Quilt Festival Set For September
The 2026 West Virginia Quilt Festival will bring quilters from across the state and beyond to the Cedar Lakes Conference Center in Ripley Sept. 17 to Sept. 19.
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Air Quality For Northern W.Va. Deemed Potentially Dangerous
Air Quality Index (AQI) values in West Virginia are expected to reach into the Red (Unhealthy) or Purple (Very Unhealthy) categories Friday, with a limited potential for Maroon (Hazardous) conditions for brief periods in isolated locations.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAbandoned Gas Wells Dot State, Continue Leaking
Abandoned oil and natural gas wells are scattered throughout West Virginia and the surrounding region, leaking toxic pollutants into the atmosphere, and the state doesn’t know where they all are.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsW.Va. Fares Well In Air Quality Study By Lung Association
The American Lung Association has released its 27th State of the Air report on air pollution Wednesday and awarded grades for metro areas across the country.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe State Gets Good Grades For Air Quality, This West Virginia Morning
The American Lung Association has released its 27th State of the Air report on air pollution and awarded grades for metro areas across the country. No one in West Virginia lives in a county with a failing grade. We talk with Kevin Stewart, director of Environmental Health for the American Lung Association, about the report and what it all means.
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State Regulators Hear Two Days Of Evidence In Appeal Of Tucker County Data Center Permits
State regulators spent two days hearing evidence about the air quality permit for a microgrid facility in Tucker County that is expected to power a data center.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsFirst Hearing Held In Appeal Of Permit For Tucker County Microgrid Site
At a hearing of the Air Quality Board Wednesday, citizen groups concerned about the facility’s environmental impact sought the release of all redacted information in the permit for a Tucker County microgrid.
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