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Court To Justice Coal Companies: Pay Fines Or Face Contempt

In an agreement filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia last month, the companies agreed to pay $125,000 by Feb. 27 and the remaining balance due by May 1.

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Federal Cuts Spur Protest In Morgantown

Demonstrators with the group Mountaineers Indivisible are calling on West Virginia’s Congressional delegation to oppose the Trump administration’s broad-reaching cuts to federal programs.

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Coal Miner Was Killed By Falling Rock In Boone County: Report

Stephen Fields of Chauncey was drilling a test hole in a coal seam when the rock came loose from a highwall due to freezing and thawing.

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History Meets Local Activism And Trouble For Silica Laws, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, months of anticipation will come to a head this week as the Jefferson County Planning Commission reviews revised plans for a water bottling site in the rural community of Middleway.

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