Welcome back, students! While Morgantown is getting ready for the influx of Mountaineers returning to campus, make sure to check out some of the exciting events going on in the area. There’s another free concert happening at the Hazel Ruby McQuain Amphitheater which is great news for those ...
MORGANTOWN — Going back to May 8, the Monongalia County Abandoned and Dilapidated Property Enforcement Agency has moved 13 properties to the complaint stage of the county’s enforcement process. That includes eight properties approved by the Monongalia County Commission on ...
In these times, with families struggling with grocery bills and also having the desire to do better for the planet, food waste is becoming a more prominent topic. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, one third of all food in the United States goes uneaten. EPA data also shows an estimate that in 2019, about 96% of wasted food ended up in landfills, combustion facilities or down a drain into a sewer system. Composting can help, but the first step to lowering food waste is to be mindful when shopping and also to tackle leftovers that do end up in ...
MORGANTOWN — The hand-off of the emergency shelter in Hazel’s House of Hope from Bartlett Housing Solutions to Catholic Charities West Virginia is on pace to be complete in the next three-to-four weeks. Catholic Charities President and CEO Mark Phillips told The Dominion Post ...
MORGANTOWN — The city of Morgantown, the Monongalia County Development Authority, the Monongalia County Commission, WVU and various stakeholders have spent three-plus years laying the groundwork for the 10-acre Richwood redevelopment. The time has finally come to clear the ...
Five years ago, Monongalia County Health Department hosted a group of wildlife staffers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Elkins to discuss rabies. Cases had been creeping up and, at the same time, the area treated by the USDA’s oral rabies vaccine (ORV) distribution program had mostly been moved away from Monongalia County. MCHD officials asked the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to move the program, in which the ORV baits are dropped from aircraft over specific areas, back to Monongalia County. The USDA agreed and ...
