MORGANTOWN – The city of Morgantown would like the West Virginia Legislature to provide some additional guidance regarding its election alignment mandate. Senate Bill 50 – passed during the most […]
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Firefighters’ union ‘adamantly opposed’ to city manager residency change
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown Firefighters IAFF Local 313 has weighed in on a potential charter change going before the city’s voters next month. The change in question would allow the city […]
Morgantown City Council looking to replace gendered language
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown City Council will take up an amendment to the city’s charter that will replace masculine pronouns with non-gendered language. For example, “his term of office” would be […]
Morgantown Council to consider Davis for interim city manager
MORGANTOWN — During his time with the city, Damien Davis has worked under a couple different titles. Starting in 2008, he was “city engineer.” In 2021, he became “director of […]
City manager transition will likely include ‘designated official’
MORGANTOWN — If your city manager leaves, the expected course of action would be to appoint the assistant city manager to fill that role on an interim basis – especially […]
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 […]
New election schedule, manager residency among potential charter changes
MORGANTOWN — Moving the city’s election in line with the May primary and easing the residency requirement for the city manager position are among a half-dozen city charter changes scheduled […]
Morgantown Council will discuss eliminating standalone election
MORGANTOWN — It appears as if Morgantown City Council will at least discuss moving the city’s standalone election in line with the county during a forthcoming committee of the whole […]






