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  • W.Va. girl pleads guilty in slaying of Star City teen

    A teenager has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and another is facing charges in the disappearance and death of a Star City girl last summer, U.S. Attorney William Ihlenfeld said Wednesday.

    May 1, 2013

  • Judge: Farmer’s EPA lawsuit will be heard

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is still exerting a permit power that chicken growers contend it doesn’t have, so a federal judge said he won’t dismiss a lawsuit by a West Virginia farmer the agency had accused of polluting the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

    May 1, 2013

  • Bath salts case headed to trial May 14

    A Clarksburg man who prosecutors said ran two West Virginia shops that sold large quantities of illegal bath salts will stand trial May 14, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

    May 1, 2013

  • Gov. Tomblin to sign TIF bill Tuesday

    Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin is set to sign into law the TIF bill which will finance a development in Monongalia County which will include a new ballpark for WVU. The Governor will sign the bill during the Backyard Brawl tonight at Hawley Field after the first inning.

    April 30, 2013

  • W.Va. budget approved without line-item vetoes

    For the first time in more than a decade, West Virginia lawmakers are getting the final say on new state spending.

    April 30, 2013

  • EPA report further divides fracking camps

    The Environmental Protection Agency has dramatically lowered its estimate of how much of a potent heat-trapping gas leaks during natural gas production, in a shift with major implications for a debate that has divided environmentalists: Does the recent boom in fracking help or hurt the fight against climate change?

    April 29, 2013

  • Construction of slurry dams questioned

    April 26, 2013

  • Cogeneration could become market for gas producers

    Combined heat and power systems that produce electricity through a process called cogeneration are a great potential market for natural gas producers, but experts say outdated policies and anti-competitive regulations are hindering potential growth.

    April 25, 2013

  • Court upholds EPA block on state mine

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had the legal authority to retroactively veto a water pollution permit for one of West Virginia’s largest mountaintop removal coal mines years after it was issued, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

    April 24, 2013

  • Donations save Barbour County middle school sports

    Middle school sports in Barbour County have been reinstated, thanks to private donations.

    April 23, 2013

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