Morgantown Accountability Dispatch

02/16/2026

Grassroots investigations. Keeping Morgantown honest! Corruption tip? Email us. Join the newsletter.

02/08/2026

Cheat Lake and its hydro dam to be acquired by American firm whose co-founder recently resigned after Jeffrey Epstein ties. Read Part 3:

Cheat Lake, and its Park & Hydro Dam are set to be acquired by the American investment firm Apollo, whose co‑founder recently resigned for Jeffrey Epstein ties.

10/26/2025

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito demands answers regarding Cheat Lake following a 39-page report accusing hydroelectric dam owners of willful negligence and false statements.

Cheat Lake's new owners Ontario Power Generation & Eagle Creek Renewable have been accused of willful neglect at Cheat Lake Park & Lake Lynn hydroelectric plant

08/28/2025

Read the full story here: https://wvmad.org/wild-proposal-cheat-lake-rail-trail-may-charge-entry-fee-to-joggers-cyclists-dog-walkers-fishermen-boaters-in-2026/

06/17/2025

Former Morgantown City Manager Andro Kim Haws is facing accusations of using city hall to meet with private business clients. Read Part 2 here: https://wvmad.org/fraud-allegation-morgantown-city-manager-kim-haws-ran-personal-business-inside-city-hall/

10/22/2024

Morgantown—$635,000 of your money has been given to Andro Kim Haws since 2020. Read Part 1 of our investigation here: https://wvmad.org/threats-and-intimidation-morgantown-city-manager-haws-attacks-councilwoman-after-she-exposed-dirty-contract/

09/17/2024

You asked what was going on, WVMAD investigates. Read more: https://wvmad.org/boparcs-krepps-park-project-in-chaos-literally-underwater/

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08/05/2024

Part 2 of the homelessness series: https://wvmad.org/bartlett-house-board-member-used-homeless-shelter-as-cheap-storage-unit/

07/24/2024

Do you have information of wrongdoing concerning Morgantown's City Manager Andro Kim Haws? Help save our great city and reach out. https://wvmad.org/ethics-investigation-launched-into-morgantown-city-manager-andro-kim-haws/

06/23/2024

Something is amiss... the catastrophic collapse of Morgantown's homeless shelter is very, very odd.

Morgantown's homeless shelter, Bartlett House, faces catastrophic collapse. Are secret conflicts of interest the cause?

04/09/2024

The City of Morgantown doesn't want you to know about the staff they terminated 3 days before Christmas. Read the story here: https://wvmad.org/morgantowns-christmas-firings-the-cruelest-christmas-story-in-city-history/

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