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Mine water testing lab wins stay, but status unclear

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Environmental Quality Board members granted Appalachian Laboratories’ motion for stay Wednesday after the Department of Environmental Protection revoked the lab’s certification to perform water testing at coal mines. But the DEP said it will still not accept new data from the Beaver-based lab. DEP Secretary Randy Huffman[Read More…]

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Greenbrier County embracing opportunities

An editorial from The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Greenbrier County has had quite a year. The City of Lewisburg added to its impressive list of national awards by ranking No. 3 on this year’s “Travel + Leisure” list of America’s Favorite Towns. Nearby White Sulphur Springs was named in a[Read More…]

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Uncertainty is killing coal-mining investments

An editorial from the Charleston Daily Mail  CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Coal and the Environmental Protection Agency dominate this year’s congressional and Senate races. For the record, all of the major candidates like coal, and all of them are willing to fight the EPA. But no matter how many volumes of[Read More…]

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Boehner to campaign in W.Va. for Mooney

CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — John Boehner, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, will join Alex X. Mooney, Republican candidate for West Virginia’s 2nd Congressional district, for a get-out-the-vote rally from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. today at Paddy’s Irish Pub, 210 W. Liberty St., Charles Town. “Speaker Boehner offered to[Read More…]

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Morgantown faces time crunch on new sales tax

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — During the Tuesday, Oct. 28, regular meeting of the Morgantown City Council Committee of the Whole, City Manager Jeff Mikorski explained that the city is facing a timing issue in regard to the creation of the municipal sales tax outlined in the city’s successful Home Rule application.[Read More…]

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Potential deal reached on FirstEnergy rate hikes

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A tentative agreement has been reached in FirstEnergy’s $152-million base rate case, officials privy to the negotiations said Tuesday. FirstEnergy initially filed the proposed rate increase with the state Public Service Commission in April, citing increased costs relating to storm damage, environmental compliance and additional vegetation management,[Read More…]

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