MORGANTOWN – Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization Executive Director Bill Austin told the MPO Policy Board Thursday evening that he intends to retire at the end of the fiscal year. […]
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‘You’re always going to know where I stand’: Paul Prunty hailed for a life of service
FAIRMONT – Marion County was as Blue as it gets in the 1970s. The county trended a good 3-to-1 Democrat in those days – which is what made Paul Prunty, […]
United Mine Workers worries miners already hurt during NIOSH downturn
FAIRMONT – How many coal miners were harmed and it didn’t know it, during the recent Trump administration-led shutdown at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health? It depends […]
Fire impacts Whitemoore Park for the second time in 14 months
MORGANTOWN – For the second time in just over a year, fire has closed a portion of Morgantown’s oldest park. BOPARC Executive Director Greg Travinski said a bridge that connects […]
MUB: Morgans Run grant increased, PSC approves Star City acquisition
MORGANTOWN – Morgantown Utility Board recently received some good news in regard to the forthcoming Morgans Run water extension project. It’s particularly good news for the 26 or so homes […]
Preston County seeks long-term solution for KAMP funding
KINGWOOD – An emergency request by EMS Director Henry McDonald from KAMP ambulance for $11,616 to pay vehicle insurance for 2026 was not met with immediate approval. McDonald told Preston […]
NIOSH employees reinstated
MORGANTOWN – Previously downsized employees of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health were reinstated Wednesday by the Trump administration – including those at Morgantown’s NIOSH facility on Willowdale […]
Commission approves right-of-entry letters for Exit 155, touts DOH alliance
MORGANTOWN – The Monongalia County Commission on Wednesday approved the language of right-of-entry letters for properties that could be impacted by the forthcoming reconfiguration of I-79 Exit 155 and the […]
Lydia Main filled prescriptions of unwavering work and unconditional love
MASONTOWN – Put away those pastoral-tinged “Mayberry” glasses for the moment, if you don’t mind, and settle in for a lesson on civics and sociology. Which is this: Being mayor […]
Harmony Grove construction in 2030? Information session draws crowd
A steady stream of people made their way into the Skyview Elementary cafeteria Tuesday evening – some 70 in the first 45 minutes – as the West Virginia Division of […]
