By TINA ALVEY The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With a little more than a year to go in his second term, state Sen. Ron Miller, D-Greenbrier, has resigned his post, effective at the end of the month, to accept a job in Gov. Jim Justice’s administration. “It was not an[Read More…]
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WVSU announces plan to help students transition from community colleges
By JAKE JARVIS Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Community college students should soon be able to transfer their credits to West Virginia State University more easily to complete a bachelor’s degree. WVSU President Anthony Jenkins unveiled the outline of a plan to accomplish this during his annual State of the[Read More…]
Products from Pennsylvania ethane cracker on the way
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register PITTSBURGH, Pa — Seven reactors will heat ethane to 1,600 degrees at Royal Dutch Shell’s future $6 billion Pennsylvania petrochemical complex, while officials said the plant will lead to plastics manufacturing within the next three years. As the Beaver County ethane cracker[Read More…]
Appalachia panel at shale expo
By CONOR GRIFFITH The State Journal PITTSBURGH, Pa. — A panel comprised of representatives from a variety of backgrounds shared their views regarding the potential of Appalachia’s natural gas reserves during the Shale Insight conference Thursday. Steve Hedrick, president and CEO of South Charleston-based Mid-Atlantic Technology, Research & Innovation Center, said a[Read More…]
Energy independence key to national security, America’s future, new DOE Deputy Secretary says
By LINDA HARRIS The State Journal PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Building energy independence will create jobs and secure America’s future, Deputy U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette says. Brouillette, speaking at the Shale Insight 2017 conference in Pittsburgh, said the administration intends to create an energy-dominant America that doesn’t rely on[Read More…]
West Virginia’s regulatory environment markedly different than neighboring Pennsylvania
By LINDA HARRIS The State Journal PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Industry leaders were told this week West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio couldn’t be more different when it comes to the regulatory environment governing oil and gas operations. Babst Calland’s Blaine Lucas told attendees at Shale Insight 2017 in Pittsburgh this week that[Read More…]
As many questions as answers at legislative conference
By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal HAGERSTOWN, Md. — “Please, arrest my daughter — I want to get her clean.” The plea came from a police officer to fellow officers making up a drug task force when he had run out of options to solve his daughter’s heroin addiction, according to[Read More…]
Hino expansion could be boon for Wood County schools
By MICHAEL ERB The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A new Hino manufacturing plant planned for Parkersburg could give Wood County Schools a significant boost in funding. In a press conference Wednesday, Hino Motors Manufacturing U.S.A. officials announced setting up a truck assembly plant at the old Coldwater[Read More…]
Corridor H progresses with groundbreaking ceremony
By BETH HENRY-VANCE The Inter-Mountain KERENS, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice joined close to 200 people in a Corridor H groundbreaking celebration Thursday near Kerens, using the opportunity to promote passage of the upcoming road bond referendum. Justice said approving the Roads to Prosperity proposal during the statewide election Oct.[Read More…]
Wood County gets high-intensity drug trafficking designation
The Herald-Dispatch WASHINGTON, D.C. — Wood County, West Virginia, has been designated as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., announced Thursday. On May 9, Manchin and McKinley sent a letter to National Drug Control Policy Acting Director Richard Baum encouraging the designation.[Read More…]
