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Commissioners 'excited' about transportation leadership changes

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 Highways brass. Members of the commission on Wednesday reacted to news that Jimmy Wriston is ...

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, ...

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 time - an address? And why, ultimately, does it matter? A debate has sparked of late about who is utilizing the Grace ...

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 United States. The near-capacity turnout has prompted the expansion of the temporary shelter. Dr. ...

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 the tail end of the 1980s. The future superstar was coming to see the Greek Life advisor with a ...

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 projects. County Commission President Sean Sikora detailed the county’s ARPA spending earlier this week ...