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Morgantown City Hall: A century with the city

MORGANTOWN — Standing outside 389 Spruce Street, it’s hard to imagine the average day behind those walls back when the building was new.  We know Morgantown City Hall as the seat of city government.  But in 1924, the same building with the same dimensions, constructed out ...

Morgantown Council approves Weez’s Way, Cypress Street on first reading

MORGANTOWN — Call it beginner’s luck.  Better yet, call it Weez’s Way.  In her fourth official meeting as Morgantown City Council’s 3rd Ward representative, Louise “Weez” Michael walked away with her name on a pedestrian pathway to be established between Overhill and ...

Commission updates dog warden agreements, backs Westover sidewalk

MORGANTOWN — It took the Monongalia County Commission about 15 minutes to work through a light agenda during Wednesday’s regular meeting.  The body updated longstanding intergovernmental agreements through which the county provides dog warden services to the municipalities. ...

Gov. Justice confirms meeting Saudi rep at LIV Golf event, calls it no big deal

CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice, who is running for U.S. Senate, acknowledged meeting a representative of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund during a LIV Golf event this month at the resort his family owns. Justice was vague on who he met or the nature of any discussions. “I was at the golf tournament and going through. I was introduced to a fella; they said he was a Saudi representative, and I just said hello. But it was actually as I was going through a whole crowd of people and everything, spoke to him just a second and everything,” Justice said during a state news ...