Saturday, May 25 2013 12:24 PM EDT2013-05-25 16:24:34 GMT
Several environmental activists were arrested Friday after blocking the road leading to the headquarters for Alpha Natural Resources to protest the coal producer's mining practices.
Several environmental activists were arrested Friday after blocking the road leading to the headquarters for Alpha Natural Resources to protest the coal producer's mining practices.
Friday, May 24 2013 1:56 PM EDT2013-05-24 17:56:48 GMT
West Virginia joins Kansas and Montana in states that have filed briefs asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a challenge to Environmental Protection Agency gas emissions rules.
West Virginia joins Kansas and Montana in states that have filed briefs asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a challenge to Environmental Protection Agency gas emissions rules.
Thursday, May 23 2013 2:49 PM EDT2013-05-23 18:49:21 GMT
FAIRMONT, WV – The Community and Technical College System of West Virginia (WVCTCS) will announce the launch of the Appalachian Petroleum Technology Training Center at the Robert H. Mollohan Center at
The Community and Technical College System of West Virginia (WVCTCS) will announce the launch of the Appalachian Petroleum Technology Training Center at the Robert H. Mollohan Center at the I-79 Technology Park.
Thursday, May 23 2013 1:13 PM EDT2013-05-23 17:13:02 GMT
The document offers best practices for the process used by pipeline companies to install pipelines under highways, railroads and bodies of water in instances where trenching is not feasible.
The document offers best practices for the process used by pipeline companies to install pipelines under highways, railroads and bodies of water in instances where trenching is not feasible.
CHARLESTON (AP) — The National Weather Service says
2012 was among the warmest years on record in three West Virginia cities.
Preliminary data show average temperatures in Beckley, Clarksburg and Elkins were the second-warmest on record.
Elkins' average temperature was 52.7 degrees. The record, 53.3 degrees, was set in 1921.
Beckley's average temperature, 54.5 degrees, is the highest since the record 55.6 degrees in 1931.
In Clarksburg, the average temperature was 54.3 degrees. The record is 54.4 degrees set in 1931 and tied in 1998.