UMRA News Archive
Along the River
Campbell Rechristens Towboat - The
Waterways Journal - 22 December 2008
Economy Halts RiverBarge Excursions
- The Waterways Journal - 5 January 2009
Delta
Queen Ends Farewell Season - The
Waterways Journal - 15 December 2008
Waterways
Can Move Huge Loads (Photo Highlight of 2008) - The Waterways
Journal - 15 December 2008
Brownsville Adds Second Production Line - The Waterways Journal - 5 January 2009
Economy Halts RiverBarge Excursions
- The Waterways Journal - 5 January 2009
Benefits Reaped from Town Centre and its Roads - Morgantown Dominion Post - 4 January 2009
Army Corps Stabilizes Failing Allegheny River
Navigation Dam - Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh - 30 December 2008
Allegheny
Power Seeks OK for Barge Project - Morgantown Dominion Post
- 19 December 2008
Hydroelectric
Power Comes Roaring Back - Charleston
Gazette - 2 December 2008
6
Months of Drought Hurting Fish Population -
Morgantown Dominion Post - 29 November 2008
Book Showcases Industrial History of Coal River - Charleston Gazette - 23 November 2008
The
Mon Valley's Promise: Bright spots aside, its redevelopment has a long
way to go - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- 8 October 2008
Industrial Museum Plan Picks Up Support - Valley Independent - 23 September 2008
Images of the Mon
Art Contest Scheduled - Morgantown Dominion Post - 16
October 2008
Historical
Group Gets Grant for Miner's Park - Morgantown Dominion Post
- 11 October 2008
Tour Shows
Potential of Mon River - Morgantown Dominion Post - 15
September 2008
Rowing 1,200 Miles: Pair Starts Journey from Grafton to
Cairo. IL - Morgantown Dominion Post
- 23 September 2008
Boat-gaters
see Steelers Sundays as Floating Party -
Pittsburgh PostGazette - 8 September 2008
Commercial
Diver has Riverwater in his Blood - Charleston
Gazette - 16 August 2008
Owner’s Perseverance Reaps Rewards at Bar, Grill - Morgantown Dominion Post - 13 February 2008
Promise
on the River (frontpage) - Morgantown Dominion Post - 27
July 2008.
Florence Merow
saw the Mon River's promise - Morgantown Dominion Post -
27 July 2008
Granville
Plans for its 'Side of the River' - Morgantown Dominion Post
- 27 July 2008
Star
City Works to Revitalize its Riverfront - Morgantown Dominion
Post - 27 July 2008
Boating on
the Monongahela River: DNR to Start Working on Double Boat Ramp Project
this Summer - Morgantown Dominion Post - 27 July 2008
Upper Mon
Water Trail Points of Interest in Monongalia County - Morgantown Dominion
Post - 27 July 2008
New
Docks Planned for South Side - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- 9 March 2008
A Sea of Change Flows from River - Morgantown Dominion Post - 31 July
2008
The River Runs Through Me - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 26 July 2008
Ohio
Basin Cleaner, Fish Safer After 60 Years' Work
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 18 June 2008
River Rescue Not Fully Seaworthy -
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 17 June 2008
A Slice of River
Life on the Mon Valley - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 5 June
2008
Terman
Shares Love of Monongahela River - 100 Most Influential -
Morgantown Dominion Post - 27 April 2008
WVU
Rowing Schedule Set - Morgantown Dominion Post - 17
January 2008
Bigger,
Safer Lock Opens at Marmet: Barge trip cut - Charleston
Gazzette - 23 January 2008
Tools Stolen
From Opekiska Lock And Dam - The Waterways Journal - 5
November 2007
Consol
Energy Purchases Tri-River Fleeting - The Waterways Journal
- 15 October 2007
Brownsville Marine Opens Repair Division - The Waterways Journal - 19 November 2007
Mon River Hydro
Plant in Works - Morgantown Dominion Post - 13 December
2007
Hermit
(Herk) G Floyd (Retired Lockmaster) Obituary
- Morgantown Dominion Post - 26 September 2007
Star
City Awaits Word on Odor Cure: MUB still forming plans to upgrade its
sewage plan - Morgantown Dominion Post - 2 August 2007
Residents Back Boat
Launch at Glass Site - Morgantown Dominion Post - 2
August 2007
Public Hearing
Set for Cleanup at Glass Site: EPA Grant will fund Van Voorhis project
- Morgantown Dominion Post - 1 August 2007
Burdette Team
Holds Onto 1st: Wins 2007 BASS Championship - Morgantown Dominion
Post - 30 July 2007
Anglers
