MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Sheriff Todd Forbes said you’d likely have to go back the better part of a decade — to the tenure of former Sheriff Al Kisner — […]
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County budget remains ‘robust’ despite drop in projected tax revenue
MORGANTOWN – Monongalia County Commissioner Sean Sikora said the county’s fiscal year 2025-’26 budget passed Wednesday was among the most challenging he’s experienced in the position. Sikora, who spearheads the […]
County asking BOE, Westover to return some tax dollars tied to TIF
MORGANTOWN — Budgetary requests are nothing new to Monongalia County Commission. In fact, the body is currently working through dozens of them received as part of finalizing its 2025-’26 spending […]
County VFDs sound the alarm on aging tanker
MORGANTOWN — The National Fire Protection Agency recommends removing fire apparatus from frontline service after 10-15 years of use. Monongalia County’s lone tanker, which operates out of the Granville Fire […]
Project Rainbow to take on daytime shelter staffing
MORGANTOWN — While the Catholic Charities’ emergency overnight warming shelter at Hazel’s House of Hope has been open every night since Dec. 11, the question of where individuals can go […]
County asks judge to toss ‘panhandling’ lawsuit
MORGANTOWN — An attorney representing the three Monongalia County Commissioners as well as the county’s former sheriff has asked a judge to throw out the lawsuit challenging the legality of […]
A net positive: City, county support needle exchange program
MORGANTOWN — Difficult, counterintuitive, unsightly. Those were some of the words used by members of the Monongalia County Commission to describe Milan Puskar Health Right’s needle exchange program, known as […]
Commissioners, sheriff sued over pedestrian safety ordinance
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Commissioners Tom Bloom, Sean Sikora and Jeff Arnett, as well as Monongalia County Sheriff Perry Palmer, have been named as defendants in a lawsuit challenging the […]
Commission approves zoning change for McCullough Ave. development
MORGANTOWN — The construction of 30 three-bedroom townhomes on 2.45 acres along Morgantown’s municipal boundary is moving forward – with conditions. The Monongalia County Commission on Wednesday signed off on […]
Assessor’s office launching updated parcel viewer website
MORGANTOWN — If you’ve ever wondered who owns a particular piece of land, or the most recent appraised value of an available building or whether or not a property falls […]
