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Morgantown's April election will include one contested race

MORGANTOWN -- One of three ward races in the upcoming Morgantown municipal election will be contested. Monday was the deadline for hopeful Morgantown City Council candidates to submit their nominating petitions to Morgantown City Clerk Christine Wade’s office. The city confirmed ...

Fly Robot: City airport turning to autonomous grounds crew

MORGANTOWN -- The robogoats are coming!! Morgantown City Council has approved a three-year agreement with a Nashville-based company, My Goat, to provide an initial fleet of 12 autonomous mowers (goats) and the company’s proprietary guidance software. The year one cost to the ...

Kawecki will not seek a sixth council term in city's 2nd Ward

MORGANTOWN -- With a brief, eight-word statement at the end of Tuesday’s Morgantown City Council meeting, longtime 2nd Ward Councilor Bill Kawecki officially ended any speculation about his plans for the upcoming April election. “It’s not my intention to seek another term,” he ...

City's land reuse agency asks about stalled property transfer

MORGANTOWN -- The city of Morgantown owns dozens of properties sitting unused, vacant and off the tax rolls. The city-created Morgantown Land Reuse & Preservation Agency would like to do something about that, starting with a list of 23 “odd lots” the city previously agreed to part ...

WVU Eye Institute project will relocate fire department access

MORGANTOWN -- To accommodate the design of WVU Hospitals’ forthcoming $233.5 million eye institute project, Morgantown City Council will consider a land swap that will relocate the road accessing the city’s North Side Fire Station (Station 3). The issue will be up for first reading at ...

Morgantown City Council looking to replace gendered language

MORGANTOWN -- Morgantown City Council will take up an amendment to the city’s charter that will replace masculine pronouns with non-gendered language. For example, “his term of office” would be replaced with “their term of office,” and “his subordinates” would be replaced by ...