By Gabriella Brown Newsroom@DominionPost.com How Trick-or-Treating in Westover will be held safely this year is yet to be determined. During Monday night’s Westover City Council meeting, council unanimously voted to make […]
Local Government
Six Diamond Village residents moved into housing, 18 remain at the encampment
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown Communications Manager Andrew Stacy said there are 18 people still living at the Diamond Village encampment off Pennsylvania Avenue, in lower Greenmont. Of that number, 11 are […]
New state Supreme Court video explains how and why SCOTUS has 9 justices
MORGANTOWN — A good deal of political chatter these days is devoted to the U.S. Supreme Court. On the one hand, Senate Republicans are aiming to confirm conservative nominee Amy […]
County anticipates $2M bill to sends prisoners to regional jail
Time is money. In particular, in West Virginia, time spent in one of the state’s 10 regional jails is the taxpayers’ money being paid through the counties. Monongalia County, one […]
EMS across West Virginia face challenges
KINGWOOD — In the last decade, more than 70 ambulance services have closed across the state, according to the State Office of EMS. Chris Hall, executive director of the West […]
Requests pour in for street project
Morgantown Staff Engineer Drew Gatlin said the city has received dozens of requests for additional healthy streets since the pilot project kicked off this summer. Through the use of signage […]
Election officials refute Trump’s mail-in ballot fraud allegations
The top elections official in the Mountain State delivered a rebuttal to President Donald Trump on Wednesday, hours after the president, on national television, alleged widespread, mail-in voter fraud here. […]
Long-time Preston Circuit Clerk Betsy Castle is retiring
KINGWOOD — Long-time Preston Circuit Clerk Betsy Castle is retiring Oct. 31. Preston Circuit Judge Steve Shaffer signed an order Wednesday, announcing Castle’s retirement and appointing Deputy Circuit Clerk Lisa […]
Public, private agreement allows study of new Harmony Grove interchange
MORGANTOWN — If all goes as planned — and that’s a substantial if — construction of a new Harmony Grove I-79 interchange could get underway in March 2022. The Monongalia […]
Preston Commission donates to foundation
KINGWOOD — Preston Commissioners approved a donation to the Tucker Community Foundation this week and said they are still considering funding for other agencies and offices. Commissioners Dave Price, Don […]
