MORGANTOWN – West Virginia is poised to profit from a new energy future. The key is drawing, training and keeping the people to make it happen, a variety of experts […]
Tag: Joe Manchin
WVU gets $8M federal grant for rare earth elements demonstration project facility
MORGANTOWN – Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito announced on Tuesday that WVU will receive an $8 million U.S. Department of Energy grant to advance its rare earth elements […]
Tunnelton VFD gets money to increase ranks
Tunnelton Volunteer Fire Department in Preston County will get money to help it grow. It is one of two VFDs in West Virginia to receive funding from the U.S. Department […]
WVU, Concord University receive mental health services funds
West Virginia University and Concord University will be receiving money from the U.S. Department of Education Mental Health Service Professionals Demonstration Program. The funding will support the training of school-based […]
$9.7M will support affordable housing in West Virginia
Bartlett House in Morgantown and North Central WV Community Action in Kingwood are among more than a dozen housing agencies across the state to be awarded money from the U.S. […]
Sen. Joe Manchin announces $748K for NASA research
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $748,564 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) for a […]
New EPA Good Neighbor Plan could close 13% of nation’s coal-fired power capacity
MORGANTOWN — The U.S. EPA’s Good Neighbor Plan released this week requires power plants in 22 states to further reduce emissions by 2027, and EPA projects the plan could lead […]
Morgantown firm gets $1.27M federal contract to cap three abandoned gas wells
MORGANTOWN — A Morgantown company has been awarded a $1.27 million federal contract to plug an abandoned gas well at New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, along with two […]
WV Manufacturers Association joins groups from 5 states urging EPA to expedite state-permitting plans for carbon capture and storage projects
MORGANTOWN — While the Biden administration has openly expressed support for curbing greenhouse gas emissions through carbon capture and sequestration projects, many believe Biden’s EPA is dragging its feet in […]
Conservative values cast aside, Congress wages war on ‘woke’
While we’ve been largely focused on what’s been happening in Charleston lately, we’ve also had our eye on Washington, D.C., and the culture war backlash happening there. Last week, Congress […]
