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Morgantown opioid allocation a fraction of state's other cities

MORGANTOWN -- Would it surprise you to learn that the city of Charleston – a city of 48,864 people per the 2020 Census – will receive around 46 times more directly allocated opioid settlement funds than the city of Morgantown and its 30,347 residents? Or that Beckley, with a population ...

Second round of county opioid grants announced

MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission has concluded its second round of opioid grant funding, announcing seven awards totaling $454,900. The funds being distributed are provided to the county annually as its cut of the “local government shares” of roughly $1 billion in opioid ...

Dower reappointed by West Virginia First Foundation Region 4

MORGANTOWN -- For the second time in just over five months, Jonathan Dower has been selected to represent Region 4 on the West Virginia First Foundation. The foundation is the 11-member board tasked with distributing hundreds of millions in opioid settlement dollars statewide. Dower was ...

Granville election question to be on November ballot

MORGANTOWN — Should Granville move its municipal election in line with the county-run primary?  Granville Town Council voted in July to put that question before its citizens as part of the upcoming general election.  The Monongalia County Commission on Wednesday approved the ...

County announces first round of opioid settlement grant awards

MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission on Wednesday approved $626,900 to 13 agencies, concluding its first opioid settlement grant process.  In addition to the hundreds of millions of settlement dollars to be distributed at the state level through the West Virginia First ...

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