CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With construction costs mounting to stabilize and rebuild its collapsed safety overrun, and no reimbursement funds flowing in from its insurer or federal emergency sources, Yeager Airport is nearing the bottom of its financial barrel, members of the Charleston airport’s finance committee were told on Wednesday. Terry Sayre,[Read More…]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Former Freedom Industries President Gary Southern on Wednesday pleaded guilty to three water pollution crimes in a deal that will send him to jail, but set the stage for him to get back $7.3 million and a Bentley luxury car that were seized when he was charged[Read More…]

Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers: 1. GLOBAL TERROR LINK IS ‘UNLIKELY’ IN BANGKOK BOMBING Chinese[Read More…]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In an effort to show lawmakers that West Virginians support rolling back marijuana laws, the West Virginia chapter of a marijuana advocacy organization is conducting a survey of West Virginians’ attitudes on the legalization of pot. Justin Quinn, spokesman for the state chapter of NORML, the National[Read More…]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Former Freedom Industries official Dennis Farrell on Tuesday admitted to two water pollution charges for his role in the January 2014 chemical leak that contaminated the drinking-water supply for hundreds of thousands of people in Charleston and surrounding communities. Farrell pleaded guilty to unlawful discharge of refuse[Read More…]

WHEELING, W.Va. — Marcellus and Utica shale drillers may have thought they were in the clear when the Environmental Protection Agency found fracking did not create “widespread” water problems, but the government will now force the industry to cut 45 percent of its methane emissions. At the same time officials[Read More…]

WHEELING, W.Va. — For better or for worse, depending on one’s perspective, President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan will significantly change America by the year 2030 – if its goal of cutting 32 percent of CO2 emissions from electricity plants becomes reality. To the dozens of coal industry officials, elected[Read More…]

Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers: 1. BANGKOK BOMBING CARRIED OUT BY ‘A NETWORK’ Thailand’s national[Read More…]