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The Friends of Coal Ladies Auxiliary will be hosting its first golf tournament on Friday, June 20th at the White Oak Country Club, 1206 Summerlee Road, Oak Hill, WV. For more information and/or registration information contact:
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We have been informed by the Department of Motor Vehicles that a FOC motorcycle license plate has been approved and will be available for application shortly. We will keep you posted on this exciting news. This will be the FIRST specialty plate for motorcycles in WV.
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April 7 – April 11, 2014
Harless Community Center, Gilbert, WV
Monday closed to the public due to judging
Tuesday Friday open to public 9:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday (evening) 5:00-7:00 picnic/tour (media and special guest) live radio broadcast with WXCC Joe Kinzer
(6:00 – 7:00) interviewing students, and SWVCTC Darrell Mitchem
(5 – 7) videoing students with their projects;
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Sees Drop in Face of World Economic Decline
CHARLESTON – Coal remained the state’s leading export and the West Virginia remained the nation’s top coal exporting state in the nation in 2013 according to data just released by the West Virginia Department of Commerce.
In 2013, West Virginia’s exported approximately $4.4 billion of coal to nations around the world. However, West Virginia’s coal exports declined by 40 percent from their 2012 levels due to the decline in demand resulting from the decline of the world’s economy. Still, coal accounted for more than half the state’s total exports in 2013.
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CHARLESTON – Following is a statement issued today by the West Virginia Coal Association regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision not to hear the appeal of the 4th Circuit of the United States District Court decision regarding the Spruce Mine case.
“We are disappointed that the U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to hear the appeal, filed Mingo-Logan Coal Company and signed onto by 27 states’ attorneys general, of this past year’s decision by the U.S. District Court’s 4th Circuit in the Spruce Mine case,” said Bill Raney, president of the West Virginia Coal Association. “We believe it is clear that the EPA has far exceeded its authority in its revocation of an existing permit in which the permittee was abiding by the terms of the permit. We continue to believe this was an arbitrary and capricious decision that has destroyed the trust that required for any business dependent on a government-granted permit system to operate.
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