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RAVENSWOOD (AP) — Workers at Constellium Rolled Products in Ravenswood have overwhelmingly rejected a proposed five-year contract. Randy Moore of the United Steelworkers of America tells the Sunday Gazette-Mail about 700 members of Local 5668 at the aluminum rolling plant cast their votes on the company’s proposed contract Thursday and Friday. Moore said Saturday union [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — West Virginia officials face a tough challenge as they seek new ways to fund child care assistance for low-income families. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has told these parents, care providers and child advocates that he hopes to avoid making it tougher to qualify for the aid. But Tomblin is also expected to [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — A worker at a Boone County coal mine is dead following an accident. Department of Commerce spokeswoman Leslie Fitzwater says the accident occurred around 4 a.m. Friday at Coal River Mining LLC’s Fork Creek No. 10 Mine. Fitzwater identified the victim as Johnny Mack Bryant II of Lenore. Federal officials say the [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — An auction house says one of the nation’s original golf courses in West Virginia has sold for $410,000. Auctioneer Tommy Garten wouldn’t reveal the winning bidder for Oakhurst Links until bank financing is completed. But owner Lewis Keller Sr. says it’s his understanding that the bidder, a Wheeling businessman, will keep the [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — Police say about 20 anti-coal protesters have been arrested at a strip mine in West Virginia. State Police Capt. D.M. Nelson said most of the activists arrested Saturday were charged with trespassing. The demonstration was held at the Hobet mine, which is owned by Patriot Coal. Patriot Coal officials did not immediately [...]
Continue reading …WESTON (AP) — The historic West Virginia Building in Lewis County has received a half-million-dollar makeover. The Exponent Telegram reports that the renovations include new lighting, fire and smoke detectors and repairs. Using historic photos as their guide, crews matched the original landscaping and repainted the brown building its original blue-gray. The nearly 80-year-old building [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed protecting a rare fish called the diamond darter and more than 120 miles of its Elk River habitat in West Virginia and Kentucky. The nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity said Wednesday that the decision stems from a legal settlement that would speed decisions on [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — The West Virginia Division of Culture and History will open a new exhibit that celebrates the state’s oil and gas industry. “The Oil and Gas Industry: West Virginia’s Gift to the World” is to debut Friday at the Culture Center in Charleston. The culture agency says the exhibit will feature gasoline pumps [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin is thanking contributors who helped replenish the state’s food pantries after recent storms left thousands of people without electricity. Tomblin said Thursday that the Mountaineer Food Bank and the Huntington Area Food Bank have received more than $147,000 and five truckloads of food collected during statewide food drives [...]
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