MORGANTOWN — Lest anyone think all the intensity surrounding the citywide camping ban adopted early Wednesday morning by Morgantown City Council was on the audience side of […]
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Morgantown Council adopts camping ban in seven-hour meeting
MORGANTOWN — In a 4-3 vote held at 1:25 a.m. Wednesday morning — six hours and 14 minutes after the meeting was gaveled into session — Morgantown […]
Aug. 25 letters to the editor
Name the Coliseum for the late Jerry West WVU Athletics has announced that they will honor the legacy of the great Jerry West throughout the 2024-25 athletic […]
Council splits 4-3, passes camping ban on first reading
MORGANTOWN — Everybody already knew city hall was going to be packed Tuesday as Morgantown City Council took up the first reading of an ordinance outlawing camping […]
Emergency shelter transition to be complete by early September
MORGANTOWN — The hand-off of the emergency shelter in Hazel’s House of Hope from Bartlett Housing Solutions to Catholic Charities West Virginia is on pace to be […]
Shelter situation an unnerving backdrop to camping ban conversation
MORGANTOWN — As of Friday afternoon, Bartlett Housing Solutions was still staffing and funding the operation of the emergency shelter in Hazel’s House of Hope. The shelter […]
Police review board to consider weighing in on camping ban issue
MORGANTOWN — The Morgantown Civilian Police Review and Advisory Board is considering if and how it would like to weigh in on the citywide camping ban coming […]
Aug. 4 letters to the editor
Colebank grateful for community support It has taken me a few days of trying to find the words to describe the events of this past Friday. Hopefully […]
City’s proposed camping ban leans on existing MPD policy
MORGANTOWN — At the heart of Article 1157 is General Order 339. Article 1157, titled “camping on public property,” is the proposed citywide ban on camping or using […]
Council votes 4-3 to consider camping ban
MORGANTOWN — The crowd was overwhelming, and the proceedings were, at times, a bit raucous by public meeting standards. Even so, Morgantown City Council walked away from […]