MORGANTOWN – The Monongalia County Commission has asked the Monongalia Emergency Medical Services Board of Directors to consider changes to its bylaws that would give the commission increased representation on the board. Mon EMS was formed in a 2019 merger of EMS services provided by Mon ...
MORGANTOWN – The Monongalia County Commission said it intends to contact the Monongalia County Board of Education for a second time regarding just over $189,000 in tax proceeds that were incorrectly remitted to the BOE in previous years. In March 2025, the commission sent a letter to ...
MORGANTOWN – Six years ago, the Monongalia County Development Authority financed $11.8 million to purchase 10 acres of property for redevelopment on the doorstep of downtown Morgantown along Richwood Avenue. Two years ago, the MCDA joined Dave Biafora, the project’s master developer, ...
MORGANTOWN – A representative of Planet Fitness said Wednesday that a second Monongalia County location of the popular fitness chain is anticipating an early September opening in the University Town Centre. The new gym will be located at 1001 Mountaineer Drive, at the former site ...
MORGANTOWN – With jail bill costs estimated to end up $1 million over budget in the current fiscal year, and a 31% increase in the daily rate charged to counties to house each individual in the state’s regional jails looming July 1, the Monongalia County Commission is leaving no stone ...
MORGANTOWN – It’s been a sticking point from the start. In October 2024, the Monongalia County Commission formalized the distribution method through which it would disperse state funds coming in through the All-County Fire Protection Fund and the County Fire Protection Fund – both ...