After two years of controversy, federal scrutiny, and community backlash over deteriorating conditions at Cheat Lake Park & Trail, the company operating Cheat Lake and its hydroelectric dam is now set to be acquired by an American investment firm whose co-founder recently resigned after being tied to Jeffrey Epstein. Apollo Funds announced that it has agreed to purchase Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, the operator of…

This is Part 2 of the Cheat Lake series. Read Part 1 here for how Eagle Creek Renewable Energy executives are proposing to charge Mountaineers an "entry fee" for the Cheat Lake Park & Trail located on Morgans Run Road. A local group calling itself Save Cheat Lake has filed a 39-page complaint with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), accusing Eagle Creek Renewable Energy—the…

You may have heard about the controversy surrounding Cheat Lake back in 2023. A Canadian company called Ontario Power Generation recently purchased the Cheat Lake hydroelectric dam located at the top of Monongalia County off Morgan Runs Road. The dam was built in 1925 using water from the Cheat River to create the man-made Cheat Lake. The government seized some residents' homes and farmland to make…

Andro Kim Haws sits in City Hall during a Morgantown City Council meeting. | Photo Credit: WVMAD Former Morgantown City Manager Andro Kim Haws is facing accusations of using city hall to meet with private business clients instead of fulfilling his official duties—despite being paid to work for the Morgantown taxpayers. The allegations emerged from a city employee who worked closely with Haws. This government…

At a December 20, 2022 Morgantown City Council meeting, a vote was called for a new employment contract of City Manager Andro Kim Haws. Haws is the highest-paid city official in Morgantown's history, receiving $635,404 of your taxpayer money since 2020. After the camera recording the public meeting was shut off, a scowling Haws closed in on the councilwoman who had just stood up for…