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Commission approves emergency request to move polling site

MORGANTOWN – The Monongalia County Commission on Wednesday approved an emergency request to change the polling location for Precinct 30 ahead of the Nov. 3 general election. The planned voting location for the precinct was the Marilla Center, located in BOPARC’s Marilla Park. Shortly ...

County working to answer Flock contract request

MORGANTOWN – Where’s the contract? It’s a question that’s been asked time and again during the months of public pushback following the Monongalia County Commission’s November 2025 decision to utilize up to $180,000 in directly allocated opioid settlement money for the placement of ...

Clerk's office marking Monongalia County's semiquincentennial

MORGANTOWN – On Oct. 9, 1776 – just over three months after the Second Continental Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence, and some 86 years before West Virginia achieved statehood – the Virginia General Assembly passed an act subdividing the District of West ...

DeFelice lays out timeline for MCHD relocation

MORGANTOWN – With a July 1, 2027 deadline looming for the Monongalia County Health Department to be out of its current facilities and moved into its new home at White Birch Towers, time is of the essence. That window tightens considerably when you consider the estimated $10 million ...

Commission candidates offer thoughts on Flock

MORGANTOWN – Ron Lytle, the Republican candidate for the Eastern District seat on the Monongalia County Commission, said he recently spent more than an hour sitting with Sheriff Todd Forbes discussing the county’s implementation of Flock Safety automated license plate reader cameras and ...