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MPO report crunches the numbers on metro area crash data

MORGANTOWN -- In the five-year span between 2019 and 2023, more than 10% of all vehicle crashes in the metropolitan area occurred on the roughly 3.5 mile stretch of WV 705 between Monongahela Boulevard and the Mileground roundabout. That’s 962 of 9,409 total wrecks. In that same ...

Feb. 20 letters to the editor

W.Va. 705 is a tragedy waiting to happen The W.Va. 705 intersection of Chestnut Ridge Road at Pineview Drive is a dangerous and accident-prone intersection for motorists. For pedestrians, it is a tragedy waiting to happen. In the past two weeks both of my adult children have came close ...