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Life in Morgantown is picking up again as students flood the city for another semester at West Virginia University. Meanwhile, local law enforcement is coming up short-handed.
Small turnout in Morgantown election By April 28, 2021 - 9:01 am MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Unofficial election results in Morgantown show 7.8% of registered voters cast ballots in the municipal election Tuesday. In all council races, including two uncontested wards, 1,517 votes were cast. Even during the 2017 elections, when all seven seats on city council were contested, 2,707 ballots were cast. In 2019, 1,630 registered voters made their voices heard. The winners in the contested races were Patrick Hathway in the First Ward, Ixya Vega in the Third Ward, Danielle Trumble in the Fifth Ward, Dav...