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Justice vows to fight new EPA rules

WHEELING — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice promised to fight back against new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rules announced Thursday that would require electric plants to either capture 90% of their carbon dioxide emissions by 2032 or close their doors. A group of coal miners filled ...

State gives Mt. Zion Cemetery $2 Million for cleanup

MOZART — The Mt. Zion Cemetery Association received $2 million from the state of West Virginia Thursday to begin clean up and restoration following a landslide there earlier this month — but officials with the cemetery aren’t sure how far the money is going to go. It’s estimated that ...

Craft show planned at Friends Church

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — East Richland Evangelical Friends Church will be hosting its third annual Home, Garden and Craft show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Ickes Family Life Center. The event will have displays from many local businesses and vendors. Organizers said Saturday’s event is on ...

Steelworkers who lost their lives at Weirton mill remembered

WEIRTON — While concerns of the future continue, members of the Weirton community gathered Thursday morning to remember the past and those who made the ultimate sacrifice while helping to drive the city’s economy. More than 120 workers have lost their lives in the line of working at the ...

West Virginia officials react to new coal-fired power plant rules

CHARLESTON — New regulations that could speed up the demise of coal-fired power plants in West Virginia and the nation raised the eyebrows of the state’s two U.S. Senators and Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, who has taken on federal environmental regulators successfully at the U.S. ...

Fire-Water Dreams creating memorable moments

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — A recently established business aims to offer a new take on activities for youth. Fire-Water Dreams LLC is the brain child of Shawn Marchlenski and Micheal R. Ordakowski, developed in late 2023, but the partnership between the two extends all the way back to 1995. ...