MORGANTOWN -- While nearly every city in West Virginia has already taken the police and fire pension funding lifelines first offered by the West Virginia Legislature in 2010 (Optional I) and then again in 2023 (Optional II), Morgantown has not. Today, the city finds itself with more than ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 Services. On Tuesday, the body refused to even discuss passage of the $2.43 per ...
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 government. “We wish Kim and his family the best as he welcomes this new chapter of his life,” Mayor Joe ...