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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 the Morgantown Industrial Park. The commission will pay $12,000 for use of the .75-acre site for the ...

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 a world apart. Issues like the creation of the city’s Falling Run TIF district, county support for ...

Three-way agreement approved for $135 million Exit 155 project

MORGANTOWN -- The old proverb teaches that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. On Wednesday, the West Virginia Division of Highways, Monongalia County Commission and developer WestRidge took the critical first step down what promises to be a long and difficult road ...

County finalizing details to relocate recycling drop-off site

MORGANTOWN -- Monongalia County Commission is working out the details of a lease agreement that will allow it to move its recycling drop-off location to a dedicated space in the Morgantown Industrial Park. It’s been in the parking lot next to Westover City Hall since the 2014 collapse of ...

Mon Commission not getting swept up in Richard water issues

MORGANTOWN -- “We’re frustrated,” Monongalia County Commission President Jeff Arnett said Wednesday, “But we’re not giving up.” Arnett’s comments were directed to Richard-area resident and property owner Kevin Dailey.  The commission's stated frustration is a result ...

Mon Commission grappling with soaring insurance costs

MORGANTOWN — “This is just not sustainable.” Monongalia County Commissioner Tom Bloom lamented that the annual increases in the cost of group employee health insurance is on a trajectory that will consume an untenable percentage of the county’s overall budget in the near future ...