MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission said it intends to take a close look at the medical cannabis dispensary regulations passed on May 27 by the Monongalia County Board of […]
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Policing special committee lives on, city facing officer shortage
MORGANTOWN — The ordinance creating the Morgantown Civilian Police Review and Advisory Board body has been presented and adopted. But the special committee that drafted the law lives on. Morgantown […]
‘Those we honor today were brave when it counted most’
MORGANTOWN — It would have been easy, VFW Post 548 Commander Jeremy Allio said, to make excuses — to relent to the hassles of a seemingly endless pandemic and just […]
Smith: State vaccine lottery money better spent on public health
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Health Officer Lee Smith recently offered his opinion on Ohio giving away $1 million in a vaccination incentive lottery. “That is just nails on a chalkboard, […]
County vaccine numbers ahead of the curve, but largely stalled
MORGANTOWN — What started as a sprint has become a slog. That, in a nutshell, sums up COVID-19 vaccination efforts across the country. Monongalia County’s vaccination numbers are tracking ahead […]
Board of Health approves local regulations for cannabis dispensaries
MORGANTOWN — More weed shops than Sheetz. More marijuana merchants than McDonald’s. Monongalia County Board of Health Chairman Sam Chico offered some perspective Thursday as the board unanimously approved a […]
Viatris provides WARN Act notice to Mon Commission
MORGANTOWN — More than six months after the public announcement, news that Mylan Pharmaceuticals, now Viatris, is closing its Chestnut Ridge facility and pulling more than 1,400 jobs out of […]
Morgantown Council to take up For The People Act resolution
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown City Council will take up a resolution supporting the federal passage of the For the People Act (H.R.1). Currently before Congress, the bill would expand voting rights, […]
New UTC bonds to be issued, some contingent on Kohl’s, Texas Roadhouse
MORGANTOWN — Developer WestRidge, the Monongalia County Commission and a team of legal and financial consultants had all but finalized a $72 million bond issuance in March 2020 to continue […]
City seeking design funds for Dorsey Avenue sidewalk, pedestrian bridge
MORGANTOWN — Hallelujah. That sums up Morgantown City Councilor Jenny Selin’s response to news that the city is pursuing funds to add a sidewalk along Dorsey Avenue, between Hudson and […]
