MORGANTOWN -- The city of Morgantown’s fiscal year 2022 budget anticipates flat or reduced revenues in nearly all categories — with one major exception. Sounds bad. But City Manager Kim Haws explained that given the challenges of the past year, things could be a whole lot ...
MORGANTOWN – West Virginia's COVID-19 numbers keep getting better and the state budget continues to thrive. Gov. Jim Justice said during his Monday briefing that the state has seen its active COVID cases decline for 16 straight days. From a peak of 29,257 on Jan. 10, the number was ...
MORGANTOWN -- A Jan. 19 letter from Ann Urling, deputy chief of staff for Gov. Jim Justice, says the state will not fill any more Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act reimbursement requests from local governments, for now. The letter says West Virginia received $1.25 ...
MORGANTOWN -- "With the uncertainties of COVID ..." -- a phrase that played heavily into a Wednesday evening budgeting workshop held by the city of Morgantown. Members of Morgantown City Council got a look at a very preliminary $38,075,500 general fund spending plan for the 2022 fiscal ...
By Will Dean and Kathy Plum Newsroom@DominionPost.com Counties in West Virginia are responsible for a lot of bills — including the cost of housing inmates from the county being held in regional jails. That makes the 81% increase in inmate population from 2000-2019 a problem ...
Regional jail costs have risen. Read more about the cost to Mon and Preston counties and what officials think could ease the burden HERE By Will Dean and Kathy Plum Newsroom@DominionPost.com State law makes counties responsible for regional jail bills for all people from ...