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Mon Commission, Granville officials discuss TIF extension

MORGANTOWN — "But for." Two words, six letters.   But in the parlance of tax increment financing, or TIF, districts, the phrase looms large.   The “but for” test requires a government entity, like a county commission, to determine that but for the creation of a TIF ...

Pilot shortage impacting Morgantown air service

MORGANTOWN — Nearly a decade ago, airline industry prognosticators said a looming pilot shortage hastened by a wave of retirements, dramatic increases in training requirements and a reduction in military-trained aviators would spell doom for small commuter airlines.  Then COVID-19 ...

Newsweek names United #1 Most Trusted Bank

United Bankshares Inc. reported earnings for the first quarter of 2023 of $98.3 million, or $0.73 per share, as compared to earnings of $99.8 million, or $0.74 per share, for the fourth quarter of 2022. Earnings for the first quarter of 2022 were $81.7 million, or $0.60 per share. First quarter of 2023 results produced annualized returns on average assets, average equity and average tangible equity, of 1.35%, 8.72% and 14.97%, respectively, compared to annualized returns on average assets, average equity and average tangible equity of 1.36%, 8.80% and 15.28%, respectively, for the ...

Mountaintop Beverage begins production in Morgantown Industrial Park

Got milk?  Mountaintop Beverage does.  Got a 330,000 square-foot state-of-the-art automated aseptic bottling facility capable of processing staggering amounts of raw dairy into an array of products with up to a one-year shelf life?  Mountaintop has that ...

Crogan Lift Station expansion about halfway complete

BY JENNIFER GRAHAM KINGWOOD — The Kingwood Sanitary Sewer Board met Monday evening, and ended with the board members going into executive session. Eleni Knight, an engineer from Civil & Environmental Consultants (CEC) said the Crogan Lift Station extension was over half way complete. She said all of the rights-of-way needed for the project have been signed. Knight said, however, one resident wouldn’t sign the right-of-way unless they removed nine trees on his property for him. The trees were removed. During the last meeting, Mike Flueharty from CEC said there were ...