hit the Mon for first-ever Championship: Weigh in will be where the
action is at for tourney - Morgantown Dominion Post - 28
July 2007
Byrd gets Coast
Guards Outstanding Legislator Award - Morgantown Dominion Post
- 28 July 2007
Consol Honors
VP-River Operations Deane Orr - The Waterways Journal - 9
July 2007
Heavy
Lifting Goes on at Port Amherst - The Charleston Gazette
- 5 July 2007
Company Fights
To Let Steamer Delta Queen Keep Operating - The
Waterways Journal - 18 June 2007
Consol Energy
Names Towboat For Barry Palmer - The Waterways Journal -
7 May 2007
Tug [USS #3]
Refurbed - The Waterways Journal - 18 June 2007
RiverBarge
Gives Passengers Feel Of Working River - The Waterways Journal
- 18 June 2007
Drive or Boat to Two
Rivers Marina for Beef, Seafood, Pasta and More - Morgantown Dominion
Post - 11 July 2007
Restaurant,
Boathouse Opens in Wharf District - WVU Daily Athenaeum -
11 July 2007
DNR: Monongahela
Safe for Swimmers - Morgantown Dominion Post - 30 June
2007
Monongahela River
Clean Enough to Swim? A test shows high E. coli: Results questioned
- Morgantown Dominion Post - 29 June 2007
'River Bus' Idea
Floated for the Mon: Could link Granville, Star City, Morgantown -
Morgantown Dominion Post - 23 June 2007:
Fish Study Raises Red
Flag on Water Supply - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 21 June
2007
Consol
Energy Names Towboat For Barry Palmer: Previously the Explorer of Mon
River Towing - The Waterways Journal - 14 May 2007
Alert
Flags Ready to Tell Boaters Water's Bad - Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette - 14 May 2007
Volcano Island Resort - Fairmont Times West Virginian - 29 October 2006
Students Offer Plan to Star City: 3
architecture seniors suggest hotel complex - Morgantown Dominion Post - 25 April 2007
Streams, Rivers Cleaner Thanks to Volunteers 1.5 tons of
garbage cleared from just Monongalia County -
Morgantown Dominion Post - 3 June 2007
Kayak
Expedition Provides Folklore Twist - WVU Daily Atheneum -
13 June 2007
New
Upper Mon Brochure Maps Waterways, Docks - The State Journal
- June 2007
WVU
rowing sails to Big East Championship as the No 2 Seed - The
Daily Atheneum - 27 April 2007
River Pilots Stage Boating Safety Exercise - Charleston Gazette-Mail - 22 April 2007
Sea Scouts Clean Up
Site of Proposed Miners Memorial - Morgantown Dominion Post
- 21 April 2007
Chef
Robert Wong to Open a Bistro in Morgantown - Charleston Gazette
- 18 April 2007
Riverfront's
Future Topic at Summit: Two speakers stress community involvement - Morgantown Dominion Post - 17 April 2007
Organization
to Host Fishing Tournament - Morgantown Dominion
Post - 17 April 2007
100 Most
Influential - #37 Mon River Summit - Summit Determines Issues
Important to Mon River Users - Morgantown Dominion Post -
8 April 2007
Mon River
Summit to be held: Gayle Manchin to Speak - Morgantown Dominion
Post - 26 March 2007
New Boat Dock
Installed on the Mon River - Morgantown Dominion Post -
22 March 2007
Family Creates
Museum About Life on the River - Morgantown Dominion Post
- 26 March 2007
CONSOL
Renames Mon River Towboats - The Waterways Journal - 13
November 2006
WCI To Honor Byrd
With Leadership Award - The Waterways Journal - 26
February 2007
McQuain Park Docks to
be Completed this Spring: Fountain to be installed - Morgantown Dominion
Post - 11 February 2007
Mon River Center to Open in Spring: Restaurant,
dock slated to come first -
Morgantown Dominion Post
- 9 February 2007
Star City Plans for
Centennial: Lights, boat dock among renovations - Morgantown Dominion
Post - 13 December 2006
New City
Marina to hold dock for WVU Crew Team - Daily
Athenaeum - 30 November 2006
Painting Captures Trio of River Veterans - Charleston Gazette - 28 November 2006
Down by the River: A Waterside, Countywide Park
Could Make Waves - Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette - 20 November 2006
Freshwater
Finds in Mon 'Neat' - Morgantown
Dominion Post -
24 August 2006
Shrimp -- that's right, shrimp! --
found in Monongahela River - Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette - 23 August 2006
Down by the River: Fisheries biologist combines
work and his passion -
Morgantown Dominion Post
- 24 September 2006
Low Water
Levels Start to Affect Mississippi River - Morgantown Dominion
