Mason County

State Calls For ‘Return On Investment’ Regarding Highway Maintenance At $4 Billion Steel Plant

A study of West Virginia's deadliest roadways, released by the Barber Law Firm, analyzed data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration from 2018 to 2022 and found Route 2 atop the list with an average of seven fatalities per year.

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Politically Connected Program Gets Opioid Funds While Experts Warn It May Not Work

GameChanger, a statewide prevention education program, is funded by the business community, the government and private companies, according to its founder. But they are also being funded by a new source of money: global opioid settlement funds. 

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NUCOR Steel Plant, Other Plants, Creating Housing Challenges 

Mason County's $4 billion NUCOR steel plant is now more than halfway to completion. With that facility and others on the way, an employee housing challenge looms large throughout the western West Virginia region.  ...

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Housing Challenges Around NUCOR And A Rare Kentucky Firefly, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, industrial development in western West Virginia is outpacing the construction of new housing for expected workers, and scientists work to better understand a rare Appalachian firefly.

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