WHEELING, W.Va. — Federal investigators hope the $600,000 criminal penalty Trans Energy Inc. will pay for impounding three Marshall County streams to build frack ponds for Marcellus shale natural gas extraction discourages other firms from violating the Clean Water Act. When combined with the $3 million fine St. Marys, W.Va.-based[Read More…]
Month: October 2014
It’s time to adapt at W.Va. tracks
An editorial from The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Especially during the past few years, many businesses and industries have changed, some dramatically. Some have not made the cut. Look at steel and aluminum manufacturing in the Ohio Valley, once mainstays of our economy. Now they are all but[Read More…]
Huntington council urges jailed member to resign
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Huntington City Council Chairman Mark Bates went to the Western Regional Jail on Wednesday with a letter asking for Councilman Pete Gillespie’s resignation. He left with nothing, other than a message delivered through a jail administrator from the embattled District 2 Councilman to “Talk to my attorney.”[Read More…]
Take a skeptical view of political attack ads
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Thank goodness for Anthony Wood. In the 1990s, his company Replay TV pioneered the development of the digital video recorder or the “DVR,” as we call it today. If it weren’t for that technology, it might be hard to make it through[Read More…]
WVU students shave for contest
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Some WVU students lathered up and shaved off what facial hair they had on Wednesday, Oct. 1. They now have four weeks to grow the best beard. The public shaving comes a few weeks before Mountaineer Week. One of the highlight events of the week is the[Read More…]
W.Va. DEP lays out long-term tank safety plans
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As chemical tank owners across West Virginia scrambled to meet Wednesday’s deadline to register with state regulators, Department of Environmental Protection officials hosted an unusual daylong session to explain their long-term plan for implementing the new state law meant to prevent a repeat of January’s Freedom Industries[Read More…]
Putnam schools get kits to treat gunshot wounds
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Shootings at high schools in Kentucky and North Carolina Tuesday prompted Putnam County officials to take stock of the school system’s emergency response procedures and the resources used to keep students safe during an emergency. Over the past year, Putnam County school nurses have received extra training,[Read More…]
W.Va. high court orders GOP candidate on ballot
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Supreme Court wasted little time and spared no criticism Wednesday in unanimously ruling that Secretary of State Natalie Tennant must allow Republican Marie Sprouse-McDavid to replace Delegate Suzette Raines on the ballot in the 35th District House of Delegates race. The court’s 10-page opinion came one day[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Thursday, Oct. 2
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers.1. HONG KONG CAUTIONS PROTESTERS AGAINST OCCUPATIONPolice warn of serious[Read More…]
Perils in sports must be taken seriously
An editorial from The Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — The symptoms include memory loss, confusion, impaired judgement, impulse control issues, aggression, depression, anxiety, thoughts of or suicidal tendency, dementia. And doctors cannot definitively diagnose it until after death. It sounds like Alzheimer’s. But it isn’t. It’s the disease that[Read More…]
