MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The City of Morgantown is ready to move forward with the 2025 Street Improvement Project which includes plans to start repaving a heavily-used road near downtown by the end of the year.
City council recently approved a bid contract with Parrotta Paving to pave approximately six miles of road for approximately $803,000, with a separate contract awarded for the reconstruction of North High Street at a value of approximately $152,000.
Morgantown Director of Engineering and
by WV MetroNewsCHARLESTON, W.Va. – Modernization is the name of the game for the Kanawha Valley Regional Transportation Authority as it celebrates a significant federal grant to replace its maintenance facility.
KRT is set to receive more than $21 million from the Federal Transit Administration, receiving the grant after submitting its third application for it.
“We’re really excited at the fact that the FTA chose our project out of hundreds that are submitted. The third time is the charm, and this one is
by WV MetroNewsMORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Salvation Army Red Kettle campaign is popping up at locations across the community, and this year your help is needed more than ever.
Morgantown Salvation Army Commander Cpt. Dennis Smith said they are looking for volunteers to help ring the bell in front of the familiar red kettles across the community. The Morgantown Salvation Army Corps have red kettles at retailers in Morgantown, Fairmont, Westover and Mannington.
“We’re off to a slow start,” Smith said. “But, we’re
by WV MetroNewsCHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia American Water is on the hunt for lead as “potholing” efforts are underway by the utility to identify and replace lead and certain galvanized water lines in the Charleston and Huntington areas.
The project is part of operations by West Virginia American Water to comply with upcoming EPA regulations, with crews going around the area to find lines and see if they are made of certain materials.
“We want to get about five feet away from the meter and expose what
by WV MetroNewsWhat makes a family?
In a case decided earlier this month, justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court determined that, under the law, the main ingredients are love and support.
Justices had before them a set of unusual circumstances: an Amish couple that wanted to take in a mixed-race toddler in long-term foster care with the intent to adopt. The husband and wife had already adopted the child’s three older sisters.
The guardian ad litem, which is a court-appointed official representing the best
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— By David Walsh
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Marshall’s football season under first-year coach Tony Gibson is over.
Georgia Southern, seeking bowl eligibility just like the Thundering Herd in the regular-season finale Saturday at Joan C. Edwards Stadium, secured the needed sixth win, 24-19, and thus denied Marshall on its home turf in front of 21,524 fans.
Georgia Southern (6-6, 4-4 Sun Belt Conference) is bowl bound for the fourth consecutive year under head coach Clay Helton. Marshall’s streak of
by WV MetroNewsPRINCETON, W.Va. — Nathan Tanner knew the exact number of weeks since he was named Princeton’s head coach back in the spring. 31 weeks later, his Tigers have the opportunity to cap a perfect season on the state’s biggest stage.
Princeton (13-0) shutout Spring Valley, 27-0 in the Class AAA semifinals at Hunnicutt Stadium.
“I just thought about all the time we put in. Next week will be week 32 since I got here. These kids have laid it on the line. They bought in. Coaches have bought in and laid it
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