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. But what was done in those few minutes required 475 workers, the replacement of 188 poles – including 135 in Monongalia ...
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 goes extra on Easter Sunday. “Easter morning, after a sunrise service; we were out of town ...
The Star City municipal building didn’t open for business on Monday. It didn’t have electricity. In fact, the entirety of Star City remained without power as of Monday afternoon, more than 40 hours after a very brief, but very violent, storm rocked Monongalia County and ...
MORGANTOWN – Electric power had returned to Morgantown and the surrounding area Thursday afternoon following Tuesday afternoon's New Years Eve storm that took down trees and power lines. At 4 p.m Thursday only one Morgantown customer remained without power, according to Mon Power. That ...
After a day of 90-degree weather in Morgantown, a brief storm swept through the area Tuesday afternoon, quickly cooling temperatures by 20 degrees. While the sudden drop may have been a short relief from the heat, the storm caused a lot of destruction on the ground, taking ...
BY MIKE NOLTING A Monday afternoon storm in Preston County, that may have been part of a tornado toppled trees and knocked down powerlines. Storms inched into the area just after noon and unleashed heavy rain, hail in some areas and high winds. Mon Power Spokesperson Hannah Catlett ...