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Part of Morgantown sees power outage

1 week ago | yahoo.com | David Beard

Apr. 15—MORGANTOWN — Part of the city was hit by a power outage Tuesday afternoon. The Mon Power outage page showed 1, 941 of 49, 869 customers without power. A call to the Mon Power outage line at 1 p.m. Gave an estimate of 4 p.m. To have power restored. Elsewhere in Monongalia County, the town of Hundred had seven of 383 customers without power, and Granville had one of 526.
A look at bills that crossed the legislative finish line

1 week ago | yahoo.com | David Beard

Apr. 14—MORGANTOWN — The 2025 legislative session wrapped up at midnight Saturday, and a number of bills we followed along the way completed their journeys. Most prominent among them is HB 3279. Over the objections of WVU and Marshall and others who said it addresses a problem that doesn't exist, it turns the student, faculty and staff members of college and university boards of governors across the state into non-voting advisory members.
Senate Holocaust education bill dies in the House -- again

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | David Beard

Apr. 11—dbeard @dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN — The Legislature is plowing through bills as it heads to close of session midnight Saturday, but the Senate bill to require Holocaust education in the public schools will once again remain on the shelf—for the third year in a row. House Education looked at SB 54 last week but never advanced it to the floor.
CarePortal program to help families in need goes live in Mon County

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | David Beard

Apr. 10—dbeard @dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN — Department of Human Services Secretary Alex Mayer came to Morgantown on Thursday to join with Chad Clutter, director of Chestnut Mountain Village, social workers and members of churches across Monongalia County to celebrate the launch of CarePortal — the first launch in West Virginia. "It's a celebration for Mon county. It's a celebration for all of West Virginia, " Clutter told the group gathered at the Hotel Morgan.
WVU Medicine cuts ribbon on Center for Nursing Education

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | David Beard

Apr. 10—dbeard @dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN — WVU Medicine cut the ribbon on Thursday on its brand-new Center for Nursing Education. Members of the first student cohort, faculty and staff, WVUM and WVU leaders gathered to celebrate and marvel at the carefully designed, high-tech, comfortable school.
Senate passes bills limiting cell phones in schools, plowing roads in Mon and Preston

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | David Beard

Apr. 9—MORGANTOWN — The state Senate on Wednesday passed bills launching a pilot project to plow secondary roads in Monongalia and Preston counties, and to limit student cell phone use in public schools. HB 2960 is the plowing bill.
Senate passes House bill stripping some university board of governors members of voting rights

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | David Beard

Apr. 9—DBeard @DominionPost.com MORGANTOWN—A divided state Senate on Wednesday passed the House bill stripping the voting rights from certain members of university governing boards. The vote followed an unsuccessful effort by Sen. Mike Oliverio, R-Monongalia, to restore those rights during a Tuesday evening floor session. During Wednesday's debate on HB 3279, Sen. Mike Woelfel, D-Cabell, obliquely addressed an issue that's been discussed in the hallways but not on the record: the origin of the bill.
House passes amended Senate municipal elections bill and returns it to Senate

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | David Beard

Apr. 7—dbeard @dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN — The House of Delegates on Monday passed and sent back to the Senate the bill to align municipal election dates with statewide primary and general elections. The bill is SB 50, amended by the House on Friday to require municipalities to align their local elections by July 1, 2028.
Senate committee advances bill to remove voting power from 4 WVU BOG members

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | David Beard

Apr. 7—MORGANTOWN — The House bill that would strip the voting rights from the two faculty representatives, the classified staff representative and the student body representative on the WVU Board of Governors advanced out of the Senate Government Organization Committee Monday morning and heads to the Senate floor. HB 3279 contains several elements.
House amends Senate city elections bill to shorten time for municipalities to change their voting dates

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | David Beard

Apr. 4—MORGANTOWN — The House of Delegates on Friday adopted an amendment to the Senate's bill to align municipal election dates with state dates — an amendment that will likely be rejected when the bill returns to the Senate. The bill is SB 50, to require municipalities to align their local elections with state primary and general elections by 2032. Delegate Geno Chiarelli, R-Monongalia, offered the amendment to change the year to 2028. AdvertisementSeveral delegates spoke in opposition.