MORGANTOWN — Mylan Park will be the home of the three-day Mountain East Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships for five years starting April 27-29, 2025. The […]
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Event destination: Area’s lodging taxes blow by pre-pandemic numbers
MORGANTOWN — People aren’t coming to Morgantown for vacation. They’re not spending months planning to fly across the country for a week-long getaway to north-central West Virginia. […]
Mon Commission, CVB continue successful tourism fund
MORGANTOWN — Those familiar with the phrase “beggars can’t be choosers” have some understanding of the mindset shared by the Monongalia County Commission and Visit Mountaineer Country […]
WVSSAC officials tour Mylan Park track facility as push continues to host state meet
MORGANTOWN — Officials with the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission in town for the 2023 WVSSAC Swimming Championships — currently taking place at the Aquatic Center at […]
Aquatic Center at Mylan Park lands second national diving event in six-month span
MORGANTOWN — You don’t get a lot of celebratory woo-woos in your average Morgantown City Council meeting. But Visit Mountaineer Country CVB Executive Director Susan Riddle had […]
Knoxville beats out Morgantown for 2024 Olympic diving trials
MORGANTOWN — USA Diving announced Wednesday that it has selected the Allan Jones Aquatic Center in Knoxville, Tenn., over the Aquatic Center at Mylan Park, to host […]
Kanawha commission prez thanks Mon County for leading the charge against Amendment 2
MORGANTOWN — Call it a post-election high five — county-to-county. Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper paid a visit to his Monongalia County counterparts on Wednesday to […]
Fifteen-county regional trail authority sets sites on 2024 launch
MORGANTOWN — It started in Morgantown in 2017. After a near-miss with similar legislation in 2018, Senate Bill 317 was signed into law in 2019. Spearheaded by […]
Mon County Tourism Fund creating ‘a problem we’ve always wanted’
MORGANTOWN — Fresh off a two-year, COVID-induced, government-sanctioned kneecapping, the tourism industry is roaring back to life in Monongalia County. Critical to that resurgence, Visit Mountaineer Country […]
