MORGANTOWN – In the corner of White Park stands a slide. It’s just kind of standing there the way slides do, making a triangle next to a […]
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Morgantown making combined utilities a priority talking point
MORGANTOWN – It’s not pleasant to think about, but combined sewer overflows are a fact of life in Morgantown. A combined sewer overflow, or CSO, is a […]
We need to do something: Councilors urge action on affordable housing
MORGANTOWN — “We need to start seeing some results,” Morgantown City Councilor Mark Downs said during council’s recent committee of the whole session. Downs’ comments came in […]
City, county leaders tout positive working relationship
MORGANTOWN — It takes a couple minutes to walk from Morgantown City Hall to the Monongalia County Courthouse, but there have been times when leadership within the […]
Council splits 4-3, selects Trumble over Abu-Ghannam for mayor
MORGANTOWN — If there were lingering questions about whether the city’s April election would shift the dynamics within Morgantown City Council, they were answered in about 75 […]
MPO accepts Don Knotts pedestrian bridge feasibility study
MORGANTOWN — In October 2023, the Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization was prepared to steer $400,000 in Transportation Block Grant dollars into engineering a pedestrian bridge spanning […]
Sunny days ahead: BOPARC opens new Marilla Pool with ‘first splash’
MORGANTOWN — Clouds are primarily composed of water — and yet they hate a pool party. Everybody knows it. But now they’ve gone too far. In a […]
Voters support camping ban, pick Downs in 6th Ward
MORGANTOWN – After more than 300 days of debate, the votes are in. The camping ban stays. By a 78-vote margin, Morgantown’s voters supported implementation of the […]
Fire chief hopes to improve MFD’s relationship with city hall
MORGANTOWN — In his brief tenure as chief of the Morgantown Fire Department, Gary Freshour said he’s already started hearing some rumblings of “the new boss is […]
BOPARC approves $14.3 million budget for upcoming fiscal year
MORGANTOWN — Of its anticipated $14,361,209 budget for the upcoming 2025-26 fiscal year, the Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners anticipates $8.4 million will come by way […]
