The board of Main Street Morgantown approved an interim management agreement with the Morgantown Area Partnership to oversee the organization and ensure continuation of its events and programs for businesses […]
Features
Four West Virginians in the running (and sawing) for national lumberjack championship
On a June afternoon three years ago at Mylan Park, the hills were alive … with the sound of toothpicks. Toothpicks in the making, anyway. It was a regional qualifying […]
Instruments of change: Benefit concert at 123 raises funds to help Ukraine
With rock ’n’ roll and resolve, the Ukrainian Community of Morgantown hosted a concert Wednesday night at 123 Pleasant Street to raise money for the cause. Six local bands performed […]
Mon Commission announces $95M grant request
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Commission meetings don’t typically draw a crowd. Wednesday’s did. Fitting, as the commission officially announced its campaign to secure up to $95 million to improve access […]
County, partners seeking $95 million to improve access to Mylan Park
MORGANTOWN — With a $66 million commitment from the West Virginia Department of Highways for I-79 Exit 155 improvements already in hand, a contingent of stakeholders is looking for $95 […]
Fifteen-county regional trail authority sets sites on 2024 launch
MORGANTOWN — It started in Morgantown in 2017. After a near-miss with similar legislation in 2018, Senate Bill 317 was signed into law in 2019. Spearheaded by FEOH Realty founder […]
Alliance holding mental health conference locally
The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA WV) will hold it’s annual state conference Aug. 27 in Morgantown. The conference will be in-person at Euro-Suites Hotel, Chestnut Ridge Road. There […]
Roads to Prosperity money will pay for intersection realignment, road widening
CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice approved the bid award for a major project to improve traffic flow and relieve congestion near West Virginia University in Morgantown. Much of the funding […]
Under one Umbrella: Umbrella Arts, an inclusive and multipurpose performance and visual arts studio, to open in Cheat Lake
By Jade Ruggieri A pie-in-the-sky dream. Angela Dennis and Elizabeth Braithwaite tossed around the idea of opening their own art studio at the beginning of the pandemic. Opening on Aug. […]
Ukrainian Community of Morgantown set to host a benefit concert Wednesday for the war-torn country
With sunflowers and Fender Stratocaster guitars, the Ukrainian Community of Morgantown is about to get its own soundtrack. That happens Wednesday when six local bands take the stage at downtown’s […]
