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PSC approves Hope Gas acquisition of facilities

CHARLESTON — The Public Service Commission of West Virginia has approved the acquisition of certain facilities by Hope Gas, Inc. from Equitrans, L.P. This allows Hope to begin implementing its strategies to bring additional gas supply onto the system to enhance the flow of gas to customers for winter heating needs, and to begin performing important maintenance to the system. The facilities in question are located in Braxton, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ritchie, Taylor, Tyler and Wetzel counties. They serve approximately 4,900 farm tap customers served ...

Warner Theater approaches critical step in restoration process

Plans for the Warner Theater, one of the original theaters of Warner Brothers, will restore the historic building to a multi-purpose entertainment venue. The project comes 100 years after Warner Brothers started their international media conglomerate. Members of the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture, and History’s State Historic Preservation Office Meredith Dreistadt, Christy Moore and Susan Pierce, recently reviewed plans to restore the theater to a near-original state. High Street Holdings LLC leads the Warner Theater’s restoration, along with partners ...

New option for Pleasants station

CHARLESTON — A new possibility has arisen for the Pleasants Power Station, a coal-fired power plant that has been moving toward closure. “We’ve got to make sure a deal is solidified. It’s getting closer, but not a completed deal,” said Pleasants County Commissioner Jay Powell in a telephone interview Thursday. The current owner of the Pleasants Power Station site, Energy Transmission & Environmental Management, had intended to shut down the plant, demolish the structures, remediate the property and prepare it for future redevelopment. Over the past few weeks, the ...

Mon Commission, Granville officials discuss TIF extension

MORGANTOWN — "But for." Two words, six letters.   But in the parlance of tax increment financing, or TIF, districts, the phrase looms large.   The “but for” test requires a government entity, like a county commission, to determine that but for the creation of a TIF ...

Pilot shortage impacting Morgantown air service

MORGANTOWN — Nearly a decade ago, airline industry prognosticators said a looming pilot shortage hastened by a wave of retirements, dramatic increases in training requirements and a reduction in military-trained aviators would spell doom for small commuter airlines.  Then COVID-19 ...