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 […]
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Morgantown Council to consider Davis for interim city manager
MORGANTOWN — During his time with the city, Damien Davis has worked under a couple different titles. Starting in 2008, he was “city engineer.” In 2021, he […]
Pension tension: City leadership nearing a decision on unfunded promises
MORGANTOWN — While nearly every city in West Virginia has already taken the police and fire pension funding lifelines first offered by the West Virginia Legislature in […]
Morgantown Manager Kim Haws announces Dec. 20 departure
MORGANTOWN — The city of Morgantown announced Wednesday that City Manager Kim Haws will end his tenure with the city on Dec. 20, concluding a nearly 40-year […]
City manager transition will likely include ‘designated official’
MORGANTOWN — If your city manager leaves, the expected course of action would be to appoint the assistant city manager to fill that role on an interim […]
City lets $1.5 million reservoir recreation project
MORGANTOWN — In February of 2015, the Morgantown Utility Board made public its plan to construct a new reservoir on 125 acres along Cobun Creek Road. About […]
Morgantown police, fire pensions $100 million behind
MORGANTOWN — Fire pension in trouble. That’s the headline The Dominion Post ran atop a Nov. 22, 2003 story explaining that the city of Morgantown’s fire and […]
Charter change regarding city manager residency faces opposition
MORGANTOWN – If Morgantown City Council wants to push forward with a charter change allowing the body to waive residency requirements for the city manager position, it’ll […]
SkyWest to begin flying out of Morgantown in December
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown’s new essential air service (EAS) carrier, SkyWest Airlines, is scheduled for takeoff from the Morgantown Municipal Airport starting Dec. 1. MGW Director Jon Vrabel […]
Morgantown Council will consider giving itself a raise, in 2027
MORGANTOWN — Members of Morgantown City Council on Tuesday said they would like to consider giving themselves a raise. More accurately, they want to consider increasing pay […]
