By MATT COMBS The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Although ensconced at the University of Charleston Tuesday, the attention of West Virginia’s Sierra Club was pointed across the Kanawha River at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s public hearing on the repeal of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan. Sierra was joined in[Read More…]
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Officials voice support of repealing Clean Power Plan in West Virginia Coal Association rally
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Some state officials and industry supporters spoke in favor of repealing the Clean Power Plan at a Tuesday rally outside the Capitol where the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is conducting it two-day public comment hearings on the proposed repeal. The West Virginia[Read More…]
West Virginia Senate Taps Former West Liberty University president Rob Capehart as finance counsel
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Former West Liberty University president Rob Capehart has a new job as lead counsel to the West Virginia Senate Committee on Finance. Capehart, of Wheeling, previously served as State Secretary of Tax and Revenue, as a chief administrative[Read More…]
Mountain Valley Pipeline asks federal judge to override permit denial
By LINDA HARRIS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Mountain Valley Pipeline is asking a federal judge to override the Fayette County commission’s Nov. 17 refusal to rezone a parcel it needs for a compressor station. MVP claims the commissioners didn’t have the authority to reject their application because the[Read More…]
BOE hears from pipeline representative
By SARAH GOODRICH The Inter-Mountain BUCKHANNON, W.Va. — With the Atlantic Coast Pipeline planned to run through Upshur County, area schools may be affected by the proposed project. During Tuesday evening’s Upshur County Board of Education meeting, Mike Cozad, community liaison for the ACP, spoke to board members about how[Read More…]
Proposed Brooke County power plant awaits permits
By WARREN SCOTT The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register COLLIERS, W.Va. — West Virginia Secretary of Commerce Woody Thrasher recently said the proposed Brooke County Power natural gas-fired electricity plant could be one of the initial projects funded by the $83.7 billion that China Energy plans to spend in the Mountain[Read More…]
WV Chief Justice has court employees remove missing couch from his house
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A day after an item in a Gazette-Mail political column inquiring about the whereabouts of a couch missing from state Supreme Court offices, Chief Justice Allen Loughry had court employees remove a leather couch from his home on Scenic Drive in Charleston[Read More…]
Hampshire County residents go nuts for Squirrel Fest
By JENNIFER GARDNER Charleston Gazette-Mail AUGUSTA, W.Va. — On a recent fall weekend, down a winding road in Hampshire County, squirrel gravy and critter stew were on the brew. The dishes were in preparation for the 18th annual Squirrel Fest at Bigg Riggs Farm. Mike Shirk, cousin of Trey Smith,[Read More…]
Jefferson, Berkeley counties sue drug manufacturers, distributors
By LINDA HARRIS The State Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Jefferson and Berkeley counties are suing drug companies and wholesale drug distributors, blaming them for the opioid epidemic gripping their Eastern Panhandle communities. The 133-page lawsuits, filed in federal court in Martinsburg, claim the drug industry boosted its bottom line by[Read More…]
Cabell-Huntington harm reduction program awarded $600K, state accreditation
By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The Cabell-Huntington Health Department’s harm reduction program received more money and a stamp of approval Tuesday. The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources awarded a $600,000 grant toward the department’s harm reduction program, which includes the needle exchange aimed at helping[Read More…]