Post - 30 August 2006
Boat 'Hit a Steel Wall' in Deadly Collision: Alcohol
suspected in pleasure craft ramming lock gate
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 26 September 2006
Boater in Fatal Accident Drunk - Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette - 28 September 2006
Rare Species in Super Highway's Path
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 24 September 2006
100 Most Influential
2006: Pallay moves behind the scenes - Morgantown Dominion Post
- 2 April 2006
River
Salvage Company Continues To Grow -The Waterways Journal -
19 June 2006
MRT,
Consol Focus On Integration - The Waterways Journal - 19
June 2006
Pittsburgh District Christens New Towboat - The Waterways Journal - 19 June 2006
Brownsville
Marine Launches First Barge - The Waterways Journal - 15
May 2006
Morgantown P.D. Gets Up to Speed with Boat: 10 officers train
for river presence during city events -
Morgantown Dominion Post - 9 August 2006
MUB
Begins $6.41M Project in Star City: New water clarifier will clean more
gallons - Morgantown Dominion Post
-9 August 2006
Questions
Swirl Over River Deaths: Potent mix of alcohol, family tensions may
have played a role in a boat's deadly plunge over dam - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 6 August 2006
Local Dams Darn Good for Fishing -
Morgantown Dominion Post - 30 July 2006
Allegheny Energy to Install Scrubbers at Two Power Plants - Morgantown Dominion Post - 29 July 2006
Gateway
Clipper Founder Battles Family for Control of Business Empire: Connelly
appeals judge's ruling that he is mentally incapable to run company - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 27 July 2006
It's
the Boating Life for Me: And maybe you and your neighbors, too, as the
popularity of recreational activity along the waters keeps growing - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 16 July 2006
State OKs Dredging on Allegheny, Ohio - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 1 July 2006
Salvage
Work Starts - Morgantown Dominion Post
- 8 July 2006
CONSOL
to Raise 2 Barges: Company will recover most of coal from Mon -
Morgantown Dominion Post - 7 July 2006
CONSOL Will
Salvage Two Sunken Barges - Morgantown Dominion Post - 4
July 2006
Two Coal Barges Sink into Mon -
Morgantown Dominion Post- 3 July 2006
Mon River Tests Clean Before Triathlon - Morgantown
Dominion Post - 23 June 2006
State
Port Authority Names Hurricane Man as Director - Charleston
Gazette - 22 June 2006
Listing
Landing May Go on Block - Kentucky Post - 17 June 2005
Platinum
Properties Builds on Wharf Successes - The State Journal
- 16 June 2006
Riverfront
Development Project Proposed for Westover - The
State Journal - 16 June 2006
Going
to source of the dilemma: Monongahela River cleanup must tap into
origins of trash problem - Morgantown Dominion
Post Editorial - 6 June 2006
Group
Wants Mess Gone from the Mon - Morgantown Dominion
Post - 22 May 2006
Local
Man to Kayak Mon River to Pittsburgh - Morgantown Dominion Post
- 14 May 2006
Landing
Sinks Downstream - The Kentucky Post - 5 May
2006
Landing
Barges Sink in Ohio: Craft goes down at Owensboro - Cincinnati Enquirer - May 5, 2006
Search
for Missing Fishermen Finds No Sign of Them -
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - 24 April 2006
Conference
Considers Mon's Future Prospects - Pittsburgh Tribune Review
- 23 April 2006
Local
Hotel Severs Radisson Partnership: Building will become Waterfront
Place Hotel - Morgantown Dominion Post - 20 April 2006
River Summit Forms New Committees -
Morgantown Dominion Post - 15 April 2006
Time to Shore Up River of No Return
- Morgantown Dominion Post - Editorial - 14 April 2006
Area Leaders See Development in River's Future - Morgantown Dominion Post - 11 April 2006
The
promise of the Monongahela: River: River Summit 2006 focuses on future
economic prospects - Morgantown Dominion Post - 11 April
2006
PSC
approves Allegheny's scrubber, restructuring Plan to pay for $338
million pollution control project at Fort Martin Power Station -
Associated Press - 11 April 2006
Mollohan
to speak at river summit: Congressman calls waterway a vital resource
- Morgantown Dominion Post - 9 April 2006
Developer
Looks to Cut Costs on Marina Project: Current bid came in $600,000 too
