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Pension changes, fire fee increase pass first reading

MORGANTOWN -- Morgantown City Council on Tuesday initiated the process of addressing the more than $110 million in liabilities currently represented by its police and fire pension plans. The body voted unanimously to close both plans to new entrants and move the city over to the ...

Morgantown Council to consider Davis for interim city manager

MORGANTOWN -- During his time with the city, Damien Davis has worked under a couple different titles. Starting in 2008, he was “city engineer.” In 2021, he became “director of engineering and public works.” Now it appears he’ll add “acting city manager” to that ...

Morgantown Mayor Abu-Ghannam receives national recognition

MORGANTOWN -- When the National League of Cities unveiled its inaugural list of Under 40 Impact Award winners during its Nov. 13 Centennial City Summit in Tampa, Fla., Morgantown Mayor Joe Abu-Ghannam’s name was at the top of the list. Some say the list was alphabetical.  “But ...

A net positive: City, county support needle exchange program

MORGANTOWN -- Difficult, counterintuitive, unsightly. Those were some of the words used by members of the Monongalia County Commission to describe Milan Puskar Health Right’s needle exchange program, known as LIGHT, or Living in Good Health Together. The commission’s final word on ...

New DOH District 4 boss: We can make this work, together

MORGANTOWN -- The relationship between local elected officials and the West Virginia Division of Highways has followed a recognizable pattern over the last decade-plus. It proceeds as such: Local frustrations mount over time - be they over specific issues, a general lack of maintenance, ...