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TAG: Monongalia County Commission

Trails at Mason-Dixon Historical Park receive state recognition

Summer may be over, but Monongalia County’s Mason-Dixon Historical Park is as hot as ever.  Last month, the West Virginia Department of Tourism announced the property would become just the second county-operated park in West Virginia to receive a coveted “Almost Heaven” ...

Commission to help address 'shocking' conditions on Alpine Street

MORGANTOWN — As the crow flies, lower Alpine Street is about 2,000 feet from Mon Health Medical Center. It’s a half-mile by car.  It's located between Riddle Avenue and Bergamont Street, in the North Hills area. It’s less than a mile — about 4,000 feet — from W.Va. 705, ...

Build WV Act in place to spur new housing development

MORGANTOWN -- If you travel to Preston County and find the intersection of North Mountaineer Highway and Dogtown Road, near the confluence of Stacks Run and Stony Run, and take a good look around ... you’ll probably see a house, maybe a gas station and a whole lot of nature.   But ...

Monongalia County Assessor's Office employees to hold UMWA vote

MORGANTOWN — The question of union representation in the Monongalia County Assessor’s Office will be put to a vote.  In a short letter to the Monongalia County Commission, Assessor Mark Musick said office staff will vote on United Mine Workers of America representation on Sept. ...

Bloom, Folz sit down with The Dominion Post Editorial Board

MORGANTOWN -- Republican MaryAnn (Babich) Folz is challenging Democrat incumbent Tom Bloom for the Western District seat on the Monongalia County Commission in the November election.  Folz is a political newcomer but a county native. She said her family has farmed county land for more ...

Commission gets a look at projected settlement payments

MORGANTOWN -- Local officials knew the first round of opioid settlement dollars allocated directly to cities and counties would be the largest they’d likely see.  Even so, Monongalia County Commissioner Tom Bloom said Wednesday the body was somewhat surprised to see how much smaller ...