Monday, May 20 2013 3:50 PM EDT2013-05-20 19:50:33 GMT
Emergency responders were called to the scene of a train accident on Monday, May 20. A person was apparently hit by a CSX train in a remote part of Fayette County. The call came in at around 1:30 p.m.
Emergency responders were called to the scene of a train accident. A person was apparently hit by a CSX train in a remote part of Fayette County. The call came in at around 1:30 p.m.
Monday, May 20 2013 2:34 PM EDT2013-05-20 18:34:12 GMT
A woman will spend up to 10 years behind bars for stealing money while on the job. Former employee for the town of Alderson, Jacalyn Villars, was sentenced to 1-10 years in a state penitentiary for her
A woman will spend up to 10 years behind bars for stealing money while on the job.
Monday, May 20 2013 1:03 PM EDT2013-05-20 17:03:15 GMT
911 dispatchers confirm a stabbing has occurred at the Beckley Plaza on Friday. It happened around 5:30 p.m. Friday. No word on the victims and the conditions of the victims. The Beckley Police Department
A man is being hailed a hero in Raleigh County. A tattoo parlor owner saved a pregnant woman Friday night when her ex-boyfriend tried to kill her and her baby inside of the Beckley Plaza mall.
Monday, May 20 2013 12:48 PM EDT2013-05-20 16:48:08 GMT
Following May 17 rebuttal testimony and a coming hearing on Mon Power's bid to buy Harrison power station, the PSC will decide if a billion-dollar coal plant is the best answer to future power demand.
Following May 17 rebuttal testimony and a coming hearing on Mon Power's bid to buy Harrison power station, the PSC will decide if a billion-dollar coal plant is the best answer to future power demand.
Monday, May 20 2013 11:36 AM EDT2013-05-20 15:36:01 GMT
A new report from the American Chemistry Council says expansion in shale gas plays are driving investments in chemical manufacturing to the tune of bout $71.7 billion in investments, including in West
A new report from the American Chemistry Council says expansion in shale gas plays are driving investments in chemical manufacturing to the tune of bout $71.7 billion in investments, including in West Virginia.
Monday, May 20 2013 9:56 AM EDT2013-05-20 13:56:57 GMT
Remember the Miners, a West Virginia campaign dedicated to honoring fallen coal miners and the sacrifices miners make for U.S. energy, is kicking off the Coal Club. The Coal Club proceeds will be used to fund the Remember
Remember the Miners, a West Virginia campaign dedicated to honoring fallen coal miners and the sacrifices miners make for U.S. energy, is kicking off the Coal Club.
Monday, May 20 2013 8:58 AM EDT2013-05-20 12:58:30 GMT
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Oil and gas development damaged the water supplies of at least 161 Pennsylvania homes, farms, churches and businesses between 2008 and the fall of 2012, a newspaper reported.
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Oil and gas development damaged the water supplies of at least 161 Pennsylvania homes, farms, churches and businesses between 2008 and the fall of 2012, according to state records obtained by a newspaper.
Sens. Jay Rockefeller and Joe Manchin and Rep. Nick Rahall announced they are pushing the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to maintain a strong focus on mine safety as the agency considers spending cuts.
In a letter to DOL's acting secretary, the members of Congress pushed back on DOL's sequestration plans that would "disproportionately cut the Solicitor of Labor's efforts to reduce the backlog of appeals at the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission."
According to a news release issued by Rockefeller's staff, the backlog of appeals of health and safety violations from mining companies has weakened the deterrent effect of mine safety citations and their penalties and also undermined efforts to penalize mines that have repeat safety violations. To help rectify this, Congress appropriated $22 million through the Supplemental Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010 to reduce the backlog of appeals at the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission.
"While the sequester is imposing hardships on multiple agencies within DOL, these staff cuts to the backlog effort are plainly disproportionate to other work carried out in the Solicitor's office," the letter states. "We find this decision to be unacceptable and instead we believe the Solicitor's Office should apply only proportional cuts to this program activity, so that efforts can be maximized to reduce the backlog of mine safety cases."
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