MORGANTOWN — Following several questions about whether some high school coaches are encouraging athletes and parents to get multiple COVID-19 tests to artificially improve their county numbers, […]
State Government
PSC OKs rates for Mon Power/Potomac Edison to provide LED street lights, but not the rates they asked for
MORGANTOWN — The state Public Service Commission has approved rates for LED outdoor lights for customers that provide outdoor lighting – essentially state and local governments. But […]
Justice: All-time-high income tax and sales tax revenue support $90.4 million surplus for first quarter of FY 2021
MORGANTOWN — In the midst of COVID-19, West Virginia saw all-time-high consumer sales tax and personal income tax revenue during the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2021, […]
Mon bars reopening remain uncertain; universities to start weekly surveillance testing
Monongalia County has been green on the state COVID map for several days but reopening the bars remains just a hope. In answer to a question about […]
Controversial water quality rule removed from legislative committee agenda
Weakened standards generated 700 pages of comments MORGANTOWN — A proposed and ever-morphing water quality rule that has drawn substantial criticism was pulled from a Wednesday legislative […]
Mon goes green on COVID maps; Justice and team answer repeated questions about maps’ credibility
MORGANTOWN– Monongalia County was green Monday. And much of Monday’s COVID-19 briefing focused on the two maps, on continued confusion about what they mean and continued skepticism […]
Mon turns yellow on COVID map; school outbreak dashboard posted; Justice responds to letter from Delegate Danielle Walker
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County got good news on Friday. It turned yellow on the state County Alert Map, updated daily on the Department of Health and Human […]
Delegate Walker asks governor to denounce racist incidents at BLM protests in Kingwood, Morgantown
MORGANTOWN — Delegate Danielle Walker D-Monongalia, sent a letter to Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday, alerting him to racist incidents at Black Lives Matter protests in Kingwood […]
Justice will send more Guard to orange counties to beef up testing; Mon trending better but bars staying closed for now
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice said he plans to send more National Guard members to the orange counties to accerleate testing and get them to gold or […]
Salango goes after Justice on roads prior to tour of Monongalia County
MORGANTOWN — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ben Salango traveled a selection of Monongalia County’s roads on Monday at the invite of Monongalia County Commissioner Tom Bloom. While the […]
