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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 the county's Pedestrian and Vehicle Safety Ordinance. Tiffany Durst, with Pullin, Fowler, ...

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 LIGHT, or Living in Good Health Together. The commission’s final word on ...

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 county's Pedestrian and Vehicle Safety Ordinance. The class action suit was filed Wednesday in ...

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 an amendment to the West Run Planning District zoning map that will change ...

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 within a certain zoning or neighborhood overlay district, the answers to these questions and untold others are clicks ...

Commission to help address 'shocking' conditions on Alpine Street

MORGANTOWN — As the crow flies, lower Alpine Street is about 2,000 feet from Mon Health Medical Center. It’s a half-mile by car.  It's located between Riddle Avenue and Bergamont Street, in the North Hills area. It’s less than a mile — about 4,000 feet — from W.Va. 705, ...