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Advocacy group says camping ban outcome 'political violence'

MORGANTOWN -- Morgantown Coalition for Housing Action — the group that organized a successful repeal petition to force Morgantown’s camping ban ordinance onto Tuesday’s municipal ballot — said the end result was not merely a political outcome, but political violence. Enactment of ...

County commission commends response to Easter weekend storm

MORGANTOWN — In his tenure on the Monongalia County Commission, Jeff Arnett said he’s come to understand that unexpected, early-morning phone calls are rarely made to deliver good news. That goes extra on Easter Sunday. “Easter morning, after a sunrise service; we were out of town ...

Bloom: The food crisis is here

MORGANTOWN -- MORGANTOWN — The need and the funding for food programs are heading in opposite directions according to one local official. “This is really not a political issue,” Tom Bloom said. “This is common sense. Of all the programs to cut, why would you cut the most essential ...

City, county respond to damning report on area road conditions

MORGANTOWN — It would have been easy to say, “We told you so.” Members of the Monongalia County Commission chose not to do so Wednesday when asked about recently released transportation infrastructure data that claimed major roads in the greater Morgantown area are in worse condition ...

Dr. Huggins: MCHD to lead community health promotion effort

MORGANTOWN -- As the old saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. As a public health leader in a state that perpetually finds itself at the bottom of national health rankings, Monongalia County Health Officer Dr. Brian Huggins said it’s long past time for West ...