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City announces immediate retirement of Galusky as airport director

MORGANTOWN — An hour before Thursday’s ribbon cutting ceremony unveiling new aircraft hangars at the Morgantown Municipal Airport, the city issued a press release announcing the immediate retirement of airport director Mick Galusky. Given the sudden nature of the announcement, the timing ...

Three in jail after High Street drug raid

MORGANTOWN — Three men face criminal charges related to selling drugs, after a Wednesday morning raid in downtown Morgantown. Mishawn Trevell Gordon, 31, of Grosse Point, Mich., and Renard Ernest Ervin Jr., 25, of Detroit, Mich., are both charged with two counts of possession of a ...

Former Woodburn School to host Saturday block party

MORGANTOWN — There’s a 100-year-old brick building standing at the heart of the Woodburn neighborhood that, according to Chris Haddox, is as much a part of the Morgantown community today as it was during the decades it served the board of education as an elementary school. Haddox, the ...

Bloom: Lawsuit a possibility in light of road funding shortfall data

MORGANTOWN — Potential legal action over what appears to be a two-year funding shortfall of nearly $15 million for West Virginia Division of Highways District 4 will likely be up for discussion Thursday evening when the North Central Roads Caucus meets in Preston County. Monongalia County Commission President Tom Bloom said nearly four months of work from Monongalia County Delegates Evan Hansen and Jon Williams, both Democrats, show the six-county district did not receive the road funding it should have based on the state’s own formula. The data backs claims made by Bloom and other ...

Mon Health debuts MONA: virtual reality to ease pain, curb opioid abuse

MORGANTOWN — Mon Health is helping patients escape the confines and pain of a procedure table or infusion chair through the rollout of a virtual reality experience dubbed MONA. Dr. Shakuri-Rad, Mon Health System urologist and director of robotic surgery, began using the virtual ...

Traffic delays expected for road work on Dogtown Road in Preston County

REEDSVILLE -- The West Virginia Division of Highways advises motorists there will be traffic delays on County Route 92/4, the Dogtown Road,  from the junction of W.Va 92 to the junction of County Route 56, from 7 a.m. until 6 p.m. April 25 and 26. The purpose of the delay is road repair and ...