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United Way teams with bank, law firm to talk board of directors skills

United Way of Mon and Preston Counties joined with Huntington Bank and Steptoe & Johnson PLLC on Thursday to talk excellence. The group gathered for its Board Member Excellence Training workshop in the Mon Health Medical Center Conference Center. The program, as explained by United ...

Diversified Energy cuts methane emissions, increases well capping in 2023

MORGANTOWN — Regional natural gas producer Diversified Energy continues to make strides in curbing methane emissions and in capping orphaned and end-of-wells, according to its 2023 Sustainability Report. Diversified reduced its “methane intensity” by 33% from 2022, and by 50% from ...

State’s PODA law apparently still requires liquor licenses

MORGANTOWN — If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try, try again.  Morgantown City Councilor Danielle Trumble said she would like to see the legislature take up the state’s PODA, or Private Outdoor Designated Area, law in special session to make a change lawmakers thought they ...

Greenbrier advances to final four of World’s Most Instagrammable Hotel

The Greenbrier resort is one of four finalists from around the world in Luxury Travel Advisor’s World’s Most Instagrammable Hotels contest. The March Madness-inspired tournament began with 64 hotels from around the world on March 17. The hotels were separated into four regional ...

Bridge collapse impacting on W.Va. coal shipments

BY CHRIS LAWRENCE CHARLESTON — The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has had a ripple effect in West Virginia. With the bridge in the water and the search for missing workers still underway, shipping in and out of the Baltimore Harbor is at a standstill. The port, although not comparably large overall, is one of the largest coal export facilities in the nation. Consol Energy owns a shipping terminal within Baltimore Harbor. The idling of all shipping traffic in or out of the harbor is of grave concern to West Virginia coal producers. “We’re only a ...