Grave Marker Dedication Honors Black Activist Bessie Woodson Yancey
A grave marker dedication was held this month for an Appalachian activist who died decades ago.
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Documentary Film Dives Deeper Into Minden, W.Va. Contamination
A film called Impossible Town, based in Minden, West Virginia features Dr. Ayne Amjad’s efforts to relocate the town’s residents after decades of exposure to chemical contamination during her tenure as the state’s health officer.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsFayette County Flood Stirs Up Long Held Concerns On Cancer-Causing Oil Site
This story was updated on June 16, 2020, at 4:50 p.m. to include a statement from the Environmental Protection Agency.The rain poured down for hours on…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWhat's Next for Minden? PCB-Afflicted Town Joins EPA Superfund List
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is working to clean up a former mining equipment operation in Fayette County, known as the Shaffer site. On…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsEPA Adds Minden, W.Va. Site to Superfund List
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday added the site of a former mining equipment operation in West Virginia to its National Priorities List…
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EPA Proposes Listing Minden on Superfund National Priorities List
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to add areas near the Fayette County town of Minden to its list of the most serious hazardous waste sites…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsHow Toxic is My Town? Fayette County Teens Conduct Year-Long Science Project
Three high school students in Fayette County have devoted the past year to researching Minden’s possible soil contamination and the history of the…
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