Brittany Patterson
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Coal mining giantMurray Energy Corp. has emerged from bankruptcy with a new name and a commitment to rehire all of its former union employees, according…
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The National Park Service, the federal agency that oversees America’s national parks, monuments and other conservation lands, got a new leader last month. West Virginia native Margaret Everson istaking the helm at the agency. Everson comes to the role with decades of natural resources experience.
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The remnants of Hurricane Laura are expected to make their way across West Virginia late Friday evening and into early Saturday morning, according to…
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Democrats made their pitch to the American people during a largely virtual Democratic National Convention and addressing climate change emerged as a…
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A proposal to repurpose a docking facility near Marietta, Ohio, to allow for the barging of oil and gas drilling waste on the Ohio River is drawing concern from environmental groups and local residents.
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Lawmakers from across the Ohio Valley have received nearly half a million dollars in campaign contributions from 2019-2020 from a political action committee associated with FirstEnergy Corp., the electric utility implicated in a $61 million bribery and racketeering scheme related to Ohio’s controversial energy bill that bailed out several struggling nuclear and coal plants.
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A major Ohio Valley coal producer announced last week it will speed up its exit from producing coal used to generate electricity. In a call with shareholders last week, Contura Energy, Inc., said the move is tied to the ongoing global transition away from fossil fuels.
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On a recent sticky July afternoon, Diana Green stands on the muddy bank of lower Davis Creek in South Charleston, West Virginia. As a child, she enjoyed…
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A federal judge has ruled a coal company owned by the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is liable for more than 3,000 violations of federal clean…
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One of the country’s largest investor-owned electric utilities, with a large presence in the Ohio Valley, has emerged at the center of a $60 million bribery and racketeering scheme related to Ohio’s controversial energy bill that bailed out several struggling nuclear and coal plants.