MORGANTOWN — From red to orange to yellow. Based on Harvard’s COVID-19 metrics for measuring rate of infection, new cases of COVID-19 have slowed dramatically in Monongalia County over the […]
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Justice extends order closing county bars for an additional 10 days
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice’s executive order closing bars in Monongalia County has been extended 10 days. The original 10-day closure — aimed at slowing a spike in COVID-19 numbers […]
County slips out of ‘red’ zone, county commission offers recommendations
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County turned orange on Wednesday. Keeping the county orange — or anything but red, really — was part of the focus of a Wednesday work session between […]
Postcast 28 – July 17, 2020
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Amjad, Marsh talk to city and county officials about rising COVID-19 cases
MORGANTOWN — “This is our big one,” West Virginia State Medical Officer Anye Amjad said of Monongalia County’s climbing COVID-19 numbers on Thursday. “If we cannot handle Mon County, how […]
Small business owners fear return of WVU students will result in shutdown
MORGANTOWN — How can COVID-19 be such an emergency in Monongalia County that businesses are being sacrificed when WVU is moving forward with plans to bring 30,000-plus people to the […]
CVB ready to take a cautious first step back after COVID-19 cancellations
MORGANTOWN — The equation is simple Busy hotels collect more lodging taxes. More lodging taxes mean bigger budgets for CVBs. For the Visit Mountaineer Country Convention and Visitors Bureau, lodging […]
Morgantown Council, county commission talk mask mandate
MORGANTOWN — Members of Morgantown City Council said they would like to conduct a special meeting on a number of COVID-19 related issues, including the possibility of implementing municipal fines […]
Commission endorses paving projects utilizing federal COVID-19 money
MORGANTOWN — A letter from the West Virginia Department of Highways outlining about 8.5 miles in paving projects tied to CARES, or Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security, funding got […]
Triple S Celebration of America to feature socially distanced July 4th festivities
MORGANTOWN — It started with a phone call. Triple S Harley-Davidson co-owner and Mylan Park Board member Cliff Sutherland told the Monongalia County Commission on Wednesday that he walked away […]
