KINGWOOD — If Kingwood can’t find its ordinances, perhaps it should just repeal them, council discussed this week. “It baffles me that we don’t know what ordinances we have after […]
Local Government
River Road PSD manager admits to ethics violation
MORGANTOWN — River Road Public Service District Manager Michelle Malone has accepted a conciliation agreement with the state Ethics Commission, admitting she engaged in nepotism in employing her husband and […]
Ethics Commission: Brazaitis can vote on Haymaker Forest
CHARLESTON — Any benefits received by Morgantown Deputy Mayor Mark Brazaitis as a result of the city purchasing the Haymaker Forest would not be “selective, differential or in disproportion” to […]
Mon Commission discusses county-wide recreation levy
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Clerk Carye Blaney said time constraints might not be the only hurdle Morgantown city officials need to navigate if they want to place a county-wide levy to […]
Kingwood hires new police officers and city attorney
KINGWOOD — Kingwood has hired two new police officers and a new city attorney. Cody Kroll and Justin Knotts are on the job in city cruisers but have not yet […]
Manchin planning at least two meetings with U.S. Supreme Court nominee
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said Wednesday, he is not leaning either way on the nomination of U.S. District Court of Appeals D.C. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh […]
State Supreme Court Justice Menis Ketchum resigns
CHARLESTON — Supreme Court Justice Menis Ketchum resigned his seat today after months of controversy surrounding the court and ahead of a deadline for the vacated seat to be on […]
Airport project delay, BOPARC funding among topics discussed at Morgantown City Council meeting
MORGANTOWN — Funding discussions regarding the Morgantown Municipal Airport and the Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners (BOPARC) dominated Tuesday July 10’s regular meeting of the Morgantown City Council. Council […]
City user fees deployed into road-improvement projects
By Hannah Williams MORGANTOWN — Morgantown motorists are seeing their user fees deployed into several road-improvement projects, the city’s engineer said this week. The controversial $3 weekly tax on an estimated […]
HEPC brings in WVU Tech’s Long as interim chancellor
CHARLESTON — The Higher Education Policy Commission (HEPC) suspended its search for a new chancellor, agreed to place current Chancellor Paul Hill in a paid position as an adviser and […]



