MORGANTOWN – While the imaginations of many Monongalia County residents likely wandered off to warmer locales during the recent winter storm, their cars, by and large, stayed at home. And […]
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Morgantown pushing 2025 paving program to spring 2026
MORGANTOWN – In late July, Morgantown Staff Engineer Drew Gatlin conceded the city was “slightly behind” schedule in terms of its 2025 paving plan, but remained in position to get […]
Morgantown Council conveys 19 parcels to land reuse agency
MORGANTOWN — The conveyance of 19 parcels of city-owned property to the Morgantown Land Reuse & Preservation Agency received unanimous first reading approval from Morgantown City Council on Tuesday. The […]
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 […]
Water under the bridge: White Park feature a result of 2019 standoff
MORGANTOWN — It was nearly six years ago – April 2019 – when dozens of marked trees in White Park touched off a public, months-long kerfuffle between the city of […]
Lawsuit: City failed to stop sexual harassment
MORGANTOWN — A lawsuit filed Jan.30 in Monongalia County Circuit Court claims the city of Morgantown failed to take “meaningful corrective action” to stop sexual harassment in its engineering and […]
Wintry January pushes city’s public works crews
MORGANTOWN — Depending on who you’re asking, there is currently little to no freezing rain, snow or arctic temperatures in Morgantown’s seven-day forecast. It’s a bit of a departure from […]
City to raze two Wharf District structures
MORGANTOWN — The city of Morgantown is set to tear down two structures located in the heart of its Wharf District previously identified as an “obstacle to development.” Earlier this […]
Selin in, Harshbarger out of election, city gets millions for Dorsey Ave.
MORGANTOWN — Come July 1, there will be at least one new member of Morgantown City Council. Councilor Dave Harshbarger, who’s represented the city’s 6th ward since July 2019, announced […]
A look back at the top city, county stories of 2024
A camping ban, panhandling laws, the collapse of Bartlett House. Public outcry, lawsuits, conflict. No single topic dominated Morgantown’s public discourse, and therefore headlines, in 2024 like the swirl of […]
