MORGANTOWN — The state Public Service Commission has approved rates for LED outdoor lights for customers that provide outdoor lighting – essentially state and local governments. But they’re not the […]
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Justice: All-time-high income tax and sales tax revenue support $90.4 million surplus for first quarter of FY 2021
MORGANTOWN — In the midst of COVID-19, West Virginia saw all-time-high consumer sales tax and personal income tax revenue during the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2021, Gov. Jim Justice […]
Sen. Capito meets with Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett
MORGANTOWN — Sen. Shelly Moore Capito, R-W.Va., met with U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett Wednesday afternoon and spoke with West Virginia reporters shortly after about the meeting and […]
Shale Insight: Speaker details hidden costs of displacing fossil fuels with renewables
MORGANTOWN — The transition to green energy will be packed with hidden costs nationally and globally, an expert told shale gas industry leaders during Wednesday’s Shale Insight conference. Mark Mills […]
Mon bars reopening remain uncertain; universities to start weekly surveillance testing
Monongalia County has been green on the state COVID map for several days but reopening the bars remains just a hope. In answer to a question about the whole state […]
The politics of plastics: Shale Insight speakers address cracker plants, fracking bans and a green future
MORGANTOWN — Plastics are the future of the shale gas boom and politics is an obstacle to getting there. Plastics and politics occupied the attention of natural gas industry members […]
U.S. Energy secretary to Shale Insight audience: Natural gas key to energy security and green future
MORGANTOWN — U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette described the role of American innovation and the shale economy must play in the nation’s energy transition, and the dangers of precipitously banning […]
Controversial water quality rule removed from legislative committee agenda
Weakened standards generated 700 pages of comments MORGANTOWN — A proposed and ever-morphing water quality rule that has drawn substantial criticism was pulled from a Wednesday legislative committee agenda. It […]
Mon goes green on COVID maps; Justice and team answer repeated questions about maps’ credibility
MORGANTOWN– Monongalia County was green Monday. And much of Monday’s COVID-19 briefing focused on the two maps, on continued confusion about what they mean and continued skepticism that the state […]
Candidates for 51st district talk about plans
Three of the five Republican hopefuls sit down with paper MORGANTOWN — Three of five Republican candidates for the five House of Delegates 51st District seats met with The Dominion […]
