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DOH: Green Bag roundabout schedule 'at the mercy of the court'

MORGANTOWN – West Virginia Division of Highways District 4 Manager Earl Gaskins said it remains unclear when construction will begin on the long-discussed, and debated, roundabouts at two Green Bag Road intersections. Roughly 10 months ago, Gaskins told representatives of the Morgantown ...

Public meeting set for second phase of Green Bag Road project

MORGANTOWN – The West Virginia Division of Highways and the U.S. Federal Highway Administration have scheduled a public input session on the second phase of the Green Bag Road widening project. The meeting will take place from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Mountainview Elementary ...

Green Bag roundabouts tied up in court

MORGANTOWN -- For anyone who’s been following the Green Bag Road saga, it likely comes as no surprise that the project to construct a pair of roundabouts finds itself parked in court. West Virginia Division of Highways District 4 Manager Earl Gaskins explained as much during a recent ...

City's traffic commission to jump start truck discussion

MORGANTOWN -- Whether it’s the city’s comprehensive plan or the local MPO’s metropolitan transportation plan, removing the never-ending procession of heavy trucks from downtown Morgantown has been identified time and again as a headline wishlist item. So, what’s being done to make ...

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 topics surrounding a relatively small, but vulnerable, group of ...