MORGANTOWN — Following an emergency work session on Wednesday, a plan is forming that would ask Governor Jim Justice to remove WVU’s COVID-19 statistics from the numbers […]
Author: Ben Conley, The Dominion Post
Mon County Commission remembers former Commissioner Bob Bell
MORGANTOWN — Sean Sikora was a bit nervous the first time he met Bob Bell. A Republican, Sikora was a political novice and a county commission candidate […]
Morgantown Council weighs bar closure, gathering limits as numbers climb
Confusion. That was a buzzword Tuesday evening as Morgantown City Council weighed what it can and should do to head off a spike in COVID-19 numbers that, […]
County hopes to fund I-79 project
Glenn Adrian proposed interchange idea to commission If you build it, they will come. Sure, the line originated with disembodied voices and ghosts playing baseball in a […]
Sidewalk Code update being brought before council
A change to city code consolidating and updating sidewalk design standards and setting the stage for a cost sharing program for sidewalk construction is headed before city […]
City says it will acquire Wings Ole property by agreement or eminent domain
MORGANTOWN — As part of the multi-million dollar riverfront improvement project, the city of Morgantown built on private property owned by Dan Nagowski. Nagowski objected. Now the […]
Back to School Bash a success
1,154 backpacks and 1,154 hygiene packs given away During his weekly report, Monongalia County Commissioner Tom Bloom said 1,154 backpacks stuffed with school supplies were handed out […]
First day of classes at WVU kicks off
Masks at the ready, WVU freshmen Sydney Ailor and Kendal Williams sat on opposite ends of a bench outside the Mountainlair on Wednesday afternoon — day one […]
Council moves forward changes to council term length, community policing
MORGANTOWN — Interim City Manager Emily Muzzarelli drew a Post-It Note from a blue, plastic cup during Morgantown City Council’s monthly committee of the whole meeting on […]
Pandemic-related unemployment contributes to overdose increase
Isolation, unemployment and disposable income. Bob Hansen, executive director of the Office of Drug Control Policy for the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services, said […]