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🌱 Cacapon Mountain fire crosses containment lines as crews return

Paw Paw, West Virginia Patch AM: a 4 min read

Coffee in hand, Paw Paw? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Cacapon Mountain fire crosses containment lines as crews return
  • Meet Morgan County's youngest poll worker
  • Paw Paw-to-Woodrow paving draws a nearly $650,000 bid

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Periods of sun, with a high of 63 and low of 41 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cooler with showers, temps: high: 51, low: 39.
  • Friday: A couple of showers, with a high of 43 and low of 33 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Fire operations move into second day on 10-acre Cacapon Mountain fire (morganmessenger.com) — Paw Paw firefighters joined regional crews battling a Cacapon Mountain wildfire that crossed containment lines Tuesday morning. More than 10.7 acres were involved, including land in Cacapon State Park, where a National Guard helicopter shuttled water. Officials asked the public to stay out of the response area while operations continued.
   

• Berkeley Springs teen takes advantage of new opportunity for West Virginia high schoolers to serve as poll workers (morganmessenger.com) — At 16, Berkeley Springs junior Oliver Jurick became Morgan County's youngest poll worker, helping courthouse voters through a long Election Day. West Virginia's new opportunity also allows eligible Paw Paw High School juniors and seniors to serve with parental permission, earning pay while learning how elections work.
   

• WVDOH awards $5.7M contract for I-79 bridge work in Harrison County (wvnews.com) — Paving WV 9 from Paw Paw to Woodrow drew a $649,693.20 low bid from Slurry Pavers Inc., according to a statewide highway construction roundup. The report lists the Morgan County proposal among projects from an October bid letting, but provides no local construction schedule or traffic restrictions.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Paw Paw

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