MORGANTOWN — Despite holding the county’s base levy rates in place, the Monongalia County Commission anticipates a 15.38% jump in revenue in the next fiscal year. The commission on Wednesday passed a $44,244,654 spending plan for the 2025 fiscal year beginning July 1. As ...
Gov. Jim Justice, who has been swamped with calls and letters about a vaccination exemption bill, says he’ll need up to the last day to decide. “I’m very, very close to reaching a decision. I understand both sides. I think I understand it really, really well,” Justice said in ...
The Public Service Commission of West Virginia has appointed Morgantown Utility Board to the newly created Fire Hydrant Maintenance and Testing Task Force. The task force was created following a June 2023 statewide investigation into the maintenance and testing of the state’s 49,906 ...
Donald Trump’s own former vice president, Mike Pence, says there’s no way he could endorse him. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, who endorsed Trump’s re-election bid weeks ago, suggests Pence doesn’t have it right. “I think that West Virginians, amazingly in large, large numbers ...
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown City Council conducted its first meeting in Monongalia County Commission Chambers on July 19, 2022. After nearly two years as the county’s guest, council is eager to once again conduct city business in Morgantown City Hall. Assistant City Manager Emily ...
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, following a national news report about the slim possibility that he could still run for his current seat as an independent, said there’s no way. Mostly no way. Manchin said of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, “He knows I’ve already made mydecision. I’m happy with my decision.” CNN reported this week that Schumer had talked with Manchin about the possibility of running as an independent for U.S. Senate, a decision that could be made late in the cycle. That story made clear that Manchin “threw cold water” on the possibility — but ...
