MORGANTOWN — “This is just not sustainable.” Monongalia County Commissioner Tom Bloom lamented that the annual increases in the cost of group employee health insurance is on a trajectory that […]
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Partnerships part of the state’s plan to address future road projects
MORGANTOWN – The words “partners” and “partnerships” were repeated time and again Monday as Gov. Patrick Morrisey laid out foundational changes in how the state is going to address roads […]
Report: Ratepayers will foot the bill for power transmission project
MORGANTOWN — Depending on who you ask, NextEra’s MidAtlantic Resiliency Link transmission project will either take advantage of West Virginia ratepayers and countryside to power up data centers in Virginia […]
What is enough? Commission discusses support with shelter director
MORGANTOWN — In the current Monongalia County Commission budget, roughly $1.1 million of the $43.6 million spending plan is allocated to social services. That number doesn’t include more than $500,000 […]
Sikora: Broadband investment will bring homes online in 2025
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Commissioner Sean Sikora said he expects the county’s broadband projects to start bringing people online this year. The commission used approximately $8 million of its $20.6 […]
FirstEnergy shares stats of April 19 storm response effort
MORGANTOWN — By all accounts, the business end of the storm that turned out the lights in Morgantown and the surrounding area on April 19 only lasted a few minutes. […]
County puts up $500,000 for ‘cash strapped’ development authority
MORGANTOWN — Montgomery Ward could only dream of such deals. The parties entered into a lease-purchase agreement in December of 2016, but the Monongalia County Commission has yet to receive […]
County commission commends response to Easter weekend storm
MORGANTOWN — In his tenure on the Monongalia County Commission, Jeff Arnett said he’s come to understand that unexpected, early-morning phone calls are rarely made to deliver good news. That […]
County, municipalities, BOE ‘lay the levy’ for the 2026 fiscal year
MORGANTOWN — As they do on the third Tuesday in April each year, the policy-making bodies for the state’s counties, municipalities and boards of education convened Tuesday to “lay the […]
City, county respond to damning report on area road conditions
MORGANTOWN — It would have been easy to say, “We told you so.” Members of the Monongalia County Commission chose not to do so Wednesday when asked about recently released […]
