By Andrea Lannom Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The company at the heart of the Elk River chemical spill will get some of the temporary financial relief it requested and be allowed to carry on business. Freedom Industries appeared before U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Ronald Pearson Tuesday in a 6-hour-long[Read More…]
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Elk River leak included another chemical
By Ken Ward Jr. Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Federal and state investigators learned Tuesday that an additional chemical that wasn’t previously identified was in the tank that leaked Jan. 9 at the Freedom Industries tank farm, just upstream from West Virginia American Water’s regional drinking water intake. The company[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Wednesday, Jan. 22
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers. 1. SYRIA PEACE TALKS GETTING STARTED IN SWITZERLAND The[Read More…]
WVPA Business Brief: Cunningham Energy merges with Pettey Oilfield Services
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Cunningham Energy, an Independent Oil & Gas Exploration and Production Company based in Charleston, has announced a merger with Pettey Oilfield Services Inc., according to Yahoo Finance’s Business Wire. The merger forms a new company, Cunningham Oilfield Services (COS), offering well services for oil & gas production companies. Cunningham[Read More…]
Chevron eyes $40 billion for drilling
By Casey Junkins The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. — Global oil giant Chevron has big plans for the Marcellus Shale underlying West Virginia’s Northern Panhandle and even bigger plans for the rest of the world, as the California-based company will spend nearly $40 billion to drill and frack this year.[Read More…]
Player’s grandma wearing 9-hour path to Fairmont
By Matt Welch Times West Virginian FAIRMONT — “It’s nine hours and 13 minutes. Exactly.” That’s what Ava Fullenweider said when asked how long it takes her to get from her home in New York to Joe Retton Arena on the campus of Fairmont State University, where her grandson,[Read More…]
Hancock County mourns three teens killed in wreck
By Stephen Huba For The Weirton Daily Times NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. — Students’ after-game plans and a fire department’s attempt to get to a reported chimney fire came to a deadly collision on state Route 8 Saturday night, taking the lives of three Hancock County teenagers. The accident resulted in[Read More…]
Officials try to save animals hoarded in Doddridge
By Darlene J. Swiger Exponent Telegram WEST UNION, W.Va. — Pet rescue groups and the Harrison County Animal Control Center are working to save as many of the 130 pets as possible that were rescued Friday from a Doddridge County home. In addition to the cats and dogs found[Read More…]
Governor says chemical storage bill gives DEP ‘tools’
By Ken Ward Jr. Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin on Monday revealed some details of an above-ground storage tank regulatory bill, outlining an approach that environmental groups called far too narrow to address issues raised by the Jan. 9 chemical leak that contaminated the water supply[Read More…]
Water co. president says tap water safe to drink
By Matt Murphy Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The head of West Virginia American Water Co. assured reporters Monday that tap water is safe to drink. Jeff McIntyre, water company president, drank water from taps at the company’s headquarters and also from a bottle of water a WCHS-TV[Read More…]
