MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Office of Emergency Management/MECCA 911 is eyeing a three-acre plot in Mylan Park as the potential site of a new headquarters. The site is located behind […]
Government
Brazaitis registers to run as a write-in candidate
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown City Councilor Mark Brazaitis is a candidate for U.S. Senate. Brazaitis filed as a write-in candidate Tuesday with the West Virginia Secretary of State’s Office, in Clarksburg. […]
Westover Council approves final reading of PUD ordinance
WESTOVER — City Council approved the final reading of the Planned Unit Development (PUD) ordinance. Mayor David Johnson invited Planning Commission Chair Michael Doughtery to explain the ordinance and take […]
City prepares for medical cannabis law, passes act unanimously
MORGANTOWN — Three new land uses tied to implementation of the West Virginia Medical Cannabis Act were unanimously passed on first reading during Tuesday’s regular Morgantown City Council Meeting. Morgantown […]
U.S. attorneys want to limit Loughry’s ‘self-serving statements,’ character evidence
CHARLESTON — Less than a month before the scheduled federal trial of Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry, U.S. attorneys have asked the presiding judge to limit admission of “self-serving, out-of-court […]
Mon County SWA Chairman discusses tipping fee
MORGANTOWN — Over the past three years, the citizens of Monongalia County have provided an average of $57,750 annually to fund solid waste authority (SWA) activities — in Ohio, Harrison and […]
Woman says $500,000 gift to the city and BOPARC was spent without consulting family
MORGANTOWN — The City of Morgantown and the family members of BOPARC benefactors are at odds over the expenditure of $147,300. The money was part of gifts totaling $500,000 provided for […]
Poll shows respondents skeptical of big business
CHARLESTON, — West Virginians may be voting Republican more and more, but that doesn’t mean they’re more likely to trust big business. That’s among the conclusions of the latest MetroNews/Dominion […]
Caregivers file federal suit over state’s Medicaid budgeting system
MORGANTOWN — Caregivers for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities point out flaws in the new state Medicaid budgeting system in recent filings in a federal class action lawsuit. Program […]
Mon County Commission reviews wine and liquor tax changes
MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission is hopeful legislative changes regarding wine and liquor taxes will help clear up irregularities in the amount of quarterly revenue remitted to the county. State […]
