By CHARLES YOUNG The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Fracking has not contaminated groundwater in Northwestern West Virginia, according to a recently released study by scientists at Duke University. “The study was able to measure a very wide range of chemical tracers in wells before and after fracking in West[Read More…]
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After three witnesses testify, Kostenko enters guilty plea
By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — During the second day of his criminal trial, after hearing testimony from the prosecution’s third witness, Dr. Michael Kostenko asked the court to accept a guilty plea to one of the 22 felony counts against him. The third witness, Michael Kevin Meadows,[Read More…]
Justice company cited in coal plant death
By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — One of Gov. Jim Justice’s family mining operations has been cited by West Virginia inspectors for six safety violations — including one that will draw a “special assessment” penalty — in the investigation of the February death of a worker at[Read More…]
Appalachian Power president says company is looking toward renewables
By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — When Chris Beam, the new president of Appalachian Power, talks about economic development, he brings a message that may not be very popular among the coal-focused political leadership in West Virginia. Giant businesses Appalachian would like to lure to the state[Read More…]
Out-of-state money floods potential Senate race in WV
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Money from outside the Mountain State is pouring into West Virginia’s Senate race, with more likely to appear before the 2018 elections. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., has received more money from individual donors in Texas ($95,600), Washington D.C. ($33,000), New York ($32,300),[Read More…]
Most coalfield counties still losing jobs
By OWEN WELLS Civitas Media LOGAN, W.Va. — WorkForce West Virginia reported the jobless rate in West Virginia has dropped to a seasonally adjusted 4.9 percent. The state has experience a relatively quick decline in unemployment during the beginning of 2017 falling by seven tenths of a percent. To put[Read More…]
State’s highest paid employees for 2016 include athletic coaches, university administrators, doctors
By CHARLES YOUNG The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Athletic coaches, university administrators and doctors were among the highest-paid employees of the state in 2016. The state’s top-earning employees all worked at universities, state-run hospitals and governmental agencies. According to the State Employee Total Compensation Report complied by the state[Read More…]
Capito tours Williamson Health and Wellness Center
By COURTNEY HARRISON The Williamson Daily News WILLIAMSON, W.Va. – United States Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R- W.Va.) toured health facilities in Mingo and Boone County Monday, April 17. Monday’s visits provided the opportunity for Capito to join medical professionals to tour two rural health facilities. Capito’s first stop was[Read More…]
Money flows in for Manchin, Jenkins ahead of potential Senate race
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Joe Manchin, West Virginia’s lone Democrat in Congress, has been racking up contributions for what is likely to be a tight competition to keep his U.S. Senate seat. Between Jan. 1 and March 31 of this year, Manchin received $556,198 in total[Read More…]
What a difference a year can make: Proud of what Fairmont News has become, where its heading
By JOHN DAHLIA The Fairmont News FAIRMONT, W.Va. — What a difference one year can make. But for me, and a lot of us who support The Fairmont News, a good portion of our effort to make this weekly publication the best it can be, began long before April 2016.[Read More…]