There’s a push in Charleston to get some of the state’s nearly $1 billion in opioid settlement money flowing by Election Day. Region 4 wants to be ready. To that […]
Tag: Tom Bloom
Community garden program a requirement of Green Bag Road project
MORGANTOWN — Call it Green Bag’s gardening greenbacks. Or, maybe, seed money. Whatever it’s called, members of the Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization’s Policy Board are hopeful an environmental requirement to […]
Want to see Tom Bloom get mayo-ed?
As the saying goes: Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it. And Mon County Commissioner Tom Bloom may just get his wish for $10,000 […]
Wriston must clarify interchange comment
Speaking of Tom Bloom — we’re joining him in calling on Department of Transportation Secretary Jimmy Wriston to clarify comments he made about the Harmony Grove interchange and the $70 […]
Former MPD detective selected as coordinator for sexual assault kit testing initiative
MORGANTOWN — As it does every year, the Monongalia County Commission opened its first meeting of 2024 with a passing of the gavel. Sean Sikora will serve as the body’s […]
Bloom asking for clarification on Wriston’s Harmony Grove comments
MORGANTOWN — The reassurance provided in October, when Gov. Jim Justice sat in front of Mountaintop Beverage and promised “two accesses” to the Morgantown Industrial Park, took a serious hit […]
Haws: City still exploring locations for winter warming shelter
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown City Manager Kim Haws said Wednesday the city is “absolutely” seeking other location options for a winter warming shelter. Haws has become central to the warming shelter […]
Mon Commission passes pedestrian and vehicle safety law
MORGANTOWN — It doesn’t outlaw panhandling, they noted. Or curtail speech. It doesn’t criminalize poverty or homelessness. It addresses a specific safety issue — people loitering in the road. […]
Nothing left for county’s pedestrian, vehicle safety ordinance but a vote
MORGANTOWN — There’s nothing left for the Monongalia County Commission to do but vote on the proposed pedestrian and vehicle safety ordinance — formerly known as a countywide panhandling ordinance. […]
Pedestrian and vehicle safety law up for public hearing, passage Wednesday
MORGANTOWN — A proposed ordinance regulating pedestrian and vehicle safety in Monongalia County will be back before the county commission for a public hearing and potential adoption on Wednesday. […]
