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New water line in place as Chaplin Hill projects wind down

MORGANTOWN – Morgantown Utility Board Communications Director Chris Dale the final component of MUB’s Chaplin Hill water system upgrade project is in place. It was no small feat. Contractor Snider & Son has spent the last few months boring and reaming a hole beneath the ...

PSC seeks additional financial reporting in MUB, Star City merger

Staff with the West Virginia Public Service Commission has restated its belief that Star City should provide additional financial documentation tied to its water and sewer utilities. The request comes ahead of the PSC’s consideration of a joint petition filed Aug. 26 by MUB and the town ...

MUB asking county for payment in light of WestRidge bankruptcy

MORGANTOWN – The Morgantown Utility Board has repeatedly asked the county to make an immediate payment of $1,374,985.80 for water and sewer upgrades serving areas including the WestRidge development and the greater Chaplin Hill area. On Wednesday, the Monongalia County Commission said ...

MUB approves $5 million to initiate systemwide improvements

MORGANTOWN – The Morgantown Utility Board has approved more than $5 million in task orders for 10 projects spread across the utility’s water treatment, distribution and metering systems. The orders, to be carried out by engineering and design firm Strand Associates, are based on a 2024 ...

MUB customers to see 3% rate increase starting in July

MORGANTOWN -- The fiscal year 2026 budgets passed this week by the Morgantown Utility Board include 3% rate increases starting July 1 for the utility’s water, sewer and stormwater customers. This is the third and final “inflationary adjustment” approved for MUB’s 2024, 2025 and ...

After all this time: Holland Avenue work officially underway

WESTOVER -- It was February 2021 when former Westover Mayor Dave Johnson said he and City Attorney Tim Stranko approached The Thrasher Group about the underlying repairs needed before the condition of Holland Avenue could be addressed in any significant way. Just over four years later, ...

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