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Granville website getting ADA conversion

GRANVILLE – Town council voted Tuesday to move forward with one project while putting another off until spring. The Department of Justice requires local government websites and mobile apps to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 Level AA standards. Large municipalities serving ...

Mon BOE schools lawmakers on education issues

MORGANTOWN – The world was a different place when Eddie Campbell Jr. walked across the stage at Wheeling Central Catholic High School to take his diploma in 1984. “I know I’m dating myself,” the Monongalia County Schools superintendent said during Tuesday night’s Board of Education ...

Westover: Intermediate appeals court upholds dismissal of Dalton lawsuit

WESTOVER – The Intermediate Court of Appeals of West Virginia has upheld the Monongalia County Circuit Court’s December 2024 decision to dismiss a 2023 lawsuit brought by former Westover police officer Aaron Dalton. During Monday’s meeting of Westover City Council, attorney Tim Stranko ...

Commission candidates offer thoughts on Flock

MORGANTOWN – Ron Lytle, the Republican candidate for the Eastern District seat on the Monongalia County Commission, said he recently spent more than an hour sitting with Sheriff Todd Forbes discussing the county’s implementation of Flock Safety automated license plate reader cameras and ...

Westover begins transfer of sewer system to MUB

WESTOVER – With the utility work beneath Holland Avenue in the rearview mirror and the project to replace the city’s primary lift station substantially complete, Westover City Council has initiated the process to finalize the Morgantown Utility Board’s acquisition of the city’s ...

CVB to Star City: ‘Think like a visitor but lead like a local’

STAR CITY -- Rachel Johnson, Visit Mountaineer Country CVB’s Arts and Culture Experience specialist, is making her rounds to area municipalities. Her goals: to make sure councils and commissions know how the convention and visitors bureau can help them and to make sure the tourism agency is ...