MORGANTOWN — "But for." Two words, six letters. But in the parlance of tax increment financing, or TIF, districts, the phrase looms large. The “but for” test requires a government entity, like a county commission, to determine that but for the creation of a TIF ...
Over 800,000 law enforcement officers across the United States are expected to participate in this year’s National Police Week, a time for mourning police officers killed in the line of duty and recognition of others who have been injured. Last year, 118 law enforcement officers ...
MORGANTOWN — Some current and future customers of the Little Creek Public Service District living in Monongalia County are getting assistance from the Monongalia County Commission. The commission approved $51,621.95 on Wednesday to be split among the placement of four new fire ...
MORGANTOWN — More than 2.3 million square feet of new development, private investment in excess of $561 million and nearly 4,500 jobs. Those numbers represent the economic impact made to date by the sales tax and property tax districts that comprise the Monongalia County ...
Monongalia County Commissioner Sean Sikora said he recently had a bit of a broadband epiphany courtesy of the initiative taken by the Hagans Community. Back in March, residents of the area — which includes Hagans, Hawkins Run, Merle Yost and Shuman Run roads — approached the ...
MORGANTOWN -- Just as it did in 2016 and then again 2019, panhandling has become a local topic of discussion. But this time the focus has spread beyond downtown Morgantown. Following up on a proposal he first introduced during the public portion of Tuesday’s Morgantown ...