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		<title>&#8216;Special Commissioner&#8217; to decide what Morgantown owes firefighters</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>MORGANTOWN – A June 18 order from the West Virginia Supreme Court denied a petition for a writ of prohibition filed by the city of Morgantown in a seven-year legal [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Curb a-peel: Yellow Banana bar and restaurant eyes High Street location</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>MORGANTOWN – A new bar and restaurant is coming to the 344 High St. location formerly known as The Bank. During its most recent regular meeting, the Morgantown Board of [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com/2026/06/23/curb-a-peel-yellow-banana-bar-and-restaurant-eyes-high-street-location/">Curb a-peel: Yellow Banana bar and restaurant eyes High Street location</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com">The Dominion Post</a>.</p>
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		<title>East End Village project needs to align financing &#8216;or radically change&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 04:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>MORGANTOWN – Six years ago, the Monongalia County Development Authority financed $11.8 million to purchase 10 acres of property for redevelopment on the doorstep of downtown Morgantown along Richwood Avenue. [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com/2026/06/18/east-end-village-project-needs-to-align-financing-or-radically-change/">East End Village project needs to align financing &#8216;or radically change&#8217;</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com">The Dominion Post</a>.</p>
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		<title>Giuliani: Every legal avenue will be explored to void East End parcel sale</title>
		<link>https://www.dominionpost.com/2026/06/18/giuliani-every-legal-avenue-will-be-explored-to-void-east-end-parcel-sale/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 04:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>MORGANTOWN – In February, James Giuliani appeared before both the Morgantown City Council and the Monongalia County Commission to ask each party to look into the dealings that resulted in [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com/2026/06/18/giuliani-every-legal-avenue-will-be-explored-to-void-east-end-parcel-sale/">Giuliani: Every legal avenue will be explored to void East End parcel sale</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com">The Dominion Post</a>.</p>
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		<title>Westover stakeholder group looking to initiate dialogue with the city</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>WESTOVER – A newly formed association of Westover stakeholders is asking the city for increased communication and collaboration on decisions and issues impacting their properties and businesses.  During Monday’s regular [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com/2026/06/16/westover-stakeholder-group-looking-to-initiate-dialogue-with-the-city/">Westover stakeholder group looking to initiate dialogue with the city</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com">The Dominion Post</a>.</p>
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		<title>City planning commission takes up requests from Kroger, United Bank</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 04:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>MORGANTOWN – Requests pertaining to the Elmer Prince Drive United Bank and the Sabraton Kroger location were recently before the Morgantown Planning Commission. An application from Eli Henthorn, of CEC, [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com/2026/06/16/city-planning-commission-takes-up-requests-from-kroger-united-bank/">City planning commission takes up requests from Kroger, United Bank</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com">The Dominion Post</a>.</p>
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		<title>City&#8217;s land reuse agency preparing to market lower Greenmont property</title>
		<link>https://www.dominionpost.com/2026/06/13/citys-land-reuse-agency-preparing-to-market-lower-greenmont-property/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 04:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>MORGANTOWN – For more than two years now, the Morgantown Land Reuse and Preservation Agency has largely focused its efforts on acquiring property along Pennsylvania Avenue in lower Greenmont. It’s [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com/2026/06/13/citys-land-reuse-agency-preparing-to-market-lower-greenmont-property/">City&#8217;s land reuse agency preparing to market lower Greenmont property</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com">The Dominion Post</a>.</p>
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		<title>One of five MUB members, two thirds of customers live outside the city</title>
		<link>https://www.dominionpost.com/2026/06/13/one-of-five-mub-members-two-thirds-of-customers-live-outside-the-city/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>MORGANTOWN – According to numbers provided by the Morgantown Utility Board, roughly two-thirds of its customers reside outside the city of Morgantown. Yet Article 169 of city code, which governs [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com/2026/06/13/one-of-five-mub-members-two-thirds-of-customers-live-outside-the-city/">One of five MUB members, two thirds of customers live outside the city</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com">The Dominion Post</a>.</p>
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		<title>City, county, state: MARL opposition cuts across political lines</title>
		<link>https://www.dominionpost.com/2026/06/12/city-county-state-marl-opposition-cuts-across-political-lines/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>MORGANTOWN – “Hold on to this photo,” Monongalia County Commission President Tom Bloom joked Wednesday evening outside the Mon County Center. “It may never happen again.” Regardless of what comes [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com/2026/06/12/city-county-state-marl-opposition-cuts-across-political-lines/">City, county, state: MARL opposition cuts across political lines</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com">The Dominion Post</a>.</p>
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		<title>MUB approves utility budgets totaling $45 million for 2027 fiscal year</title>
		<link>https://www.dominionpost.com/2026/06/11/mub-approves-utility-budgets-totaling-45-million-for-2027-fiscal-year/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>MORGANTOWN –&#160; The Morgantown Utility Board on Tuesday approved its operating budgets for the 2027 fiscal year, which begins July 1. The budgets anticipate total revenues of $45,082,362 spread across [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com/2026/06/11/mub-approves-utility-budgets-totaling-45-million-for-2027-fiscal-year/">MUB approves utility budgets totaling $45 million for 2027 fiscal year</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com">The Dominion Post</a>.</p>
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