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FirstEnergy delays closure of coal-fired Pleasants Power Station

MORGANTOWN -- FirstEnergy’s Pleasants Power Station won’t close as soon as planned. The coal-fired plant was slated to close in January 2019. But FirstEnergy spokeswoman Jennifer Young said its Allegheny Energy Supply (AES) subsidiary notified PJM Interconnection, the regional transmission organization, that it will extend the notice of the deactivation of the Pleasants Power Station to June 1, 2022. The new deactivation date, Young said, allows the plant to remain in operation until transfer of ownership from AES to sister company FirstEnergy Solutions (FES) is complete, as ...

D.C. politician requests inquiry into treatment of Hazelton inmates

KINGWOOD — A congresswoman representing the District of Columbia has requested an investigation of treatment of inmates at the federal prison in Hazelton. Congresswoman Eleanor Homes Norton, D.-D.C., wrote U.S. Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horwitz this week. She raises ...

DOH asks Kingwood to take charge of Hospital Hill Road

KINGWOOD — The State Division of Highways is asking Kingwood to take over the upkeep of Hospital Hill Road. City Clerk Mary Howell said the state indicated in a letter that it took care of the road for 45 years only because Preston Memorial Hospital was there and it was justified as a ...

Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center gets renovation: Gallery

Fallout 76’s Vault Boy will make appearance Saturday at Bridge Day

FAYETTEVILLE — Fallout 76’s Vault Boy will return to West Virginia to meet with spectators, Saturday at the 39th annual Bridge Day at the New River Gorge Bridge. The appearance is part of West Virginia Tourism Office’s recent partnership with Bethesda Softworks, the video game maker ...

Kingwood man said he sold drugs to pay his taxes, police say

KINGWOOD — A Kingwood man told deputies he was only selling drugs to pay his back taxes, according to a criminal complaint. Devin Robert Miller, 33, was charged with possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance.  According to a criminal complaint by Preston Sheriff’s Lt. T.E. ...