WHEELING, W.Va. — Gastar Exploration is among several companies cutting their drilling forecasts for this year, a sign that lower natural gas and oil prices are starting to hit home in the Marcellus and Utica Shale region. The spot price of natural gas is nearing $3 per thousand cubic feet,[Read More…]
Month: January 2015
Getting our oil from friends
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — An objection to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline being made by some of its liberal opponents may be based on the fact at least 60 percent of Americans are too young to remember the 1973 Arab oil embargo. Some of us recall[Read More…]
W.Va. residents hear about 4 proposed pipelines
JACKSON’S MILL, W.Va. — Concerned residents and landowners convened at Jackson’s Mill Saturday to learn more about how four proposed interstate natural gas pipelines could impact their lives. The informational meeting was organized by the Greenbrier River Watershed Association and included presentations from two expert speakers. Joe Lovett, an attorney[Read More…]
Pausing to remember the great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Today throughout much of the country, residents will pause to commemorate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., an inspirational orator, man of God and civil rights leader who was taken from us on that bleak April day in 1968,[Read More…]
Gazette kicks off reader photo initiative
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — We kick off a new “photo of the week” feature this week, with a selection from Laura Moul, an award-winning photographer from Milton, and only one of a handful of pros who have achieved national certification from the Professional Photographic Certification Commission. But don’t let those impressive[Read More…]
Bill would make journalists protected workers
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A week after terrorists stormed the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people, several members of the West Virginia House of Delegates introduced a bill that would create harsher penalties for violent crimes against journalists. Bill sponsors brought up the attack on Bob Aaron, a WCHS[Read More…]
Future of WVU Tech’s Montgomery campus unclear
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia University’s president won’t say whether WVU’s Institute of Technology will remain in Montgomery as WVU moves forward with its offer to purchase the defunct Mountain State University campus in Beckley. “Obviously I’m not going to say, ‘Yes we’re going to move,’ or ‘No, we’re not[Read More…]
W.Va. Senate retains longtime sergeant-at-arms
CHARLESTON, W.Va. —When State Senator Mike Hall, R-Putnam nominated Howard Wellman of Mercer County to serve as sergeant-at-arms for the West Virginia State Senate, several of the senators smiled, and swiveled in their seats to look in Wellman’s direction. The Mercer County native, smiled in return and remained standing with[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Monday, Jan. 19
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers.1. WHAT OBAMA PLANS TO PITCH DURING STATE OF UNIONThe[Read More…]
Former Gov. Moore remembered during service at Cultural Center
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, U.S. Senate Joe Manchin and numerous other federal, state and local representatives were among the many West Virginians attending today’s memorial service in Charleston for former West Virginia Gov. Arch Moore who died Jan. 7, at 91. A family receiving line started at 9:30 a.m. at[Read More…]
