MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A West Virginia University Hospitals program aimed to increase workforce participation for high school students and recent grads with mild to moderate intellectual and developmental disabilities has celebrated another graduating class. Project SEARCH has officially graduated eight students as part of their fifth graduating class since the program was implemented in 2019.…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — An investigation is ongoing into a vehicle fire that took place by the Morgantown Motel Wednesday afternoon. MECCA 911 reported that multiple crews responded to the scene at about 4:50 p.m., where they were alerted to a vehicle fire at the motel Motel located off of Smithtown Road. 911 officials confirmed that…
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — Early voting for the 2025 municipal election for the City of Bridgeport is officially underway. Polls officially opened at the Bridgeport City Clerk’s Office on Wednesday to accept early voting ballots ahead of election day, scheduled to take place on June 10. Former Harrison County Sheriff Robert Matheny and current Bridgeport City…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The city of Morgantown is looking for volunteers to help with the community-wide clean-up planned for Saturday, May 31, from 9 a.m. to noon. On WAJR’s “Talk of the Town,” Fifth Ward Councilor Danielle Trumble said this would be an ideal event for individuals or organizations to help clean up and beautify…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Morgantown City Council is moving ahead of the state mandate to align municipal elections with state primaries by 2032. In response to legislation passed during the most recent session hosted in Charleston, the council agreed to move a Morgantown City Charter change to their agenda for consideration as part of their…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Concerns over a decline in revenues for the fiscal year 2025-2026 budget have led the Monongalia County Board of Education to begin preliminary discussions on the 2026 excess levy vote. In the closing portion of the meeting where the approximately $176.3 million FY25-26 budget was adopted by the BOE in a unanimous…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The City of Morgantown is in the process of finalizing the implementation of an alternative sentencing program as part of the soon-to-be-active camping ban on public property. The program supported by a partnership with Valley HealthCare System will begin on June 4, around the same time that the ordinance that makes camping…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A Pennsylvania man is in custody at North Central Regional Jail for allegedly strangling a woman and abusing an infant in Monongalia County. Deputies with the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department arrested Doryian Williams, 24, of Braddock, Pennsylvania, after they responded to a call of a dispute that took place at Timberline Apartments…
ELKINS, W.Va. — Police in Elkins have arrested a suspect in an attack on a woman in her home back in March. Brian Barrick, 38, is accused of attempting to kick in the door to the victim’s property before climbing through a window to gain access to the home. Police said when Barrick got inside…
