GRANVILLE — Mayor Patty Lewis said she’s currently projecting the implementation of a 1% sales tax to take effect Jan. 1 in Granville. The town received permission to do so late last month, when the West Virginia Home Rule Board made it the third Home Rule community in Monongalia ...
The Star City municipal building didn’t open for business on Monday. It didn’t have electricity. In fact, the entirety of Star City remained without power as of Monday afternoon, more than 40 hours after a very brief, but very violent, storm rocked Monongalia County and ...
MORGANTOWN -- The city of Bridgeport is suing the director of the West Virginia Department of Economic Development, and the Monongalia County Commission is making sure its thoughts are heard on the matter. This past week, the commission approved the engagement of Steptoe & Johnson to ...
MORGANTOWN - Have businesses across West Virginia been collecting sales taxes for municipalities they’re not located in? The answer to that question is almost certainly yes. Evidence shows it’s been happening here. During a recent presentation of the city’s proposed $45.4 ...
The years-long effort to place traffic lights at two dangerous University Town Centre intersections is coming to an end Granville Mayor Patty Lewis told The Dominion Post that the tentative plan is to get temporary signage in place warning drivers of the new traffic signals, which will be ...
The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act was signed by President Joe Biden on March 11, 2021 in response to the financial strain caused by COVID-19. Included in that number was $65.1 billion distributed directory to cities, towns and villages. While the funds initially came with ...