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Kentucky Power To Build Cooling Tower In W.Va.
Kentucky regulators have given Kentucky Power the go-ahead to build a new cooling tower at its Mitchell coal plant in West Virginia.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsProPublica, Mountain State Spotlight Opened A ‘School.’ Here’s What They Learned, This West Virginia Morning
The nonprofit newsroom ProPublica has been reporting on the use of public money to fund private education. Earlier this month, ProPublica published a series of stories about how they, along with Mountain State Spotlight, opened a school in West Virginia. Reporter Jennifer Smith Richards spoke with Chris Schulz about the experience and what it says about modern education.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsKudzu, Farmstands And Bristol's ‘Black Bottom’ Community, Inside Appalachia
This week, some folks are working to preserve the memory of Bristol, Virginia’s Black Bottom, a largely African American community wiped out by urban renewal. Also, small food producers embrace digital technology for the humble farm stand. And, kudzu; it’s coming for us.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsMitchell Cooling Tower Project Cost May Not Be Equal On Kentucky, W.Va. Customer Bills
Kentucky Power customers will pay $3 more each month for a new cooling tower at the Mitchell plant than West Virginia customers will pay.
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Kentucky And W.Va. Utilities Say That The Mitchell Cooling Tower Project Will Cost $191 Million
Kentucky Power has told the Kentucky Public Service Commission what it will cost to build a new cooling tower at its Mitchell plant.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsKentucky Power Notifies Kentucky PSC Of Mitchell Cooling Tower Project
Kentucky Power has formally notified state regulators of its plan to build a new cooling tower at its Mitchell plant in West Virginia.
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