Dayton and Kittyhawk may have had Wilbur and Orville — but Morgantown and Monongalia County had Ben Garrison. Garrison, as local lore goes, was a magnificent young man in a (tenuous) flying machine on that August afternoon, in that Mon County field, back in 1910. He coaxed the ...
MORGANTOWN — Nearly a decade ago, airline industry prognosticators said a looming pilot shortage hastened by a wave of retirements, dramatic increases in training requirements and a reduction in military-trained aviators would spell doom for small commuter airlines. Then COVID-19 ...
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown City Council has approved an update to the city’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) action plan highlighted by major investments in recreation, sidewalks and the city’s airport. Thus far, the city has spent or obligated just over $4.5 million of its $11,243,509 ...
They’ve been called pork, earmarks and, most recently, congressionally directed spending. Regardless of what these federal set-asides are called, they represent an opportunity for a long list of governmental bodies and state and local agencies appealing to Senators Joe Manchin and ...
Waltzing Matilda, Snap Dazzle, Gooney Bird, Fun One II, Mountain Momma — these are just a few of the 17 hot air balloons from seven different states that you might see flying across the skies of Morgantown this weekend during the annual Balloons Over Morgantown event presented by University ...
MORGANTOWN -- The hot air balloon game is often about patience. If it's not rain keeping you down, it's wind, or fog ... or a virus. Take Balloons Over Morgantown, for example. The annual aeronautic affair was deflated in 2020 due to COVID-19, but it’s back in town this weekend ...