KINGWOOD — State Division of Highways workers from around the state are in Preston County, working to clean ditches and pipes. Darby Clayton of DOH District 4, which includes Doddridge, Harrison, Marion, Monongalia, Preston and Taylor counties, said it’s part of the governor’s roads ...
CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice says West Virginia needs to go back to basics to improve road conditions. “We weren’t getting it done at the pace it needs to be able to have gotten done,” Justice said. During a press conference Wednesday at the Capitol, Justice described ways to ...
MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission took receipt of two annexation requests — one from Westover and one from Granville — during its regular Wednesday meeting. In Westover’s case, the city is looking to annex just under 400 acres from mile marker 153 on Interstate 79 to mile ...
KINGWOOD — City Clerk Mary Howell has resigned, citing behavior she witnessed that made her unhappy. Council made the announcement after an executive session with Howell at Tuesday’s meeting. Howell, who has served as city clerk since 2016, gave her notice Friday. Prior to that she ...
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown City Council spent about three hours Tuesday evening reviewing the city’s $37.3 million spending plan for the upcoming 2019-’20 fiscal year. While members of council were able to go into the details of the upcoming budget with City Manager Paul Brake and Finance ...
MORGANTOWN — The threat, according to Monongalia County Commission President Tom Bloom, is the state moving backwards. An improved economic forecast can easily go the other direction, Bloom said Tuesday, without the commitment to infrastructure in what Bloom calls “the state’s ...
