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An invitation has been extended to anyone interested in playing in the First Elsie Pruett Endowment Scholarship Golf Tournament on Friday, June 17, 2011 at the White Oak Country Club.
Former Marshall University and Current NFL players scheduled to attend are Chad Pennington, Byron Leftwich and Doug Legursky.
For more information please contact Josh Jones at 304.465.5639.
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Arch Coal Inc. says it has started $14.60 a share tender offer for rival International Coal Group. Arch says the offer that started Monday expires June 14.
The St. Louis-based coal industry giant agreed to buy ICG for $3.4 billion May 2. The deal is designed to exploit growing demand for high-priced coal used to manufacture steel. Arch says the combined companies would be the nation's second largest supplier of metallurgical coal.
Met coal commands premium prices often two or three times those charged for coal used to produce electricity. Government figures show exports grew to 55 million tons last year, from 42.5 million in 2008.
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Joy Global has agreed to buy LeTourneau Technologies from Rowan Companies for $1 billion in cash.
LeTourneau produces earthmoving equipment for surface mining and makes drilling equipment for the mining, oil and gas sectors. The company is a top manufacturer of large-wheel loaders, and boasts the industry's largest model sizes and payload capacities, according to Joy. It is the only manufacturer of electric drive loaders.
LeTourneau's mining and drilling units had 2010 revenue of $259-million and $556-million respectively.
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Local residents were able to hear about some of the bills currently before Congress straight from one of the individuals elected to represent them in Washington, D.C. Congressman David McKinley held a town hall meeting in Weirton's Millsop Community Center on Tuesday, hoping to discuss some of the legislation making its way through the halls of the U.S. Capitol, as well as to hear some of the residents' concerns.
The Republican has hosted two previous town hall meetings within the 1st District. There also have been three telephone town halls, one of which the congressman said included 14,000 participants.
He said many issues have been brought up during those events, but he feels they all end up pointing back to one thing. "It's all about jobs," McKinley said. "You can call it anything, it's all about jobs."
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“It’s appropriate and right that the first focus of the report is on the miners themselves – the 29 men who were lost that terrible day and the one miner who is seriously injured – because we must never forget that they and their families have paid a terrible price.
“We welcome the thoroughness and comprehensiveness of the report and will be reviewing it in detail in the days and weeks ahead. We also look forward to the other three reports that will be issued this year so that everyone can get as full a picture as possible as to the causes of this explosion and take steps to ensure that our mines are operated safely every single day.
“That’s our goal and there have been great strides made over the years to improve safety and working conditions. But we know that we must continue those advancements and we’ll be working with a wide range of interested parties to achieve those objectives.”
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