MORGANTOWN -- The July 29 flooding that resulted in millions in damages to private and public property will not receive the necessary declaration from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to trigger federal disaster relief funds. Jim Smith, who heads MECCA 911 and the county’s ...
When MPO Executive Director Bill Austin met with The Dominion Post Editorial Board, he talked about building resiliency into the Metropolitan Transportation Plan. Resiliency is creating infrastructure that lasts, but also creating infrastructure that can survive a changing environment that ...
This past week, the Monongalia County Commission voted to declare a county-wide state of emergency in response to the July 29 floods. It’s a critical decision, because a state of emergency must be in place for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to offer assistance. This is the ...
by Andreas Kluth There she was again, the proverbial mother of the nation, walking somberly through the rubble and mud of a nearly destroyed town called Schuld, which happens to be German for “guilt.” German Chancellor Angela Merkel, two months before an election that will usher ...
by Noah Smith The unprecedented heat wave that recently gripped the Pacific Northwest demonstrates a crucial fact about climate change that most people don’t seem to appreciate yet: This will not be a smooth, predictable event. In addition to new costs that can be anticipated, ...
Reporter David Beard took these photos of flooding around Green Bag Road. Our chief photographer, Ron Rittenhouse, will also be looking for shots to show flooding and damage caused by Sunday's rains. If you have photos you'd like to share, or know of an area that experienced extensive ...