MORGANTOWN – A June 18 order from the West Virginia Supreme Court denied a petition for a writ of prohibition filed by the city of Morgantown in a seven-year legal battle with its firefighters. Monongalia County Circuit Court Judge Michael Simms' 2025 order setting the process by which ...
Oral arguments in the dispute between members of International Association of Firefighters Local 313 (IAFF), which is the Morgantown firefighters’ union, and the City of Morgantown were heard before the West Virginia Supreme Court Wednesday after the firefighters appealed a previous ...
Have you ever played the "dive for treasure" game at a swimming pool, where a non-floating object is tossed into the pool and kids dive in to find it? To an untrained eye, it may have looked like members of the Morgantown Fire Department Dive Rescue Team were diving for treasure from a ...
Potential candidates for positions with the Morgantown Fire Department were given the opportunity to practice their agility skills during an open house Saturday afternoon at the Northside Fire Station on Van Voorhis Road. MFD Capt. John Lemley said the department has 56 firefighters on ...
What does it take to become a firefighter? The Morgantown Fire Department is opening its doors this Saturday and inviting potential candidates to see what it takes first-hand. The open house will begin at 1 p.m. at the Northside Fire Station, 1000 Van Voorhis Road in ...
MORGANTOWN — “Frustration is high, and morale is low.” That’s how Morgantown Firefighter Anthony Stake opened his remarks to Morgantown City Council on Tuesday. Stake, the secretary and treasurer of International Association of Firefighters Local 313, was among a contingent of ...