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MORGANTOWN (AP) — A West Virginia chicken grower ordered to obtain water-pollution discharge permits is suing the Environmental Protection Agency. Lois Alt owns Eight is Enough farms in Old Fields in the Eastern Panhandle. She says the EPA has overstepped its authority and wrongly classified runoff from her farm as “process wastewater.” She argues any [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — A report gives West Virginia’s four-year college and university system a failing grade for the way its graduates fare in the labor market. The report was released Wednesday by the Institute for a Competitive Workforce, a nonprofit affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. It says bachelor’s degree holders in West Virginia [...]
Continue reading …MONTCOAL (AP) — Alpha Natural Resources has completed sealing the West Virginia mine where an explosion killed 29 workers in 2010. Alpha spokesman Ted Pile tells The Register-Herald that crews put the final concrete seal in place at the Upper Big Branch mine on Wednesday. The seals are covered with fill dirt. The mine hasn’t [...]
Continue reading …MORGANTOWN (AP) — West Virginia University says its athletic teams have exceeded NCAA benchmarks for academic progress. Data released by the NCAA on Wednesday shows WVU’s average Academic Progress Rate score is 975. The APR tracks the academic progress of each student-athlete. It includes eligibility, retention and graduation. The scores were based on academic performances [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — Average gas prices have dropped 2.6 cents per gallon in West Virginia over the past week. AAA East Central says the price of a gallon of regular, unleaded gasoline costs $3.57 in the state. That’s 7 cents higher than the national average. Prices range from $3.52 in Clarksburg to $3.59 in Martinsburg [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — A West Virginia law forbidding anyone from disclosing an elections law complaint or investigation is an overly broad restriction of speech, a Kanawha Circuit judge has ruled in an order declaring the blanket gag provision unconstitutional. As a result, Secretary of State Natalie Tennant will begin confirming if an investigation is underway, [...]
Continue reading …WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democrat-controlled Senate defeated a bid Wednesday to block the Environmental Protection Agency from setting the first federal standards to reduce toxic air pollution from power plants. Republicans were behind the effort, but they didn’t get enough votes to move ahead. It was the second time in this Congress that Senate Republicans [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — Japanese truck maker Hino Motors Manufacturing plans to add 20 jobs and spend nearly $3 million to expand its West Virginia truck assembly plant. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin planned to announce the new investment Wednesday at the Wood County facility with company officials and representatives of U.S. Sens. Jay Rockefeller and Joe [...]
Continue reading …WINFIELD (AP) — A judge will decide whether to give final approval to a $93 million settlement between chemical manufacturer Monsanto Co. and thousands of West Virginia residents. The Charleston Gazette reports a hearing is set to begin Monday in Putnam County on the Feb. 24 settlement reached with residents who said Monsanto polluted their [...]
Continue reading …MORGANTOWN (AP) — West Virginia University is offering remaining 2012 football season tickets for sale starting Monday. Season tickets for the seven-game home schedule are $395 each, which is $30 more than last year. A limited number of tickets are available in the Green Zone, which includes portions of the south end zone and upper [...]
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