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Advocacy group says camping ban outcome 'political violence'

MORGANTOWN -- Morgantown Coalition for Housing Action — the group that organized a successful repeal petition to force Morgantown’s camping ban ordinance onto Tuesday’s municipal ballot — said the end result was not merely a political outcome, but political violence. Enactment of ...

Has Morgantown conducted its last standalone election?

MORGANTOWN — The current iteration of the Morgantown City Charter was approved April 29, 1977. Among the municipal powers and responsibilities outlined in the document are details explaining exactly when and how the city is to conduct elections — on the last Tuesday in April each ...

Voters support camping ban, pick Downs in 6th Ward

MORGANTOWN - After more than 300 days of debate, the votes are in. The camping ban stays. By a 78-vote margin, Morgantown’s voters supported implementation of the camping ban ordinance initially passed by Morgantown City Council in September and forced onto Tuesday’s city ballot by ...

A total of 716 ballots cast early heading into Election Day

MORGANTOWN - Just over 31% of Morgantown’s early voters cast their ballots on the final day. All told, just over 5% of the city’s registered voters took advantage of early voting. With 224 ballots cast Saturday, turnout for the eight-day early voting period ended at 716, which is ...

New city manager to start at $175,000

MORGANTOWN — Incoming City Manager Jamie Miller will begin employment with the city of Morgantown no later than June 23 and will start with a base annual salary of $175,000. This is according to the employment agreement signed by Miller and provided to The Dominion Post. Morgantown ...

Fire chief hopes to improve MFD's relationship with city hall

MORGANTOWN — In his brief tenure as chief of the Morgantown Fire Department, Gary Freshour said he’s already started hearing some rumblings of “the new boss is gonna set the department back 20 years.” The truth is, Freshour admitted, the rumblings are spot-on. He would like to turn ...