MORGANTOWN — Since September 2018, the Monongalia County Health Department’s mobile dental clinic known as Smile Express has delivered preventative dental care to more than 1,700 students […]
Author: Ben Conley, The Dominion Post
New South High charter school plan headed to planning commission
MORGANTOWN — A reconfigured plan to open a charter school in the former Monongalia County Schools central office building at 13 South High Street will soon be […]
Star City looking to fill upcoming vacancy on town council
STAR CITY — Longtime Star City Town Council member Todd Gregg has informed the town that despite being reelected to council in last month’s municipal election, he […]
Morgantown Community Resources files suit against Bartlett House
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown Community Resources, the nonprofit board that oversees the Hazel’s House of Hope property, is suing Bartlett House, Inc. for breach of contract. In the […]
UMWA to Mon County Commission: We’re not going away
MORGANTOWN — Since talk of potential United Mine Workers of America representation in the county assessor’s office became public in late April, members of the Monongalia County […]
Future Morgantown Council raise passes first reading, 6-1
Members of Morgantown City Council agree that a $2,400 raise for future councilors is, at the very least, deserved and overdue. They point out council’s pay already […]
Westover Sewer Board a requirement of Holland Avenue funding
WESTOVER — In an emergency addition to Monday’s meeting agenda, Westover City Council voted on first reading to reconstitute the three-person sanitary sewer board it eliminated just […]
Smith breaks down MCHD response to measles in Morgantown
MORGANTOWN — A little over a month ago, a Monongalia County resident developed the first confirmed case of measles in West Virginia since 2009. The response from […]
Local health departments likely still facing cuts after special session
MORGANTOWN — Throughout his decade-long tenure as Monongalia County’s health officer, Dr. Lee Smith has consistently excoriated Charleston over its attitude toward and support for the state’s […]
Bloom: Daley’s departure from DOH District 4 ‘a great loss’
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Commissioner Tom Bloom said he was surprised to receive a weekend email from West Virginia Division of Highways District 4 Manager Mike Daley, […]
