MORGANTOWN — Hope springs eternal in the hearts of Monongalia County Commissioners – at least when it comes to the county’s on-again, off-again relationship with the West Virginia Division of […]
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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 […]
Origin of shelter clients becomes a talking point
MORGANTOWN — At what point can someone say they’re from Monongalia County? When can a person claim Morgantown as home? Is it based on a feeling – the passage of […]
Storm prompts expansion of Catholic Charities warming shelter
MORGANTOWN — Only one of the 21 available beds in the Catholic Charities winter warming shelter were empty Sunday night as temperatures, and snow, fell across much of the northeastern […]
Ron Justice: It’s been a good run, but I’m not going anywhere
MORGANTOWN — Today, the world knows him as Darius Rucker. Ron Justice knew him before the world called him Hootie. They met in Justice’s small Mountainlair office one day at […]
Commission breaks down county’s rescue plan spending
MORGANTOWN — Of the $20.6 million in American Rescue Plan Act money received by Monongalia County, more than $17 million, or approximately 85%, was spent on water, sewer and broadband […]
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 […]
Mon Commission partners with Frontier for final ARPA project
MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission on Monday committed the last of its American Rescue Plan Act money for a broadband project to expand service into the area of Gladesville […]
Mon Commission closing out 2024 with broadband push
MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission on Monday approved a pair of contracts with Comcast that will put some 20 miles of fiber network in place and make broadband available […]
Mon County in the path of a ‘major’ power transmission project
MORGANTOWN — While the exact route remains a work in progress, Monongalia County appears to be in the path of a major power transmission project. On Wednesday, representatives of NextEra […]
