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Commission seeking greater input on Mon EMS Board of Directors

MORGANTOWN – The Monongalia County Commission has asked the Monongalia Emergency Medical Services Board of Directors to consider changes to its bylaws that would give the commission increased representation on the board. Mon EMS was formed in a 2019 merger of EMS services provided by Mon ...

Commission renews effort to recoup tax proceeds from board of education

MORGANTOWN – The Monongalia County Commission said it intends to contact the Monongalia County Board of Education for a second time regarding just over $189,000 in tax proceeds that were incorrectly remitted to the BOE in previous years. In March 2025, the commission sent a letter to ...

Planning commission recommends denial of West Run zoning change

MORGANTOWN – During its most recent regular meeting, the Monongalia County Planning Commission voted to recommend denial of an amendment to the West Run Planning District Zoning Map for seven parcels near the intersection of West Run and Stewartstown roads. The application, brought by ...

Morgantown to consider banning ‘hostile architecture’ on city property

MORGANTOWN – To bench, or not to bench. Seemingly minor in the grand scheme of things, that is a question – the placement of benches in and around downtown Morgantown – that has been contemplated a number of times over the years. Councilor Jenny Selin alluded to that fact during ...

Debald selected as next MPO director, Gast-Bray will serve as interim

MORGANTOWN – The nationwide search to replace retired Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization Executive Director Bill Austin ultimately took the MMMPO Policy Board’s search committee to The Empire State. Mark Debald, the transportation program administrator for the ...