MORGANTOWN – The House Government Organization committee took up the Senate municipal annexation bill Monday and eased some of the bill's additional restrictions on annexation by minor boundary adjustment. But opponents argued it still makes an already arduous process even more ...
MORGANTOWN – The Senate Government Organization Committee Friday moved along bills to reign in the governor’s emergency powers, tweak how cities can annex land and change how legal ads are posted without harming newspaper revenue. The emergency powers bill is HB 2003. It says a state ...
WESTOVER —Westover city council unanimously voted to approve a new, Axon body-camera software system for the Westover police force during Monday night’s Westover City Council meeting. “I want to make it as seamless as possible for the officer and the integrity of the citizen,” said ...
Jan. 2 Legislative leaders shared their visions for the 2020 session before it started Jan. 8. A pandemic was not in view. Among their goals: Ending the tax on business equipment, inventory and machinery; creating a state-backed investment fund to draw outside dollars; and ...
The Monongalia County Commission is expected to sign off on an annexation plan today that will bring about 170 acres along Solomon Road, and Solomon Road itself, into the city of Westover. The addition is being accomplished through annexation without election — meaning a majority of ...
MORGANTOWN -- Interim City Manager Emily Muzzarelli drew a Post-It Note from a blue, plastic cup during Morgantown City Council’s monthly committee of the whole meeting on Tuesday. That bit of suspense was all part of a discussion about extending council elections from two to four ...