MORGANTOWN — Today, the world knows him as Darius Rucker. Ron Justice knew him before the world called him Hootie. They met in Justice’s small Mountainlair office one day at […]
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Commission breaks down county’s rescue plan spending
MORGANTOWN — Of the $20.6 million in American Rescue Plan Act money received by Monongalia County, more than $17 million, or approximately 85%, was spent on water, sewer and broadband […]
A look back at the top city, county stories of 2024
A camping ban, panhandling laws, the collapse of Bartlett House. Public outcry, lawsuits, conflict. No single topic dominated Morgantown’s public discourse, and therefore headlines, in 2024 like the swirl of […]
Mon Commission partners with Frontier for final ARPA project
MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission on Monday committed the last of its American Rescue Plan Act money for a broadband project to expand service into the area of Gladesville […]
Mon Commission closing out 2024 with broadband push
MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission on Monday approved a pair of contracts with Comcast that will put some 20 miles of fiber network in place and make broadband available […]
A net positive: City, county support needle exchange program
MORGANTOWN — Difficult, counterintuitive, unsightly. Those were some of the words used by members of the Monongalia County Commission to describe Milan Puskar Health Right’s needle exchange program, known as […]
Commissioners, sheriff sued over pedestrian safety ordinance
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Commissioners Tom Bloom, Sean Sikora and Jeff Arnett, as well as Monongalia County Sheriff Perry Palmer, have been named as defendants in a lawsuit challenging the […]
County watching city’s handling of Republic rate request
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown City Council appears ready to dig in its heels regarding a West Virginia Public Service Commission-approved rate hike being requested by the city’s contracted trash hauler, Republic […]
Mon Commission puts stipulations on WestRidge deadline extensions
MORGANTOWN — Reading between the lines, you get the impression that members of the Monongalia County Commission had a number of questions when they met in closed session with representatives […]
Mon Commission ‘does not and will not’ recognize union representation
MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission declared in no uncertain terms on Wednesday that it will not negotiate with the United Mine Workers of America. The statement is a confirmation […]
