sleeping and camping ban Archives - The Dominion Post https://www.dominionpost.com/tag/sleeping-and-camping-ban/ Morgantown Area News Tue, 31 Dec 2024 20:08:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.dominionpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-81287318_3042289439136500_6974497821747576832_n-32x32.png sleeping and camping ban Archives - The Dominion Post https://www.dominionpost.com/tag/sleeping-and-camping-ban/ 32 32 A look back at the top city, county stories of 2024 https://www.dominionpost.com/2025/01/01/a-look-at-the-top-city-county-stories-of-2024/ Wed, 01 Jan 2025 22:00:00 +0000 https://www.dominionpost.com/?p=526947 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 […]

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]]> Council clashes over camping ban https://www.dominionpost.com/2024/09/04/council-clashes-over-camping-ban/ Wed, 04 Sep 2024 21:44:00 +0000 https://www.dominionpost.com/?p=355209 MORGANTOWN — Lest anyone think all the intensity surrounding the citywide camping ban adopted early Wednesday morning by Morgantown City Council was on the audience side of the podium, Councilor […]

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]]> Morgantown Council adopts camping ban in seven-hour meeting https://www.dominionpost.com/2024/09/04/morgantown-council-adopts-camping-ban-in-seven-hour-meeting/ Wed, 04 Sep 2024 06:21:38 +0000 https://www.dominionpost.com/?p=355101 MORGANTOWN — In a 4-3 vote held at 1:25 a.m. Wednesday morning — six hours and 14 minutes after the meeting was gaveled into session — Morgantown City Council adopted […]

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]]> Aug. 25 letters to the editor https://www.dominionpost.com/2024/08/24/aug-25-letters-to-the-editor/ Sun, 25 Aug 2024 03:03:00 +0000 https://www.dominionpost.com/?p=353264 Name the Coliseum for the late Jerry West WVU Athletics has announced that they will honor the legacy of the great Jerry West throughout the 2024-25 athletic season. Jerry West […]

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]]> Council splits 4-3, passes camping ban on first reading https://www.dominionpost.com/2024/08/20/council-splits-4-3-passes-camping-ban-on-first-reading/ Wed, 21 Aug 2024 03:20:25 +0000 https://www.dominionpost.com/?p=352901 MORGANTOWN — Everybody already knew city hall was going to be packed Tuesday as Morgantown City Council took up the first reading of an ordinance outlawing camping on public property. […]

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]]> Emergency shelter transition to be complete by early September https://www.dominionpost.com/2024/08/13/emergency-shelter-transition-to-be-complete-by-early-september/ Tue, 13 Aug 2024 21:29:00 +0000 https://www.dominionpost.com/?p=351579 MORGANTOWN — The hand-off of the emergency shelter in Hazel’s House of Hope from Bartlett Housing Solutions to Catholic Charities West Virginia is on pace to be complete in the […]

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]]> Shelter situation an unnerving backdrop to camping ban conversation https://www.dominionpost.com/2024/08/10/shelter-situation-an-unnerving-backdrop-to-camping-ban-conversation/ Sun, 11 Aug 2024 01:54:00 +0000 https://www.dominionpost.com/?p=351285 MORGANTOWN — As of Friday afternoon, Bartlett Housing Solutions was still staffing and funding the operation of the emergency shelter in Hazel’s House of Hope.  The shelter hasn’t accepted a […]

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]]> Police review board to consider weighing in on camping ban issue https://www.dominionpost.com/2024/08/08/police-review-board-to-consider-weighing-in-on-camping-ban-issue/ Thu, 08 Aug 2024 21:30:00 +0000 https://www.dominionpost.com/?p=350989 MORGANTOWN — The Morgantown Civilian Police Review and Advisory Board is considering if and how it would like to weigh in on the citywide camping ban coming to an unspecified […]

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]]> Aug. 4 letters to the editor https://www.dominionpost.com/2024/08/03/aug-4-letters-to-the-editor/ Sun, 04 Aug 2024 03:04:00 +0000 https://www.dominionpost.com/?p=350062 Colebank grateful for community support It has taken me a few days of trying to find the words to describe the events of this past Friday. Hopefully I can do […]

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]]> City’s proposed camping ban leans on existing MPD policy https://www.dominionpost.com/2024/08/02/citys-proposed-camping-ban-leans-on-existing-mpd-policy/ Fri, 02 Aug 2024 21:15:00 +0000 https://www.dominionpost.com/?p=350222 MORGANTOWN — At the heart of Article 1157 is General Order 339.  Article 1157, titled “camping on public property,” is the proposed citywide ban on camping or using “camp paraphernalia” on […]

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