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Coal's Cost On Energy Prices, Inside Appalachia
This week, coal power can be expensive. Utilities run coal-fired power plants harder in the winter and summer when demand is high. Also, two films made in West Virginia shot to the top of Netflix’s streaming charts. The state wants to encourage even more movies to be made in West Virginia by helping keep production costs down. And, an Eastern Kentucky pharmacist serves vegan food for the holidays.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsMorrisey Pushes Lawmakers To Build On ‘Trump-Style’ Energy Policy
Gov. Patrick Morrisey is encouraging lawmakers to support legislation that would allow data centers to operate their own microgrids -- and therefore bump coal production across the state.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsDiscussing Homelessness And Looking At The Coal Industry, This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virginia Morning, Huntington's mayor-elect discusses homelessness and we look at the state's coal industry.
Continue Reading Take Me to More News1st W.Va. Miner Is Killed On The Job This Year In Wyoming County
Virgil Paynter, of Lynco, was fatally injured while operating an excavator at the CM Energy Operations surface mine, Gov. Jim Justice said Thursday.
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How The Baltimore Bridge Collapse Is Affecting Coal Producers In W.Va., This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virginia Morning, the closure of the Port of Baltimore to most shipping has a ripple effect for coal producers in northern West Virginia. Curtis Tate takes a deeper look.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsCoal Production Report Predicts Downturn in the Industry
A new economic forecast shows the recent uptick in coal production is expected to level out during the next two years and decline precipitously during the…
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