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The West Virginia Turnpike saw more than 884,000 vehicles pass through its toll booths in the week leading up to Memorial Day.
The West Virginia Department of Transportation says the total included heavier-than-expected traffic on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week.
West Virginia Parkways Authority Executive Director Jeff Miller says that could have been because travelers were trying to get out ahead of heavy rains forecast for that Thursday.
Miller said the Thursday and Friday were the “big days,” when more than 268,000 vehicles used the turnpike.
Miller said there were no significant delays for turnpike drivers over Memorial Day weekend.
The population in Appalachia’s coal-producing counties has declined since the boom of the 1950s. As the coal industry mechanized and shrunk, jobs went away, and young people did, too. Now, a series of population estimates shows things might get even worse.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThousands of low-income residents of Mercer County are about to find out if they have been chosen for a rare opportunity.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsMore than 500 residents of Mercer County are about to find out if they have been chosen for a rare opportunity. They have applied for a Guaranteed Minimum Income program through the nonprofit Give Directly, which uses funds from wealthy benefactors to give cash benefits to those in need.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsFirstEnergy announced Thursday it is planning to invest $7.7 billion to build a new natural gas-fired electric plant along with utility grade solar in Harrison County.
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