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Foreclosure forcing housing program out of West Run Road facility

MORGANTOWN – Fallout from Bartlett Housing Solutions’ 2024 financial collapse continues. The West Virginia Coalition to End Homelessness has been informed it must vacate the facility at 10 West Run Road. The agency has operated various programs at the site since October 2024, when ...

NWS confirms ‘weak’ tornado in outlying Marion County

FAIRMONT – A number of trees were damaged and felled when a tornado briefly touched down in the Bunner’s Ridge area near Fairmont on Monday evening, authorities said. Chris McIntire, who directs 911 services for the county, said the tornado was reported around 6:10 p.m. after the ...

Marion BOE bids farewell to retiring member Boyles

FAIRMONT – There were two George Boyles answering roll at Monday’s meeting of the Marion County Board of Education. The present-day George Boyles wielded the gavel one final time as BOE president. He chose not to seek reelection in the May primary after a four-year ...

East End Village project needs to align financing ‘or radically change’

MORGANTOWN – Six years ago, the Monongalia County Development Authority financed $11.8 million to purchase 10 acres of property for redevelopment on the doorstep of downtown Morgantown along Richwood Avenue. Two years ago, the MCDA joined Dave Biafora, the project’s master developer, ...