high - Morgantown Dominion Post - 11 March 2006
A
New Era: First steamer trip to Morgantown -
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - 1 May 2005
Vision
2020s Mon River Committee Schedules Sweep Summit - Morgantown Dominion Post Advertorial - 14
February 2006
Museum Traces Point Pleasant's History as Builder of
Ocean-Going Vessels - Sunday Gazette-Mail
- 5 February 2006
CONSOL
Energy Purchases Barge Lines - CONSOL Press
Release - 12 January 2005
Upper
Monongahela River Report - American
Sternwheel Association Newsletter - January 2006
Deckers Creek Group Seeks Grant to Study Pollution - Morgantown Dominion Post - 7 December 2005
Gateway Clipper Fleet Sells Gateway River Belle - Waterways Journal - December 2005
SmartRivers Symposium Held In Pittsburgh - Waterways Journal - 7 November 2005
Ohio River Shut Down At Hannibal Locks - Waterways Journal - 7 November 2005
Cook's
the Boss - Washington, PA Observer
Reporter - 20 November 2005
Construction of Marina Tower Slated for December - Morgantown Dominion Post - 14 November 2005
EPA Grants Friends of the Cheat More Than 800K: Funds will be
used to clean up acidic creek - Morgantown Dominion
Post - 12 November 2005
West
Virginia Wins Sea Scout Award - Heartland
Boating - August 2005
Deal Nears for Fort Martin Boat Launch on Mon River - Morgantown Dominion Post -11 November 2005
Plans Afloat to Improve the Monongahela River - Morgantown Dominion Post - 11 November 2005
Seeing the River From the River (Advertorial) - Morgantown Dominion Post - 8
November 2005
Please Stay Out of the Water: Samplings of streams give cause
for alarm about levels of bacteria in them -
Editorial - Morgantown Dominion Post - 8 November 2005
River Fountain Project Attached to Marina Plans - Morgantown Dominion Post - 2 November 2005
Water Samples Underscore Import of Continued Upgrades to
Infrastructure - Morgantown Dominion Post
- 1 November 2005
Mon River Tests Clean: New samples show relatively low
bacteria levels -Morgantown Dominion Post
- 30 October 2005
Newspaper Goes Beyond Official Reports on Mon - Morgantown Dominion Post - 4 November 2005
Pittsburgh Port Reports Lock Traffic Increase - The Waterways Journal - 19 September 2005
Restoring Environment Boosts Economy, Experts Say - Morgantown Dominion Post - 25 October 2005
Marina Set for Fall '06 Finish: Sternwheelers are not part of
the plan - Morgantown Dominion Post
- 19 October 2005
Second Upper Mon Tour Slated Nov 5
(Advertorial) - Morgantown Dominion Post - 18 October 2005
Watersheds Big Business Money trickles down from associations
to local economy - Morgantown Dominion
Post - 10 October 2005
City
gets green light on boat dock: Federal money OK'd for project -Morgantown Dominion Post - 7 October 2005
Riverfront - Add Charleston Allure
- Charleston Gazette - 4 October 2005
Longview Developers Finish Up Last Major Permit Application - Morgantown Dominion Post - 28 September 2005.
Outdoors
Offer Activities for All - WVU Daily
Athenaeum - 28 September 2005
Mon River contaminated: DEP report lake, river, creek impaired - Morgantown Dominion Post - 25 September 2005
Port Authority
working on projects to link modes of
transportation - Charleston WV Sunday
Gazette-Mail - 4 September 2005
Barge
Plans Need Work, Port Authority Decides -
Charleston Gazette -9 September 2005
Bassmaster
Classic's Success Could Pave Way for '07 River Events - Pittsburgh Post Gazette - 5 August 2005
Project
Dominates Landscape: New Marmet Locks are a Massive Undertaking - Charleston Gazette-Mail -6 August 2005
River's
Future Everyones Concern - Charleston
Gazette - 2 August 2005
Riverfront
Design to be Revealed Tonight - Charleston
Gazette - 28 July 2005
Cabins
by O'Brien Shows Ecotourism in WV - Sunday
Gazette-Mail - July 17, 2005
Wild,
Wonderful and... Green - Sunday
Gazette-Mail - July 17, 2005
Acid
Mine Water Treatment Plant Benefits Local Area
- Morgantown Dominion Post - 24 July 2005
Dock
and Dine: Hungry boaters have choice of culinary stops along the Kanawha - Sunday Gazette-Mail - July 17, 2005
Non-fisherman's
Guide to the 2005 Citgo Bassmaster Classic - Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette - 1 July 2005
River
Summit to Tackle Trash, Commerce - Post -
25 July 2000
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