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County broadband efforts have started bringing homes online

MORGANTOWN – Just over four years after the Monongalia County Commission took its first official step toward county-wide broadband access, homes are coming online. During an update as part of Wednesday’s commission meeting, Commissioner Sean Sikora said he recently toured a portion of ...

MUB completes Popenoe Run project with city, county support

MORGANTOWN -- In summer 2021 – much like summer 2025, flooding was a major topic of conversation. Back-to-back storms in June and July of that year dumped historic amounts of rain across Monongalia County, overwhelming portions of the Morgantown Utility Board stormwater system – even ...

Bloom on Health Right move: This has got to stop at some point

MORGANTOWN -- Monongalia County Commissioner Tom Bloom didn’t hold back Wednesday when discussing Milan Puskar Health Right’s long-awaited move from downtown Morgantown to Scott Avenue. The commission is among the funding sources supporting the relocation that, per the original ...

City 'hopeful' Health Right move completed by the end of summer

MORGANTOWN -- The city of Morgantown said it’s “hopeful” Milan Puskar Health Right will make the move from Spruce Street to its new facility at 10 Scott Avenue by the end of summer. Health Right Executive Director Laura Jones said the nonprofit is moving steadily in that direction, ...

Sikora: Broadband investment will bring homes online in 2025

MORGANTOWN -- Monongalia County Commissioner Sean Sikora said he expects the county’s broadband projects to start bringing people online this year. The commission used approximately $8 million of its $20.6 million American Rescue Plan Act dollars to leverage more than $20 million in ...

Municipalities use ARPA dollars to address a variety of issues

The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act was signed by President Joe Biden on March 11, 2021 in response to the financial strain caused by COVID-19. Included in that number was $65.1 billion distributed directory to cities, towns and villages. While the funds initially came with ...

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