By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Trump administration leaders used sanitizing language to describe coal in statements hailing their rollout of environmental protection rollbacks and taxpayer subsidies both intended to prop up the U.S. coal industry Monday. “Beautiful clean coal has been a reliable energy source supporting American[Read More…]

By Bruce Justice, Mingo Messenger WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — The Mingo County Redevelopment Authority joined several of the agency’s collaborating partners at Mingo Central High School on Sept. 18 to give school officials, students and other interested parties a live demonstration of a four-year-in-the-making and first-in-the-state mobile AAM Command & Control[Read More…]

By Tabitha Johnston, The Shepherdstown Chronicle SHEPHERDSTOWN — Long before federal funding began to be threatened at libraries across the nation, as has become the case over the past few months, a group of five determined community members had recognized the need for increased support for their library, at the[Read More…]

The Brooke County Review WELLSBURG, W.Va. — Fall fire season began Wednesday, Oct. 1, and continues through Dec. 31.  During this time, residents must confine their outdoor burning to the hours of 5 p.m.-7 a.m., according to West Virginia State Code Chapter 20-3-5. Fires set during that time must be[Read More…]

By Charles Young, WV News FAIRMONT, W.Va. (WV News) — Mon Power and Potomac Edison, subsidiaries of FirstEnergy Corp., filed a 10-year Integrated Resource Plan with the West Virginia Public Service Commission on Wednesday. The plan proposes keeping the Fort Martin and Harrison coal-fired power stations operational through the next[Read More…]

By Esteban Fernandez, Times West Virginian FAIRMONT — In West Virginia, there’s no shortage of startups or entrepreneurs who are trying to launch their ideas. But the support systems around them are fragmented. “I’ve been with TechConnect for a little over a year, and the more we talk to entrepreneurs,[Read More…]

By Stephen Smoot, The Pendleton Times FRANKLIN, W.Va. — Officials in Pendleton, Grant, and Hardy counties continue to voice concerns over developing pressure points along the South Branch River. Three separate areas of concern have repeatedly come up in regional discussions and requests for assistance or regulatory relief. Last month,[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — Tax collections for West Virginia’s general revenue fund in September came in above estimates for the month, reversing a slight decline and adding to a small by growing surplus. According to reports released Wednesday by the state Department of Revenue[Read More…]

By Shelley Hanson, The Weirton Daily Times WEIRTON, W.Va. — Local agencies and officials are already feeling the impact of the shutdown of the federal government that began Wednesday. Weirton Ride, the public transit service operated by the City of Weirton’s Department of Transit, receives funding through the Federal Transit[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — The state’s chief financial officer is asking Gov. Patrick Morrisey to call a special session before the end of the year to follow President Donald Trump’s lead and temporarily eliminate income taxes on tips and overtime. In a press release[Read More…]