MORGANTOWN – Currently the subject of a federal class action lawsuit, Monongalia County’s Pedestrian and Vehicle Safety Ordinance has resulted in a total of four tickets and four written warnings […]
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County seeking qualifications for on-call planning and engineering firm
MORGANTOWN – The Monongalia County Commission on Wednesday approved a request for qualifications from firms interested in providing planning and engineering support to the county on an as-needed basis. Commissioner […]
Partial summary judgment sought in county ‘panhandling’ suit
MORGANTOWN – Attorneys representing the plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit against Monongalia County Commissioners Jeff Arnett, Tom Bloom and Sean Sikora, and Sheriff Todd Forbes, have asked U.S. District […]
Commission approves $44 million spending plan for Fiscal Year 2027
MORGANTOWN – The Monongalia County Commission on Wednesday approved a $44,011,156 county budget for the 2027 fiscal year beginning July 1. That number represents a decrease of about 2.3% from […]
Commission approves sizable tax exoneration for Bitcoin mining site
MORGANTOWN – A ruling from the West Virginia Office of Tax Appeals regarding the taxation of personal property for data centers and other “high technology” businesses is going to cost […]
Monongalia County Fair and 4-H part ways, at least temporarily
MORGANTOWN – For many, the county fair and 4-H are essentially one and the same. Even more than funnel cakes and carnival rides, livestock shows and 4-H exhibits are historically […]
Star City plans to market land along Boyers Avenue for housing project
STAR CITY – The town of Star City intends to seek housing development proposals for a small strip of land along Boyers Avenue previously marketed for commercial development. The property […]
Giuliani asks city, county to explore details of East End Village parcel sale
MORGANTOWN – James Giuliani is asking the city of Morgantown and the Monongalia County Commission to look into why and how a parcel at 142 Richwood Ave. was apparently sold […]
Smith: MECCA contemplating ‘the final phase of our upgrade’
MORGANTOWN – In March, Monongalia County Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency / MECCA 911 will mark two years in its purpose built, $10 million facility in the upper portion […]
NextEra MARL application before PSC available for public review
MORGANTOWN – Six binders totaling more than 3,000 pages. That, in physical form, is the NextEra Energy Transmission MidAtlantic application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity currently before the […]











