MORGANTOWN — Hope springs eternal in the hearts of Monongalia County Commissioners – at least when it comes to the county’s on-again, off-again relationship with the West […]
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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 […]
Green Bag project awarded for 2025 construction season
MORGANTOWN — Kingwood-based Mountaineer Contractors seems to have cornered the market on Morgantown’s controversial roundabout projects. The same firm that was awarded a $2,091,104 contract in September […]
Study to decide fate of coveted pedestrian connection
MORGANTOWN – A pedestrian bridge spanning Don Knotts Boulevard would create a safe, direct connection between a significant portion of the city’s population and both the riverfront […]
New DOH District 4 boss: We can make this work, together
MORGANTOWN — The relationship between local elected officials and the West Virginia Division of Highways has followed a recognizable pattern over the last decade-plus. It proceeds as […]
University Avenue roundabout construction planned for March
MORGANTOWN — It’s been discussed, debated, argued over, designed, contracted out and cancelled. Now it appears the roundabout planned for the angular intersection of University Avenue, Collins […]
MPO to explore local control of traffic lights
MORGANTOWN – Imagine how difficult it must be to perfectly program timed traffic lights to optimize the flow of traffic in a densely populated urban area. Now […]
Lights coming to Exit 155, Caperton Trail in summer 2025
MORGANTOWN — It now looks as if the temporary traffic lights planned for the I-79 Exit 155 off ramps might be operational by the end of next […]
Exit 155 traffic light update has policy board members seeing red
MORGANTOWN — Almost exactly one year ago (Oct. 19, 2023) members of the Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Board were told they would likely see temporary […]
Officials say I-79 acid spill did not threaten local water supply
MORGANTOWN — A representative of the West Virginia Division of Highways said samples taken by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection showed no evidence the acid […]
