Harrison County Voters To Consider New, Unique Levy Aimed At Historical Preservation
The levy would provide at least $100,000 for the next four years to 13 historic preservation organizations across the county.
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Need For More Mining Engineers Brings Dept. Of Energy To WVU
A U.S. Energy official visited the West Virginia University campus Tuesday, to promote an effort to increase the number of graduates with expertise in mining, minerals and associated supply chain technologies.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsCoal Gets A Lifeline And WMUL Wins A Murrow, This West Virginia Week
On this West Virginia Week, the coal industry gets a lifeline, the U.S. Secretary of Education comes to Cabell County, and WMUL wins a Murrow – again.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsJustice Coal Company Appeals District Court’s Order In Long-simmering Kentucky Case
In July, U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove ordered company associates to pay $18 million in a 2012 lawsuit filed by New London Tobacco Market and Fivemile Energy.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsDigging Deeper Into Rising Black Lung Cases, This West Virginia Morning
A new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finds that black lung rates are the highest they’ve been since the 1970s. Justin Hicks and Howard Burkes reported on that for the Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom. Inside Appalachia’s Mason Adams spoke with Hicks and Burkes to dig a little deeper.
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Pushback On School Clothing Vouchers And Black Lung Numbers Grow, This West Virginia Week
On this West Virginia Week, Gov. Patrick Morrisey gets pushback over school clothing vouchers, Huntington residents seek to ban Flock cameras, and black lung is big again.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsBlack Lung Disease At Its Highest In 50 Years, This West Virginia Morning
Federal health researchers at the CDC have a new report about black lung disease among the most experienced coal miners in Appalachia. They are suffering from the incurable disease at the highest rates in nearly half a century.
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