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Commission compares carryover, jail bill

MORGANTOWN – When the Monongalia County Commission approved its Fiscal Year 2027 budget in March, the $44 million spending plan anticipated $10 million would be carried over from FY 2026. That number ended up being $8,926,606 – a difference of $1,073,140 to be pulled from the county’s ...

Winfield VFD recovers wayward park fixture

RIVESVILLE – What a long, strange trip it’s been … for the kayak ramp at Palatine Park. A short, strange trip, anyway. The handicapped-accessible ramp that’s a key fixture at the popular park and outdoor music venue in Fairmont set sail last week for a time. Palatine is nestled ...

Morgantown to host first National Night Out, with a nod to Fairmont

MORGANTOWN – For more than four decades, National Night Out has served as an annual community building effort aimed at strengthening the relationships between first responders, particularly police officers, and the communities they serve. Since its inception in 1984, the concept has spread ...

Going straight to source — on a statewide stage

CHARLESTON – Food for thought. For sure. And it didn’t take long. Local clergyman the Rev. Kevin Cain – “Rev Kev,” to all who know him – became known across Morgantown years ago as the guy who prepared and served all those meals, to all those football and basketball players, in ...

Health Right director provides post-move update, makes road proposal

MORGANTOWN – Milan Puskar Health Right Executive Director Laura Jones admitted that there were significant concerns that the clinic would experience a sharp decline in patient numbers following its move out of downtown Morgantown. After all, the clinic had spent more than four decades in ...

Mon Schools to begin advertising for Suncrest Middle construction manager

MORGANTOWN – At a time when school districts across West Virginia are facing declining enrollments and the dreaded prospect of having to shutter buildings, Monongalia County is getting ready to put up a new facility. And Mon’s Board of Education earlier this week inched closer to the ...