MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Insurance rates to cover Monongalia County employees will go down despite an increase in total costs for the county. The Monongalia County Commission approved to forward with an agreement to have the West Virginia Communities Risk Pool as county general liability and workers’ compensation insurance providers as part of a 2-0 vote…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Voters in Morgantown have voted not to repeal the ban on camping on public property and have rejected a proposal to allow the city manager to live outside city limits. After Article 1157, sponsored by Third Ward councilor Weez Michael, was passed in September of 2024, members of the Morgantown Coalition for…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Officials with the City of Morgantown have expressed open excitement over the increase in votes cast in the municipal election. Unofficial results released by the Morgantown City Clerk’s Office late Tuesday night reported that 1,886 ballots were cast for the 2025 Morgantown Municipal Election before accounting for provisional ballots and canvassing, beating…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The former president of Main Street Morgantown is now set to take over the Sixth Ward seat on the Morgantown City Council. Mark Downs defeated business owner Stephanie Hunt for the Sixth Ward seat in the 2025 Morgantown Municipal election, according to the unofficial results released by the Morgantown City Clerk’s Office.…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Officials with the City of Fairmont have made the trip down to the nation’s capitol to advocate for Mountain State legislatures to support local projects. Fairmont City Manager Travis Blosser, Mayor Anne Boylard, and Fairmont Fire Chief Brian Starn, among others, traveled down to Washington, D.C., to speak with Senators Shelley Moore…
GRAFTON, W.Va. — A former member of the Grafton Police Department has been indicted in connection with an Aug. 2024 assault on Grand Street. Police arrived to find the victim bleeding from the head and had marks around his neck. While waiting for EMS to arrive, the victim told police Andre Cosby, 35, of Grafton,…
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — The former chief operating officer at a Morgantown medical clinic has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for bank fraud. Francisco Ortiz, 50, of Vacaville, California, diverted more than $650,000 from Wedgewood Physicians, Inc., for things like travel, home improve,ents, and online purchases. Ortiz is also guilty of diverting proceeds…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. –– University High School social studies teacher Erica Diaz has been selected as the 2025 Teacher of the Year. On WAJR’s “Talk of the Town,” Diaz said she came to Morgantown about 20 years ago to be a broadcast journalist and fell in love with Morgantown and the teaching profession. “Actually, I’m originally…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Governor Patrick Morrisey made it clear as the legislative session ended there will be special sessions this year, and members of the West Virginia School Service Personnel Association (WSSPA) would like to see one before the schedule increases in the Public Employees Insurance Agency (PEIA). On WAJR’s “Talk of the Town,” Executive…
