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 Sean Sikora said the commission has a number of projects it wants to ...
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 Court Judge Thomas Klee to issue a partial summary judgment in their favor. The ...
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 the $45,014,430 budget for this fiscal year as currently adjusted. Even so, the commission ...
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 the county’s levying bodies $494,461.08. The Monongalia County Commission on Wednesday approved an ...
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 foundational to the county fair experience. In Monongalia County, however, the two have parted ways – at ...
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 in question is .66 acres between University Avenue and Leeway Street, which is part of the town’s ...