MORGANTOWN – It all started with a trip to Lowe’s. Working a series of local thefts at the national home improvement chain, officers with the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department were […]
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Commission splits 2-1, votes to purchase Salvation Army property
MORGANTOWN – In one of its few non-unanimous votes in recent memory, the Monongalia County Commission split 2-1 Wednesday in favor of purchasing .5 acres of property that once held […]
Mon Commission wants elected officials to back county HR office
MORGANTOWN – The Monongalia County Commission said Wednesday they remain committed to standing up an independent human resources department for the county. They’re asking the county’s other elected officials to […]
Health Right’s Laura Jones: Nobody wants this move more than I do
MORGANTOWN — “There is no one on earth that wants to move more than I do,” Milan Puskar Health Right Executive Director Laura Jones said Thursday. “This has been the […]
Bloom on Health Right move: This has got to stop at some point
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Commissioner Tom Bloom didn’t hold back Wednesday when discussing Milan Puskar Health Right’s long-awaited move from downtown Morgantown to Scott Avenue. The commission is among the […]
Granville, Star City mayors respond to warming shelter comments
MORGANTOWN — Granville Mayor Patty Lewis and Star City Mayor Sharon Doyle said Wednesday they were caught off guard by public comments from Morgantown Deputy Mayor Brian Butcher regarding support […]
Commission receives update on Blacksville sewer problems
MORGANTOWN — When the Monongalia County Commission first got wind of sanitary sewer issues in Blacksville, the situation was dire. Dire as in the mayor and town council ready to […]
Policy makers want a closer look at plans to close Grumbein’s Island
MORGANTOWN — Sometimes you’ve just got to see it to believe it. So it goes with some members of the Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Board who say they’d […]
Recycling relocation official: New site opens Thursday morning
MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission on Wednesday approved a one-year ground lease with Enrout Properties for the new home of the county’s recycling center – 34 Olin Street in […]
City, county leaders tout positive working relationship
MORGANTOWN — It takes a couple minutes to walk from Morgantown City Hall to the Monongalia County Courthouse, but there have been times when leadership within the two buildings seemed […]
