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Morgantown Council finalizes vape shop zoning restrictions

MORGANTOWN — The city of Morgantown has seen its last tobacco and vape shop open downtown, at least for the foreseeable future.  More than a month after its June 4 first reading, Morgantown City Council has adopted a zoning text amendment creating the “smoke shop/tobacco store” use ...

Morgantown budget amendment includes triage shelter funding

MORGANTOWN -- It appears Morgantown City Council will join the Monongalia County Commission in setting aside $150,000 to help finance Catholic Charities’ administrative takeover of the Bartlett House triage shelter in Hazel’s House of Hope.  Earlier this week, council approved on ...

Dozens turn out to address potential encampment law

MORGANTOWN -- The expansion of city laws prohibiting sleeping and camping beyond park property was not actually on Tuesday’s Morgantown City Council agenda.  It was, however, on everybody’s mind.  A crowd well beyond the capacity of the city’s meeting chamber spilled out ...

Funding for shelter takeover in place, unofficially

MORGANTOWN — Nothing is finalized, but it appears as if the funding needed to finance Catholic Charities’ administrative takeover of the Bartlett House triage shelter in Hazel’s House of Hope is unofficially in place.  During a July 2 presentation to Morgantown City Council, ...

Staffing shortfall remains MPD's top challenge

MORGANTOWN — During a recent state-of-the-department update before Morgantown City Council, Police Chief Eric Powell said staffing issues remain the number-one challenge facing the MPD.  The department is allowed 79 officers. It currently has 59, meaning a quarter of the city’s ...