MORGANTOWN — Morgantown City Councilor Brian Butcher didn’t hold back Tuesday evening when addressing the body’s 4-3 vote to reject the recommendations of the city’s ward and boundary commission. “Terribly […]
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Morgantown Council will not put election question before city voters
MORGANTOWN — The question of whether the city of Morgantown should eliminate its standalone election and move onto the county’s primary ballot will not go before the city’s voters. An […]
Council clashes over camping ban
MORGANTOWN — Lest anyone think all the intensity surrounding the citywide camping ban adopted early Wednesday morning by Morgantown City Council was on the audience side of the podium, Councilor […]
Morgantown church asks to lead non-congregate shelter project
MORGANTOWN — Inspired by mission work building similar structures in Honduras, a group from the Morgantown Church of Christ has come to the city proposing the construction of up to […]
Local officials respond to Biden announcement
MORGANTOWN — “It’s going to be a very interesting summer,” Monongalia County Commission President Sean Sikora said Tuesday when asked about President Joe Biden’s departure from the 2024 presidential race. […]
Future Morgantown Council raise passes first reading, 6-1
Members of Morgantown City Council agree that a $2,400 raise for future councilors is, at the very least, deserved and overdue. They point out council’s pay already ranks low among […]
Morgantown Council goes back home, hears a familiar message
MORGANTOWN — A crowd of onlookers filled Morgantown City Hall’s foyer and spilled out onto Spruce Street Tuesday evening as the city commemorated the reopening of the historic municipal building […]
Butcher resigns from Rainbow House board
In posts to various social media outlets on Thursday, Brian Butcher announced he resigned from the Rainbow House board of directors on Monday, March 25, citing consistent threats being made […]
Funding announcement changes everything for local shelters
MORGANTOWN — The March 1 announcement of statewide emergency shelter funding from the West Virginia Coalition to End Homelessness was a game changer for two local shelters for exact opposite […]
Bartlett House emergency triage shelter closing
MORGANTOWN — The Bartlett Housing Solutions emergency triage shelter in Hazel’s House of Hope is closing. The Dominion Post spoke with a shelter client on Friday who confirmed Bartlett House […]
