MORGANTOWN -- A motion from Westover City Councilor Ralph Mullins calling for an independent investigation died without a second during Monday’s regular council meeting. Mullins laid out six issues he wanted investigated, including accusations made by former Police Chief Richard Panico ...
MORGANTOWN -- In fall 2016, I-79 Exit 153 was completed, providing direct access to University Town Centre and the burgeoning WestRidge development. In fall 2018, it was announced the exit would need redesigned, turning the roundabout into a divergent diamond. In fall 2020, COVID-19 put ...
MORGANTOWN — In consecutive action items Wednesday, the Monongalia County Commission created the Monongalia County Orphan Road Grant Program and approved funding for its first two successful applicants. All told, the commission is putting up $111,000 — $67,000 of which will be used for ...
Potholes. Flooded roadways. Uprooted trees, resting precariously on utility lines. Rock slides. Driving in Monongalia County these days, Tom Bloom said Thursday, means keeping both hands on the wheel. All the better, the county commissioner said, to avoid one roadway calamity ...
MORGANTOWN -- Sending a message. That’s how Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Board Chairman Tom Bloom explained Thursday’s policy board decision to reject a West Virginia Department of Highways request regarding the intersection of WV 100 and Dents Run ...
MORGANTOWN -- What happens when a construction project reroutes traffic onto another road … which itself is the focus of a resurfacing project? Traffic. Long lines of traffic. That was the situation earlier this week as the closure of West Run Road detoured vehicles to Point Marion ...