KINGWOOD — The Preston County Commission agreed to pay $2,395.73, or half of the property taxes owed on 14 vehicles the county leases from Enterprise Rent-A-Car. That’s contingent on Enterprise, […]
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STEM is still a Mon Schools priority, superintendent says
Two strikes and you’re out? Not hardly, Monongalia Schools Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. said Wednesday. Campbell was talking about the state School Building Authority, and its answer to the local […]
Blaney: Changes to county voting precincts to affect roughly 11,000 voters
MORGANTOWN — Some 11,000 voters in Monongalia County will be impacted by precinct changes made necessary by the redistricting efforts of the West Virginia Legislature. The Monongalia County Commission on […]
Morgantown firefighters continue legal battle with city
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Circuit Court Judge Phillip Gaujot will reconsider his previous ruling in a lawsuit filed by Morgantown firefighters against the City of Morgantown. The suit is over […]
Capito, GOP senators say Build Back Better’s daycare, pre-K programs could double costs, eliminate daycares
MORGANTOWN – For the second time this week, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito joined with other GOP senators at the U.S. Capitol to denounce an aspect of the Build Back Better […]
DOH says bank building is not encroaching, will seek Van Voorhis project as designed
MORGANTOWN — According to the West Virginia Division of Highways, the Truist Bank building (formerly BB&T), at the corner of W.Va. 705 and Van Voorhis Road is not encroaching on […]
MUB’s industrial park sewer expansion funded by American Rescue Plan
MORGANTOWN — In late October, the Monongalia County Commission approved what was described as a “loose” budget for its first allotment of American Rescue Plan Act dollars. It was also […]
‘It’s our mission to bring that care home’: Mon Health Marion Neighborhood Hospital treats first patient
WHITE HALL – A bit of cardiac convergence was in the neighborhood here Tuesday morning. At 8:17 a.m., to be precise. That was when the doors of Mon Health Marion […]
Union victory at a single Starbucks a good sign for the labor movement
by Steven Greenhouse Last week’s union victory at a single Starbucks in Buffalo, N.Y., may seem small, but it has huge symbolic importance. It is the only one of Starbucks’ […]
Putin knows President Biden is weak
President Biden’s virtual meeting last Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin might be thought of as a final check-up before Russian troops invade Ukraine. Biden has displayed nothing but weakness […]
