MORGANTOWN — With a brief, eight-word statement at the end of Tuesday’s Morgantown City Council meeting, longtime 2nd Ward Councilor Bill Kawecki officially ended any speculation about […]
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City’s land reuse agency asks about stalled property transfer
MORGANTOWN — The city of Morgantown owns dozens of properties sitting unused, vacant and off the tax rolls. The city-created Morgantown Land Reuse & Preservation Agency would […]
WVU Eye Institute project will relocate fire department access
MORGANTOWN — To accommodate the design of WVU Hospitals’ forthcoming $233.5 million eye institute project, Morgantown City Council will consider a land swap that will relocate the […]
Morgantown City Council looking to replace gendered language
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown City Council will take up an amendment to the city’s charter that will replace masculine pronouns with non-gendered language. For example, “his term of […]
City to raze two Wharf District structures
MORGANTOWN — The city of Morgantown is set to tear down two structures located in the heart of its Wharf District previously identified as an “obstacle to […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]