MORGANTOWN — Remember when you first heard the word “gigafactory?” It was probably back in March, when we all learned energy startup Sparkz planned to start building […]
Tag: Tom Bloom
Mon Commission announces $95M grant request
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Commission meetings don’t typically draw a crowd. Wednesday’s did. Fitting, as the commission officially announced its campaign to secure up to $95 million […]
Morgantown Council hits the road, approves carryover budget revision
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown City Council played a road game on Tuesday, conducting the first of what will likely be many meetings in Monongalia County Commission chambers. The […]
Essay winners take over as Mon commissioners for a day
MORGANTOWN — Chloe Addie adjourned Wednesday’s regular meeting of the Monongalia County Commission with a public service announcement. “I do wish to point out that the county […]
Capito, Manchin, McKinley offer support of Harmony Grove interchange project
MORGANTOWN — The push for approval of the new Harmony Grove interchange has gone federal. In an April 27 letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Senators […]
Heavy construction traffic a concern for Master Graphics Road residents
MORGANTOWN — You could call it growing pains. Elaine Panico just calls it dangerous. Panico said she was speaking for herself and her neighbors on Master Graphics […]
Morgantown in the running for West Virginia lithium-ion battery facility
MORGANTOWN — A new ownership agreement for the 1.1 million-square-foot former Mylan facility on Chestnut Ridge Road dominated headlines last week. Could news about Mylan’s 142,000-square-foot research […]
Mon Commission once again cutting levy rate in 2023 budget
MORGANTOWN — For the fifth consecutive budget cycle, the Monongalia County Commission intends to lower taxes. That was among the major talking points Friday morning as the […]
Green Bag Road project clears environmental hurdle as officials plan for next phase
MORGANTOWN — Improvements to Green Bag Road touted as necessary in order to improve traffic flow and route heavy trucks around, instead of through, downtown Morgantown have […]
Bloom defends collaborative warming shelter effort at Hazel’s House of Hope
MORGANTOWN — In its first year of operation at Hazel’s House of Hope, the city and county funded warming shelter has had its share of growing pains […]
