Columbia Gas to Frack Lincoln County Shale for Gas
West Virginia project by Columbia Gas System with federal help plans a massive hydraulic fracture in Lincoln County to access Devonian shale gas. The test, first of its scale in the East, uses water and foam to open tiny rock crevices and may yield substantial reserves estimated at 285 trillion cubic feet in the region.
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Ranger
W.va
UPI
Columbia Gas System
Lincoln County
Energy Research and Development Administration
Appalachian
Columbia Gas
Columbia Gas Transmission
Kentucky
Ohio
West Virginia
Penn
Sylvania
New York
Columbia
Hoge
Rory Tom Houck
Wonian
Houck
Two state communities contrast in flood relief
In Lobata West Virginia UPI reports HUD action quickly provides 15 mobile homes and 60 razed houses, with water and sewer lines installed. Ten miles away Vulcan lacks aid, residents live in tents and scrap shelters amid incomplete mobile homes and no utilities.
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Lobata
W.va
UPI
U.S
Patricia Harris
Mingo
Ing
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department
Vulcan
HUD
Freeburn
Hazel Wofford
Kathy Mounts
West Virginia brief highlights from state news
Marshall University awards its first Bachelor of Science in Nursing degrees to 21 graduates at Saturday commencement. Governor Rockefeller announces three coal firms will voluntarily meet July 1 highwall removals and other reforms. Appalachian Regional Commission allocates 200000 for flood recovery planning with state pledges totaling 75,000 plus funds. Public Land Corporation to cover 1900 surveying bill linked to National Track and Field Hall of Fame property in Putnam County amid hall fate uncertainty.
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Huntington, W.va
UPI
Marshall University
Bonnie Douglas
Charleston
W.va
Jay Rockefeller
Land Use Corp
Consolidated Enterprises Inc
Nicholas County
Atlanta, Ga
Appalachian Regional Commission
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Commission
Don Cohen
Lone female member in WV state park naturalist role
Cindy Hedrick, 25, is the only fulltime woman in West Virginia parks and recreation division. She works as resident naturalist at Blackwater Falls State Park, guiding tours, running a nature center, and creating self guided nature walks while promoting women in conservation careers.
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Gay Pauley
UPI
Davis
W. Va
Cindy Hedrick
West Virginia
Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
Forestry and Parks Service
Hedrick
National Park and Forestry Services
Appalachia
Wheeling
Blackwater Falls State Park
Insurance rate hike disapproved in West Virginia
State Insurance Commissioner Richard Shaw rejected a $7 million rate increase sought by State Farm, the state's top auto insurer with 349,690 vehicles insured and premiums totaling $31.5 million last year. State Farm pitched a 21.8 percent rise for $6,976,400 extra revenue, while State Farm & Casualty Co. asked for 21.6 percent to gain $447,200.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
Richard Shaw
State Farm
West Virginia
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co
State Farm & Casualty Co
Reading program catalog sections listed for different pages
The issue outlines Good Reading Inside with sections including America's best comics Contour Chair Murphy Mart Panorama Magazine and TV pullout. It details 134 total pages across 11 sections, with the Program at risk and sections varied in page counts.
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Family Weekly
Murphy Mart
Panorama
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UPI Telephoto
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Masontown
Morgantown
Sunday Dominion-Post
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Morning Reporter
Fayette and Greene Counties
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