MORGANTOWN — Morgantown City Council appears ready to dig in its heels regarding a West Virginia Public Service Commission-approved rate hike being requested by the city’s contracted trash hauler, Republic […]
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Morgantown Manager Kim Haws announces Dec. 20 departure
MORGANTOWN — The city of Morgantown announced Wednesday that City Manager Kim Haws will end his tenure with the city on Dec. 20, concluding a nearly 40-year career in city […]
City manager transition will likely include ‘designated official’
MORGANTOWN — If your city manager leaves, the expected course of action would be to appoint the assistant city manager to fill that role on an interim basis – especially […]
City lets $1.5 million reservoir recreation project
MORGANTOWN — In February of 2015, the Morgantown Utility Board made public its plan to construct a new reservoir on 125 acres along Cobun Creek Road. About 15 minutes later, […]
Morgantown council ponders trash service rate hike to help Republic recoup transfer station costs
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – City residents could be looking at paying a bit more to throw stuff away, as City Council takes up an ordinance at its Dec 3 meeting to […]
Morgantown police, fire pensions $100 million behind
MORGANTOWN — Fire pension in trouble. That’s the headline The Dominion Post ran atop a Nov. 22, 2003 story explaining that the city of Morgantown’s fire and police pensions represented […]
Morgantown lines up pedestrian upgrades for spring 2025
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown Staff Engineer Drew Gatlin recently told Morgantown City Council the city would need half a billion dollars to complete every sidewalk project on its wish list. It’s […]
City crunching the numbers on sorely needed garage project
MORGANTOWN — The city’s public works and maintenance garage has got a lot of problems. The HVAC runs on duct tape, and the building is no longer impenetrable by wind, […]
Catholic Charities to operate warming shelter with city, county support
MORGANTOWN — Catholic Charities West Virginia has been tapped to run a winter warming shelter in the former Hope Hill Sobering Center space on the ground floor of Hazel’s House […]
Morgantown voters will get the final word on camping ban
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown’s voters will get the final say on whether the city’s camping ban ordinance ever takes effect. In its first meeting since a petition calling for the law’s […]
