There’s a lot of water in Richard. Not a big surprise, really. The tiny, incorporated area just beyond Sabraton on Earl L Core Road (W.Va. 7) sits in a floodplain. […]
Tag: Monongalia County Commission
Sikora: Broadband investment will bring homes online in 2025
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Commissioner Sean Sikora said he expects the county’s broadband projects to start bringing people online this year. The commission used approximately $8 million of its $20.6 […]
FirstEnergy shares stats of April 19 storm response effort
MORGANTOWN — By all accounts, the business end of the storm that turned out the lights in Morgantown and the surrounding area on April 19 only lasted a few minutes. […]
County puts up $500,000 for ‘cash strapped’ development authority
MORGANTOWN — Montgomery Ward could only dream of such deals. The parties entered into a lease-purchase agreement in December of 2016, but the Monongalia County Commission has yet to receive […]
County commission commends response to Easter weekend storm
MORGANTOWN — In his tenure on the Monongalia County Commission, Jeff Arnett said he’s come to understand that unexpected, early-morning phone calls are rarely made to deliver good news. That […]
MCSD nears full staffing levels with addition of seven deputies
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Sheriff Todd Forbes said you’d likely have to go back the better part of a decade — to the tenure of former Sheriff Al Kisner — […]
County, municipalities, BOE ‘lay the levy’ for the 2026 fiscal year
MORGANTOWN — As they do on the third Tuesday in April each year, the policy-making bodies for the state’s counties, municipalities and boards of education convened Tuesday to “lay the […]
Mon Commission weighing in on Bridgeport TIF lawsuit
MORGANTOWN — The city of Bridgeport is suing the director of the West Virginia Department of Economic Development, and the Monongalia County Commission is making sure its thoughts are heard […]
County budget remains ‘robust’ despite drop in projected tax revenue
MORGANTOWN – Monongalia County Commissioner Sean Sikora said the county’s fiscal year 2025-’26 budget passed Wednesday was among the most challenging he’s experienced in the position. Sikora, who spearheads the […]
County asking BOE, Westover to return some tax dollars tied to TIF
MORGANTOWN — Budgetary requests are nothing new to Monongalia County Commission. In fact, the body is currently working through dozens of them received as part of finalizing its 2025-’26 spending […]
