MORGANTOWN – The Senate version of the bill to enable beneficial extraction of rare earth elements and critical mineral from mine runoff took its first step on […]
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Senate passes fossil fuel boycott bill; House panel OKs two bills to promote rare earth element extraction from mine water
MORGANTOWN – Legislators moved several energy-related bills on Thursday, dealing with fossil fuels and rare earth elements. The Senate approved SB 262. It allows the state treasurer […]
Legislators pass insulin copay, mining mutual insurance company bills
MORGANTOWN – Legislators passed bills on Wednesday to lower patient copays for insulin and devices to treat diabetes, to establish a Parkinson’s disease registry to enhance research […]
Legislative Lookahead: Leaders say bills will address mining, energy, economic development, social needs
MORGANTOWN – West Virginia’s legislative leaders described their goals for the 2022 session – which starts Jan. 12 – during Friday’s West Virginia Press Association Legislative Lookahead. […]
Fairmont State lecture series to focus on mining, Blair Mountain
There used to be an expression heard in San Giovanni in Fiore, and the other little Calabrase mountain towns near the arch of the boot in southern […]
The lost chapter: 100 years since Blair Mountain
Aug. 25, 1921, was the beginning of the end of West Virginia’s lost chapter. While the memory of company stores and scrip live on, the nearly decade-long […]
Woodlawn Cemetery to dedicate mining disaster memorial
FAIRMONT — Woodlawn Cemetery Board of Directors will dedicate a monument marking the graves of Fairmont miners killed in an 1886 mine disaster at noon Sept. 3 […]
Gov. Justice reactivates Public Energy Authority to promote mineral industry interests
MORGANTOWN – Gov. Jim Justice announced Saturday that he is reactivating the West Virginia Public Energy Authority. The WVPEA was created by the Legislature with a mission […]
Guest essay: Bringing federal attention to W.Va.’s problems
by John Williams Since 2016, I have had the privilege of representing Monongalia County in the West Virginia House of Delegates. My time in the House has […]
Coal has friends, still boosts state economy, industry leaders learn at Morgantown meeting
MORGANTOWN – The chair and vice chair of the state Senate Energy Committee, and the director of WVU’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research offered some encouraging […]
