ELKINS — A grand jury will hear the case involving a Randolph County man accused of setting an illegal fire as an “offering to God." Emanuel Arthur Huffman, 36, is charged with one count of arson - setting fire on lands, a felony. He is currently being held at the Tygart Valley Regional ...
CHARLESTON — Thirty-eight thousand acres of West Virginia forestland will remain permanently protected under what the West Virginia Land Trust is calling the largest private conservation project in state history. The Land Trust has finalized five conservation easements covering land in Monroe, Summers and Fayette counties, with additional acreage in Nicholas and Greenbrier counties. The easements keep the land under forest cover forever, require sustainable timber management, and protect 81 miles of streams and rivers, while leaving open the possibility of expanded public recreation ...
CHARLESTON – West Virginia’s political leaders were quick to praise a move by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to roll back Biden-era rules limiting emissions by electric power plants in the state and across the nation, though advocates for clean air warned about the health ...
CHARLESTON – Lawmakers, state regulators and utilities are trying to ensure West Virginia’s aging coal-fired power plants continue to provide base-load energy into the regional energy grid. The Joint Committee on Energy and Public Works heard from officials with the Office of Energy, the ...
CHARLESTON – Members of the West Virginia Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Finance were updated Tuesday on the latest regarding general revenue fund tax collections and federal Rural Health Transformation grants on the last day of interim meetings. Department of Revenue Cabinet ...
ELKINS - More than 260 volunteers took part in 40 local projects during the annual Tygart Valley United Way Day of Action. The event, which takes place each year during the month of September, is a volunteer project designed to foster service and volunteering in the TVUW's five-county ...
