MORGANTOWN – The Monongalia County Commission on Wednesday took receipt of a single $6 million offer to purchase the approximately 2.25 acres that’s been the longtime home of the Monongalia County Health Department. It should come as little surprise that the lone offer was submitted by ...
MORGANTOWN – Monongalia County Commission President Tom Bloom said Wednesday that the commission will file for intervenor status with the West Virginia Public Service Commission in regard to the MidAtlantic Resiliency Link project. Bloom said he anticipates an action item on the ...
MORGANTOWN – Currently the subject of a federal class action lawsuit, Monongalia County’s Pedestrian and Vehicle Safety Ordinance has resulted in a total of four tickets and four written warnings in the roughly two and half years since its October 2023 adoption. That information was ...
MORGANTOWN – Attorneys representing the plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit against Monongalia County Commissioners Jeff Arnett, Tom Bloom and Sean Sikora, and Sheriff Todd Forbes, have asked U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Klee to issue a partial summary judgment in their favor. The ...
MORGANTOWN – The Monongalia County Commission on Wednesday approved a $44,011,156 county budget for the 2027 fiscal year beginning July 1. That number represents a decrease of about 2.3% from the $45,014,430 budget for this fiscal year as currently adjusted. Even so, the commission ...
MORGANTOWN – A ruling from the West Virginia Office of Tax Appeals regarding the taxation of personal property for data centers and other “high technology” businesses is going to cost the county’s levying bodies $494,461.08. The Monongalia County Commission on Wednesday approved an ...