Republic: No changes planned for single stream recycling, contamination an issue

January 12, 2019

MORGANTOWN — Republic Services spokesperson Deirdre Edgar said there are no planned changes to what’s allowed in single stream recycling for the Morgantown area despite a significant tightening of the overseas recycling market in the past year. That said, ensuring your recyclables don’t end up in the landfill may take a bit more time. The majority of the recyclables from the United States were exported to China for use in various forms of manufacturing. About a year ago the Chinese government enacted a regulation known as National Sword, which mandated the country would no longer ...

Areas for future study a theme of planning commission session

January 12, 2019

MORGANTOWN — Areas for Future Study. That phrase, identified in the city's 2013 update to its comprehensive plan, was central to the most recent session of the Morgantown Planning Commission. The comprehensive plan describes future study areas as places where further examination is needed, whether because existing zoning doesn't align with existing land uses or existing zoning is not compatible with or does not fully support the desired future of the area. During the commission’s meeting, both ends of the spectrum were represented. On one hand, rather than offer a ruling on a ...

University’s Hall of Fame committee looking for nominations for 2019 class

January 11, 2019

MORGANTOWN — After University High School Athletic Hall of Fame was established in 2018, the Hawks are looking for its second class for 2019. The University  Athletic Hall of Fame Committee is now accepting nominations. Nomination forms can be found on the UHS website ...

Fairmont City Council race ends with two new winners following decertification, counting of 57 additional votes

January 11, 2019

FAIRMONT — Recounts in Fairmont have reversed election results for City Council, unofficially seating Joshua Rice and Barry Bledsoe to the seats. In District 1, Josh Rice received 1,734 votes, followed by Marcella Yaremchuk with 1,728 and Susan McCollum with 1,723. In District 5, Barry ...

Justice Loughry is denied one of his two motions for retrial

January 11, 2019

CHARLESTON — Former Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry has been denied one of his two motions for a retrial, although a federal judge did grant an acquittal on a witness tampering charge. U.S. District Judge John Copenhaver submitted the 35-page order Friday. Loughry was convicted in ...

One taken to hospital after three-car accident on I-79

January 11, 2019

MORGANTOWN — Three vehicles collided at Exit 155 on Interstate 79, at about 1 p.m. Friday. Chief Deputy Al Kisner, of the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department, said one person was taken to Ruby Memorial Hospital with facial lacerations and complaints of a leg injury. One of the ...