MORGANTOWN — Morgantown Finance Director Jonathan Fergison said the next six months or so will likely determine the fate of the city’s self-funded insurance plan. A historically […]
Author: Ben Conley, The Dominion Post
Origin of shelter clients becomes a talking point
MORGANTOWN — At what point can someone say they’re from Monongalia County? When can a person claim Morgantown as home? Is it based on a feeling – […]
Selin in, Harshbarger out of election, city gets millions for Dorsey Ave.
MORGANTOWN — Come July 1, there will be at least one new member of Morgantown City Council. Councilor Dave Harshbarger, who’s represented the city’s 6th ward since […]
Storm prompts expansion of Catholic Charities warming shelter
MORGANTOWN — Only one of the 21 available beds in the Catholic Charities winter warming shelter were empty Sunday night as temperatures, and snow, fell across much […]
Morgantown’s 2025 city election season underway, almost
MORGANTOWN — Monday was supposed to mark the official opening of Morgantown’s 2025 election season. Then it started snowing, and, like a lot of things in this […]
Ron Justice: It’s been a good run, but I’m not going anywhere
MORGANTOWN — Today, the world knows him as Darius Rucker. Ron Justice knew him before the world called him Hootie. They met in Justice’s small Mountainlair office […]
Morgantown Council to consider $3.3 million for city insurance plan
MORGANTOWN — As part of its first meeting in 2025, Morgantown City Council will consider a transfer of funds in support of the city’s self-funded insurance plan. […]
Commission breaks down county’s rescue plan spending
MORGANTOWN — Of the $20.6 million in American Rescue Plan Act money received by Monongalia County, more than $17 million, or approximately 85%, was spent on water, […]
A look back at the top city, county stories of 2024
A camping ban, panhandling laws, the collapse of Bartlett House. Public outcry, lawsuits, conflict. No single topic dominated Morgantown’s public discourse, and therefore headlines, in 2024 like […]
Mountain Line continues improvements to Westover facility
When Mountain Line was formed in 1996, the historic railroad depot on Garrett Street was its home. The small, single-story brick building housed the new transit system’s […]
