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Commission breaks down county's rescue plan spending

MORGANTOWN -- Of the $20.6 million in American Rescue Plan Act money received by Monongalia County, more than $17 million, or approximately 85%, was spent on water, sewer and broadband projects. County Commission President Sean Sikora detailed the county’s ARPA spending earlier this week ...

Mon Commission partners with Frontier for final ARPA project

MORGANTOWN -- The Monongalia County Commission on Monday committed the last of its American Rescue Plan Act money for a broadband project to expand service into the area of Gladesville and Halleck roads. All told, the commission will put up $791,421 (or 83%) of a $953,519 project that will ...

Mon Commission closing out 2024 with broadband push

MORGANTOWN -- The Monongalia County Commission on Monday approved a pair of contracts with Comcast that will put some 20 miles of fiber network in place and make broadband available to more than 120 homes and businesses. The work had to be separated into two agreements due to funding ...

MUB's Cheat Lake, Popenoe Run projects ready to begin

MORGANTOWN -- Morgantown Utility Board General Manager Mike McNulty said it’s taken a tremendous effort from a small army of people, but financing for the Cheat Lake Wastewater Treatment Plant upgrades is signed and sealed. Now, focus turns to Mele & Mele & Sons to deliver on its ...

City's land reuse agency continues to target Greenmont

MORGANTOWN -- The second half of 2024 has seen Morgantown’s Land Reuse & Preservation Agency acquire a list of vacant and dilapidated properties in Greenmont as the city looks to bring new life to its oldest neighborhood. That effort continued last week when the LRPA approved the ...

Morgantown lines up pedestrian upgrades for spring 2025

MORGANTOWN -- Morgantown Staff Engineer Drew Gatlin recently told Morgantown City Council the city would need half a billion dollars to complete every sidewalk project on its wish list. It’s going to start with half a million. Lakecrest Construction, out of Fairmont, has been awarded ...