Wednesday, June 19 2013 2:35 PM EDT2013-06-19 18:35:08 GMT
With about a month to go until tens-of-thousands Boy Scouts and their families will be touching down in the mountain state for the National Jamboree, the National Park Service is busy training volunteers. 59News
With about a month to go until tens-of-thousands Boy Scouts and their families will be touching down in the mountain state for the National Jamboree, the National Park Service is busy training volunteers. 59News
Wednesday, June 19 2013 2:17 PM EDT2013-06-19 18:17:49 GMT
Robyn Snyder with the National Park service tells 59News a raft entered the Double Z rapids near Nuttalburg in Fayette County around 1-15 this afternoon. Once in the rapid -- people fell out of the raft.Raft
Robyn Snyder with the National Park service tells 59News a raft entered the Double Z rapids near Nuttalburg in Fayette County around 1-15 this afternoon. Once in the rapid -- people fell out of the raft.
Wednesday, June 19 2013 2:16 PM EDT2013-06-19 18:16:20 GMT
West Virginia warmer weather means more activities outside. But it also means more black-legged critters looking to make a meal out of you. Ticks are eagerly waiting for you in the woods, bushes and tall
West Virginia warmer weather means more activities outside. But it also means more black-legged critters looking to make a meal out of you.
Wednesday, June 19 2013 12:52 PM EDT2013-06-19 16:52:02 GMT
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Fayette County Sheriff deputies are looking into a home invasion that happened Wednesday morning. According to 911 dispatchers, it happened at a home on Gatewood Road in Oak Hill at approximately 1 a.m.
Fayette County Sheriff deputies are looking into a home invasion that happened Wednesday morning.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 11:17 PM EDT2013-06-19 03:17:54 GMT
It could be a tough summer for people looking to fire up the grill as beef prices have hit an all time high. Local consumers and businesses are having to make sacrifices and cut back on the amount of beef
It could be a tough summer for people looking to fire up the grill as beef prices have hit an all time high. Local consumers and businesses are having to make sacrifices and cut back on the amount of beef
Wednesday, June 19 2013 11:23 AM EDT2013-06-19 15:23:00 GMT
VICKI SMITH Associated Press JULIAN, W.Va. (AP) - Orange flames lick at the roof of the coal mine, heat building and visibility dropping as smoke begins to fill the underground passageway. Then, with
Orange flames lick at the roof of the coal mine, heat building and visibility dropping as smoke begins to fill the underground passageway. Then, with the push of a few buttons on a hand-held remote, the flames flicker out, the smoke dissipates and the lights come on. The roar of fire is replaced by the trickle of nearby water.
Wednesday, June 19 2013 11:00 AM EDT2013-06-19 15:00:23 GMT
In a news release Wednesday, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-WV, threw his support behind an effort to update digital black lung screening standards. Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Workers'
In a news release Wednesday, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-WV, threw his support behind an effort to update digital black lung screening standards.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 3:29 PM EDT2013-06-18 19:29:23 GMT
HUNTINGTON - A new Marshall University energy project will demonstrate hydroelectric power using acid mine drainage from coal mining as its source of energy. Marshall University's Center for Environmental,
A new Marshall University energy project will demonstrate hydroelectric power using acid mine drainage from coal mining as its source of energy.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 12:35 PM EDT2013-06-18 16:35:02 GMT
As domestic use of coal slows and gas resources expand so rapidly that prices have plummeted to historic lows, the nation's fossil fuel giants are looking across the ocean for a solution.
As domestic use of coal slows and gas resources expand so rapidly that prices have plummeted to historic lows, the nation's fossil fuel giants are looking across the ocean for a solution.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 11:59 AM EDT2013-06-18 15:59:37 GMT
The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Workers' Compensation Programs has published for public comment a direct final rule and a companion proposed rule adopting updated standards for administering and
The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Workers' Compensation Programs has published for public comment a direct final rule and a companion proposed rule adopting updated standards for administering and interpreting digital radiographs for the Federal Black Lung Program.
Mon Power's proposed purchase of the coal-fired Harrison station would initially cost Mon Power and Potomac Edison customers a monthly surcharge of $5.63 per month.
The FirstEnergy companies filed the rate information Jan. 29 with the Public Service Commission of West Virginia as a supplement to Mon Power's November filing proposing the purchase.
Mon Power, which also provides power to Potomac Edison customers, faces an increasing shortage of generation in coming years. To meet the expected need, the utility proposes to purchase the 80 percent it does not own of Harrison Power Station in Harrison County. In combination with the release of a small part Mon Power owns of Pleasants station, the transaction would cost about $1.1 billion.
Mon Power provided little comparison in the November filing or in an August Resource Plan of the cost of the proposed transaction with the cost of other possible means of meeting future need: a new natural gas combined cycle power plant that would take advantage of the expected years to come of low-priced natural gas, for example, or more aggressive efficiency programs that would reduce use.
Rates for Mon Power and Potomac Edison customers fell Jan. 1 due to lower coal and purchased power costs — reducing an average monthly bill 5 percent, from $99.07 to $94.31. The utilities propose to file a base rate case within six months if the generation resource transaction is approved. Following approval, the surcharge would take the average monthly bill to $99.94.
Cost and other questions will be pursued in the coming months by intervenors the Consumer Advocate Division of the PSC, the West Virginia Energy Users Group of large industrial electricity users, the West Virginia Citizen Action Group, the Utility Workers Union of American, the Sierra Club and the Independent Oil and Gas Association of West Virginia.
Follow Mon Power's generation resource transaction case under case number 12-1571-E-PC on the PSC's website.
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