Room With A View?
Steel stairs lead to the top of the Red Oak Fire Tower where there's a 14-foot square cabin with panoramic windows and a metal catwalk. There's electricity, but no water.
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Abandoned Mine Lands and Reclamation
State Leaders Tout Acid Mine Drainage Treatment Success In Morgantown
Since opening in April 2024, the treatment plant has removed metals common in mine drainage like iron and aluminum from the water. The acidified water is also treated to raise its pH level back to neutral.
Continue Reading Take Me to More News5 Water, Sewer Projects Get Abandoned Mine Funding
McDowell and Mingo counties have historically produced large quantities of coal, but they have suffered after coal mines have closed — or been abandoned. Thanks to a grant program, the two counties are getting some funding for water and sewer projects.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsGreenPower South Charleston Bus Factory Funds Stuck In Freeze
GreenPower Motor has received millions of dollars in grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to build electric buses for school districts nationwide, including some in West Virginia.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsState To Receive $140 Million From Interior For Abandoned Mines
The U.S. Department of the Interior is making $140 million in AML funds available to West Virginia, the most of any state but Pennsylvania.
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W.Va. Receives $30 Million To Revitalize Coal Communities
This year, nearly $30 million in federal funding will go toward projects that revitalize West Virginia's coalfield communities and repurpose abandoned mine lands across the state.
Continue Reading Take Me to More News6 Abandoned Mine Lands Sites Tapped For Development
West Virginia has hundreds of abandoned mine lands sites many decades old. A report from the Ohio River Institute says that ...
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