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County's broadband investment facing Dec. 31 deadline

MORGANTOWN – A five-year push to spread broadband into unserved and underserved areas across Monongalia County is going to come down to the next four months. Through a public, private partnership with Comcast, the county is working to complete four installation projects by Dec. ...

Greenmont greenspace: Funds funneled to neighborhood park

MORGANTOWN -- The city of Morgantown is utilizing federal funding sources to continue revitalization efforts in lower Greenmont. Between American Rescue Plan Act dollars already allocated and largely spent, a forthcoming $2 million congressional earmark and some $790,000 in Community ...

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 ...

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 ...