W.Va. Book Festival Announces Featured Authors For 2024
West Virginia’s annual book festival celebrating national and regional authors will come to the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center this October.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsIn Pineville, West Virginia, a town of 500, residents filled up the front rows of the county courtroom recently. They came to hear the latest legal update on a battle some have been fighting for generations - securing clean water. Bobby Lee Keen and his wife Patsy attended the hearing. “How come they have people living like they're in a third world country in the United States of America?” asked Bobby Keen.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAlpha Natural Resources says it is plans to open a new underground coal mine in West Virginia this summer and create more than 50 jobs.The Kingsport,…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAlpha Natural Resources has announced the sales of a coal mining complex and a natural gas operation in West Virginia.The company, which emerged from…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Virginia regulators have settled a lawsuit brought against Alpha Natural Resources over concerns about the coal producer's reclamation obligations as…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAn Alpha Natural Resources spokesman says the company plans to lay off 117 people when it shuts down a Kentucky coal mine in November.Spokesman Steve…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOne of the largest coal operators in the region, Alpha Natural Resources, is striking deals so that the terms of its bankruptcy can be finalized in court.…
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