WV coal output and jobs slide to four year low in 1999
West Virginia mined 169.2 million tons of coal with 14,854 miners in 1999, down from 1998 by 11.5 million tons and 3,347 workers. Officials cite weak demand, global market softness, and the mountaintop removal rock disposal ruling as factors. production in Logan County fell over 4.2 million tons.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training
U.S. Energy Information Agency
U.S
Federal Agency
Ben Greene
Bill Raney
West Virginia Coal Association
Greene
Raney
Underwood
Jim Teets
Cecil Underwood
Mountaintop
State Office of Miners’ Health and Safety
Fire destroys business with lamp cord suspected cause
Stamper alerted the fire department after a residential fire spread to a nearby business. Firefighters entered carefully to avoid a backdraft as they ventilated the building. The Lambs and their daughter helped with recovery while pledging to reopen. officials deem the blaze accidental likely from a lamp or extension cord.
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John R
Randy
Nancy Lamb
Randy Lamb
Steele
Lamb
Leslie
Harold Nagle
Greensboro
N.C
Harold
No. 2
Ms. Stamper
Stamper
College Avenue
Frederick Street
Lambs
Dave
Barbara Shields
Richlands Gets Block Grant To Boost Downtown
Richlands will appoint an administrator to oversee a downtown business association as part of a Community Development Block Grant award. The town joined 21 other localities receiving more than 14.7 million dollars to fund projects addressing urgent community needs and encourage property owners to invest in the area.
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Branton
Teachers Learn with Montcalm Summer Institute Visit
Montcalm High School teachers share enthusiasm for new ideas at a summer program with eight state sites. Superintendent Dr. David Stewart will visit PikeView Institute on Thursday as Jeanne Mozier, author of Way Out in West Virginia, speaks to the group about West Virginia oddities.
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June Symonds
Montcalm High School
Montcalm High
Becky McKenzie
David Stewart
PikeView Institute
Jeanne Mozier
West Virginia
Mountain State
Regional sewer concept eyed for economic development
Huntington says county PSDs exist mostly on paper but regional sewer aims to fund and implement a coordinated upgrade of existing plants to serve more people along Route 20 north of Athens. Engineer Stafford notes the draft report was shown four months ago and requires quick review. Public input set for Aug 4 with a follow up Aug 10 to adopt plan.
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Division of Environmental Protection
Huntington
PSD
West Virginia American Water Company
PSC
Athens
Jack Stafford
Stafford Consultants
Psds
Princeton Sanitary Board
Mike Saffel
Stafford
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