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MUB: Funding for Morgans Run water extension project finalized

MORGANTOWN – After two years spent lining up funding sources, the Morgantown Utility Board says the Morgans Run waterline extension project will be bid out in spring, with construction following soon thereafter. The project will serve some 26 homes in Cheat Lake’s Morgans Run, Lubbock ...

MUB receives positive news on Morgans Run extension project

MORGANTOWN — Residents in approximately three dozen homes in the Morgans Run Road area along Cheat Lake have spent years purchasing, collecting and hauling water due to low-producing wells plagued with high iron and manganese levels. The Morgantown Utility Board announced Tuesday that a ...

Officials say I-79 acid spill did not threaten local water supply

MORGANTOWN — A representative of the West Virginia Division of Highways said samples taken by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection showed no evidence the acid spill that closed a portion of I-79 for nearly 48 hours last week “contaminated or negatively affected any of ...

State Junior Conservation Camp still accepting applications

CHARLESTON — Applications are still being accepted for the 43rd annual state Junior Conservation Camp. Sponsored by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s (WVDEP) Youth Environmental Program, the five-day, overnight camp is scheduled for June 19-23 at Cedar Lakes in ...

WVDEP accepting applications for 2023 Make It Shine Spring Cleanup

Applications are now available for the 2023 West Virginia Make It Shine Statewide Cleanup. This annual event is sponsored by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s (WVDEP) Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan (REAP). This year's event will be April 1-15 and ...