Newsroom@DominionPost.com CLARKSBURG — Phillip W. Conley, of Jacksonville, Florida, has admitted to a fraud charge, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Conley, 38, pleaded guilty to one count of securities fraud. Conley admitted to scheming roughly 18 individuals in ...
MORGANTOWN -- Nicole Kemper was throwing big money around during Tuesday night’s meeting of the Monongalia County Board of Education. Rather, the treasurer of the district was discussing the big oomph those excess levy dollars bring to public education here. That comes to more than ...
by Karl W. Smith A bipartisan group of senators has proposed indexing the gas tax to inflation. That would be an improvement over the current system, but it wouldn’t fix the structural problems with the gas tax. What the U.S. needs to do is adopt a vehicle-miles-traveled tax — and ...
BY JESSICA NELSON AND GABRIELLA BROWN Real estate in and around Morgantown is expensive, and affordability is a barrier to many people looking to buy a house. White Diamond Realty’s snapshot statistics for 2021 put the average price for a detached home over $329,000 and the average price ...
by Jessica Nelson and Gabriella BrownNewsroom@DominionPost.com Ask young people in Morgantown why they don’t put down roots here and many will tell you the same thing: They can’t afford it. “I don’t know when we’d be able to buy a house,” Melanie Raleigh said. “At the very ...
MORGANTOWN -- In its final budget revision for the current fiscal year, Morgantown City Council recently approved a first reading of an amendment reflecting a $1,807,724 increase. Interim Finance Director Lori Livengood said the amendment factors in $2,260,000 in additional B&O taxes, ...