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Exit 155 traffic light update has policy board members seeing red

MORGANTOWN -- Almost exactly one year ago (Oct. 19, 2023) members of the Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Board were told they would likely see temporary traffic lights going up on Chaplin Hill Road at both I-79 off ramps in the first quarter of 2024. In ...

Dower reappointed by West Virginia First Foundation Region 4

MORGANTOWN -- For the second time in just over five months, Jonathan Dower has been selected to represent Region 4 on the West Virginia First Foundation. The foundation is the 11-member board tasked with distributing hundreds of millions in opioid settlement dollars statewide. Dower was ...

Commission to pass $500,000 to city, county fire departments

MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission has more than $500,000 from the state waiting to be distributed to fire departments in the county.  On Wednesday, it approved a method for doing so.  Long story short, all 12 county volunteer departments — with one caveat — ...

Bloom, Folz sit down with The Dominion Post Editorial Board

MORGANTOWN -- Republican MaryAnn (Babich) Folz is challenging Democrat incumbent Tom Bloom for the Western District seat on the Monongalia County Commission in the November election.  Folz is a political newcomer but a county native. She said her family has farmed county land for more ...

Commission gets a look at projected settlement payments

MORGANTOWN -- Local officials knew the first round of opioid settlement dollars allocated directly to cities and counties would be the largest they’d likely see.  Even so, Monongalia County Commissioner Tom Bloom said Wednesday the body was somewhat surprised to see how much smaller ...

Granville election question to be on November ballot

MORGANTOWN — Should Granville move its municipal election in line with the county-run primary?  Granville Town Council voted in July to put that question before its citizens as part of the upcoming general election.  The Monongalia County Commission on Wednesday approved the ...