Wednesday, May 22 2013 5:51 AM EDT2013-05-22 09:51:12 GMT
An electrical fire destroyed a home in Harrison County Tuesday night. The Harrison County 911 Center said it started just after 12:15 a.m. on Locust Street in Salem. It said the fire appears to be suspicious.
Fire destroys a home in Salem just after 12:15 a.m. Tuesday night.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 3:51 AM EDT2013-05-22 07:51:48 GMT
Our warmest day of the next week pushes temperatures towards 90 degrees in some places. With the daytime heating, an afternoon/evening thunderstorm exists for the area. The cold front begins to push through
Tuesday, May 21 2013 2:25 PM EDT2013-05-21 18:25:44 GMT
Directors were re-elected and shareholder measures on executive pay and corporate governance failed, while demonstrators outside protested labor practices, Mon Power's purchase of Harrison plant.
Directors were re-elected and shareholder measures on executive pay and corporate governance failed, while demonstrators outside protested labor practices, Mon Power's purchase of Harrison plant.
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.
A bankruptcy case that may affect hundreds or thousands of West Virginia active and retired miners is being moved from a New York court to one in St. Louis.
The United Mine Workers of America and other groups have fought for a change of venue. When their campaign was announced, President Cecil Roberts said the UMWA felt they would not get a fair shake on post-retirement benefits during Patriot's Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
In an e-mailed announcement today, Roberts said the court made the right call in transferring venue.
"Nobody has ever mined one ounce of coal in Manhattan," Roberts said. "Patriot Coal executives set up two dummy corporations in New York because they wanted their case heard in a forum far from the coal fields."
Roberts said the proximity to not only the headquarters of Patriot Coal, but also its parent companies Arch and Peabody Energy would be beneficial. The UMWA has made clear it hopes to involve the parent companies in Patriot's bankruptcy.
"These two companies spun off their operations to Patriot in an attempt to run away from pension and health care obligations to thousands of miners and their survivors," Roberts said.
Though the UMWA is counting the ruling as a victory, it had sought to instead move the proceedings to Charleston.
"Though we would have preferred this case to be moved to Charleston, W. Va., moving it to St. Louis puts it on the front porch of Peabody Energy and Arch Coal," Roberts said. "We filed this case so that it would be moved away from a place where no coal has ever been mined to a place where people are familiar with the coal industry."
Patriot Coal made news last week when it announced it had opted to cease mountaintop removal operations as part of a deal involving litigation with multiple environmental groups.
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