W.Va. Photographer Joins Team USA For International Competition
A Charleston-based photographer is in Iceland this week taking part in the 2026 World Photographic Cup international photography competition.
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Two Years After Chemical Spill, Water Utilities Submit Protection Plans
Source water protection plans are mandates water utilities are required to follow to keep drinking water safe. However, before 2014, following these plans…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsTrial Delayed Involving Lawsuit in West Virginia Chem Spill
A federal judge is delaying the trial involving a lawsuit filed against a water company and a manufacturer that sold a chemical to a company involved in a…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsFarmers Exempt from New Tank Law, But is Water Still Protected?
It’s well-known what happened in the Kanawha Valley on January 9, 2014. A massive chemical leak into the Elk River left tap water unusable for 300,000…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOne Year After the Chemical Leak, Mother and Daughter Still Don't Drink Tap Water
It was some ten days before all of the families affected by the tap water ban following Charleston’s chemical spill were able to return to life as usual…
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Action Groups, Experts, Mom Look Back and Forward After Chemical Spill
Leaders of citizen groups, a water scientist and an impacted mother held a phone-based news conference this week to look back on the crisis and outline…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsTank Inspections Due Thursday Under W.Va. Spill Law
The deadline is approaching to submit aboveground storage tank inspections required by a new state law to protect public water supplies.Thursday is the…
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