MORGANTOWN — Members of Morgantown City Council said they would like to conduct a special meeting on a number of COVID-19 related issues, including the possibility of […]
Author: Ben Conley, The Dominion Post
Man’s $500K bail reduced to $50K for attempted kidnapping
A Morgantown man being held on attempted kidnapping charges had his bond reduced from $500,000 to $50,000 on Tuesday. Felix Nahun Reyes Galeas, 31, was scheduled for […]
Dulaney selected as mayor as council takes up support of Ramada Inn project
MORGANTOWN — Fifth Ward Councilor Ron Dulaney became Mayor Dulaney on Tuesday as a majority of Morgantown City Council opted to deny Bill Kawecki a fourth year […]
Questions raised about city sales tax
Mayor says state told Granville businesses to collect An email circulated Thursday morning indicated that a number of businesses outside the city of Morgantown — Granville businesses […]
Justice says West Virginians should prepare for mandatory mask order
MORGANTOWN — “My gut tells me that if we don’t watch out in West Virginia, we’re going to get in real trouble,” Gov. Jim Justice said as […]
Commission endorses paving projects utilizing federal COVID-19 money
MORGANTOWN — A letter from the West Virginia Department of Highways outlining about 8.5 miles in paving projects tied to CARES, or Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic […]
Justice calls 2020 budget ‘part of the miracle,’ despite last-minute glitch
MORGANTOWN — A computer glitch, a clerical error. Whatever it was that shifted approximately $1.375 million between the hours of 8 p.m. Wednesday and 8:30 a.m. Thursday, […]
Morgantown Council looks at term length, creation of police oversight body
MORGANTOWN — It appears as if Morgantown residents will get an opportunity to vote on a change to the city’s charter that would double the length of […]
City aims to reduce contaminated recycling
Campaign also hopes to increase number of those participating in program As much as 30% of Morgantown’s residential recycling is contaminated and ends up in a landfill. […]
Justice says state has done ‘a lousy job’ of reporting COVID-19 numbers
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice reiterated his belief on Monday that former Bureau of Public Health Commissioner Cathy Slemp was “asleep at the switch” in allowing the […]