WESTOVER -- Thrasher Engineering’s Casey Young told members of Westover City Council that the substantial completion date of the city’s Holland Avenue project is June 22. Of course, that date came with the ubiquitous road-work caveat – “weather permitting.” According to Young, ...
The Star City municipal building didn’t open for business on Monday. It didn’t have electricity. In fact, the entirety of Star City remained without power as of Monday afternoon, more than 40 hours after a very brief, but very violent, storm rocked Monongalia County and ...
WESTOVER -- It’s one of those good news, bad news situations. The bad news - A highly requested sidewalk project along Westover’s Fairmont Road is being delayed at least a year. The good news - The delay is tied to a planning study that could lead to significant corridor ...
MORGANTOWN -- Budgetary requests are nothing new to Monongalia County Commission. In fact, the body is currently working through dozens of them received as part of finalizing its 2025-’26 spending plan. Far less common, however, are budgetary requests by the county to other local ...
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, ...
WESTOVER -- It looks as if the start of construction on Holland Avenue remains about three weeks away. During an update to Westover City Council, project engineer Doug Smith explained contractor Blue Gold Development is set to begin work on March 24 barring any unforeseen delays. The ...