The average monthly unemployment rate in Morgan County for 2011 was down by a full 1 percent from 2010, dropping to 8.3 percent, according to a recently released report by Workforce West Virginia.