Granville plan gets public hearing

March 4, 2020

After a year of back and forth with the Monongalia County Commission — and vocal opposition from the town of Star City — the town of Granville could know the fate of its annexation efforts as soon as next week. During a public hearing held during Wednesday’s regular county commission meeting, Granville officials, including Mayor Patricia Lewis, Fire Chief Butch Renner and Police Chief Craig Corkrean, once again made the case for annexation. Unlike a 2017 expansion effort that was denied by the commission, this annexation by minor boundary adjustment includes only West ...

Final sendoff for longtime firefighter

March 4, 2020

Minutes after firefighters at Morgantown’s Northside Station sat down to eat wings and pizza in celebration of the retirement of 20-year veteran firefighter Tim Trentini, a smoke detector on Walnut Street sounded. Most of the building emptied, some firefighters finishing their slices ...

COVID-19 linked to lower gas prices

March 3, 2020

Gas prices dipped below $2 a gallon in Marshall County and are hovering just over $2 a gallon in the Morgantown area. And those prices could fall even further in the coming weeks because of coronavirus fears. GasBuddy.com, a phone app that tracks gas prices around the world, said Tuesday the cheapest pump prices in Monongalia County — $2.01 — could be found at Circle K stores on Earl L. Core Road, near Summer School Road, and on University Avenue, just outside Star City. Not far behind was Sam’s Club in Granville at $2.02 a gallon, and the Circle K at 170 Holland Ave. ...

Aull About History 2 – Morgantown on the Rise

February 29, 2020

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Postcast 8 – Feb. 28, 2020

February 28, 2020

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Coronavirus forces WVU to cancel Beijing trip

February 27, 2020

Even though there are no reported cases of the novel coronavirus 2019 in Monongalia County, or West Virginia for that matter, West Virginia University cancelled a May trip to Beijing for a group of its business students. “We decided to cancel the program out of an abundance of caution,” said Henry Oliver, WVU’s director of Global Advancement who oversees international travel for the university. WVU has 175 Chinese students. “The logistical challenges of obtaining flights and securing in-country transportation made the program unfeasible,” he said. While there have ...