Curtis Tate

Curtis is our Energy & Environment Reporter, based in Charleston. He has spent more than 17 years as a reporter and copy editor for Gannett, Dow Jones and McClatchy. He has written extensively about travel, transportation and Congress for USA TODAY, The Bergen Record, The Lexington Herald-Leader, The Wichita Eagle, The Belleville News-Democrat and The Sacramento Bee. You can reach him at ctate@wvpublic.org.

Helene's Impact Felt By Appalachian Power Customers

Regionwide, the company had more than 250,000 outages across southern West Virginia, southwest Virginia and east Tennessee.

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‘I Think It Spoke To Him’: Why James Earl Jones Sought Role In ‘Matewan’

Curtis Tate spoke to David Wohl, who at the time was an acting teacher at West Virginia State and asked Jones to come speak to his students.

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FAA Cancels Yeager Airport Runway Environmental Review

The airport instead will focus on efforts to modernize its aging terminal facilities.

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Under New Owner, Pleasants Plant Not Producing Much Power

The California-based company proposed to manufacture graphite for electric vehicle batteries and use the hydrogen byproduct to fuel the power plant.

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