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Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has vetoed the Redistricting Plan passed by the Legislature after it was determined the bill contained several technical errors. Gov. Tomblin has called a special session to correct the legislation starting Thursday, August, 18.
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Mingo County residents received an early preview of the new $37 million Mingo Central High School during a ribbon cutting ceremony August 12.
The school, will serve more than 800 students. Following the ceremony featuring several state and local leaders, student ambassadors provided tours of the state-of-the-art classrooms. The rooms feature smart boards, computer and science labs, and even art facilities.
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The West Virginia Coal Forum hosted a meeting August 10 in Charleston to bring attention and show support for HR 2018, a bill that would bring an end to the EPA’s war against Appalachian coal.
Speakers representing labor, industry, government and others shared their concerns about the EPA’s current anti-coal agenda, including an on-going de facto moratorium of new mining permits in West Virginia, as well as new air quality rules that threaten tens of thousands of jobs in the region.
Several speakers during Wednesday’s event urged the passage of a bill, which would put controls on the Environmental Protection Agency.
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CHARLESTON – Gary White, of International Resource Partners, a subsidiary of James River Coal Company, was re-elected chairman of the Board of Directors of the Association for the coming year.
It is White’s second term as chairman. White’s election came at the Association’s 52nd Annual meeting held earlier this month at the Greenbrier Resort.
Joining White as Association officers are:
- 1st Vice-Chairman--Kevin Crutchfield (Alpha Natural Resources)
- 2nd Vice-Chairman--Jim Laurita (MEPCO)
- Secretary---John Snider (Arch Coal)
- Treasurer---Andrew Jordon (Pritchard Mining)
- Asst. Treasurer---Chuck Ebetino(Patriot Coal)
- Associate Division Chairman---Tim Zeli (Nelson Brothers)
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Most of America’s metropolitan areas saw personal incomes rise last year, with the biggest increases coming in towns where the military thrives and oil and other mining interests dominate the private sector, according to a new government report.
But the gains in those towns may be only temporary, since the military is facing substantial cuts and the mining industry is grappling with new regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis released a report this week that found that personal incomes increased in 362 of 366 metropolitan statistical areas in 2010, rising overall by 2.9 percent after falling 1.9 percent the previous year.
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