Energy & Environment

A Hockey Hero From Appalachia, This West Virginia Morning

Hockey is still finding fans and players in central Appalachia, but just because it’s an emerging sport in this region doesn’t mean we don’t have hockey heroes. Inside Appalachia’s Abby Neff met with Gwyneth Phillips, a goalie for the gold-medal winning U.S. Olympics Women’s team, to learn more.

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PSC Orders AppCo, Black Diamond To Explore Purchase

The Black Diamond Power Company and Appalachian Power have until next week to file a schedule with the Public Service Commission of West Virginia (PSC) for a proposed purchase agreement.

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State Of Emergency Declared After Flash Floods In Boone, Lincoln Counties

A series of storm systems moved across West Virginia earlier this week, bringing repeated periods of heavy rainfall and thunderstorms, overwhelming streams, creeks, drainage systems, and low-water crossings.

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Communication Challenges For Emergency Personnel, This West Virginia Morning

Two federally important facilities located in West Virginia require a strict limit on radio frequency interference. But for decades – increasingly as communication systems have become more advanced – those limits have made it difficult for emergency crews and first responders in Pendleton and Pocahontas counties to do their jobs as safely and effectively as possible. Now the results of a lengthy federal study show exactly how precarious the situation is. We caught up with Pendleton County Emergency Management’s Rick Gillespie to find out what the study shows and what happens next.

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