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  •   Everybody Has a Story: Meet Tom Stobart and His 50,000 Books
  •   West Virginia Bucking Housing Market Trend, Again
  •   Enrollment Grew for Fifth Straight Year at West Liberty University
  • Frontier Posts 250 Job Openings in W.Va.
  •   Massey Reaches Settlement with Some Upper Big Branch Families
  •   Wheeling Island to Renovate Racetrack
  •   Quality People, Quality Care Image Allegedly in Danger
  •   Eastern Gateway College Preparing to Train Drill Workers
  • Two Wheeling Organizations Chosen for Community Participation Grants
  • PPG Must Pay Fine of $1.3 Million
  • More Businesses Penalize Workers for Unhealthy Living
  •   Wheeling Jesuit University and Bethany College Ranked in Popular Report
  • West Virginia Receiving Funds to Help Fight Against Health Insurance Premium Hikes
  • Standard Oil Completes West Virginia Land Purchase
  • Task Force: Price on Carbon Needed to Encourage Sequestration
  • Study to Track Impacts of Marcellus Shale Well
  • DEP Issues Coal Mine Water Pollution Permit Guidance
  • Marathon Seeks Changes to Price-Gouging Law
  • Lawmakers Question Competition in Broadband Market
  • MTR Gaming Reports Losses During 2nd Quarter
  •   Harrison County's Largest Employer Announces Additional Job Opportunities
  •   New Machine Should Help With Water Issues in Martins Ferry
  • BrickStreet Rates Dropping For Some Businesses
  •   Pulling Out Wallet For Back to School Shopping
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  • Northwood Health Systems Has License Restored
  •   Goodbye 304, Hello 681
  • Letting Donors’ Fingers Do the Helping
  • Steptoe & Johnson Expands Energy Practice
  • Coal Mine Permits Await DEP Protocol
  • Massey Energy Reports 2nd Quarter Loss
  • Gas Company Gets Go-Ahead to Resume Operations
  •   WVU Research Nets $175.3 Million in Grants in One Year
  • New Study Claims Marcellus Shale Drilling Great for the Economy
  • Several Set to Receive 2010 Governor's Service Awards
  • Capito Introduces Bill Aimed at Mine Safety
  • nTelos Buys Fibernet
  •   Major Business Announcement is made in Steubenville
  •   Back to Drawing Board When it Comes to Getting Rid of Canada Geese
  •   Bed Bugs Invading Ohio County
  • Massey To Announce 2nd Quarter Results July 27
  • MSHA Announces Competition for Safety, Health Training Grants
  •   St. Clairsville Hotel Bids Back to Where They Started
  • Casting Call Searches for Next big Country Reality TV Stars
  • Don Blankenship to Speak at National Press Club
  • West Virginia's Credit Rating Upgraded
  •   Wheeling Business Closes Doors
  • W.Va. State Police Testing Applicants for 61st Cadet Class
  • EPA Air Quality Transport Rule Would Reduce Coal-Fired Power Plant Emissions
  •   Even During the Extreme Heat, Some Wheeling Workers Dress Prepared for Blizzard
  •   Working Group to Tackle Firefighter Insurance Woes
  •   Tour of US WindForce’s Lookout Wind Farm near Berlin, Pa.
  • Union Schedules Second Contract Vote For Alcan
  •   Gulf Oil Spill Affects Wheeling Seafood Business
  •   Steel Workers Unemployment to Run Out
  • Rate Increase Approved for AEP Customers
  • State Attorney General Probes Monsanto Soybean Claims
  • Table Gaming to Premier Next Month at Charles Town Races
  • Massey Sues Feds Over Mine Ventilation
  • Report: Coal Costs Taxpayers More Than it Gives Back
  •   Stars, Athletes to Headline Greenbrier Casino Grand Opening
  • Judge Orders Reinstatement of Massey Miner
  •   Cash for Appliances Program Under Way
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  • Four Sentenced for Defrauding Federal Grant Program
  •   Frontier Announces $310 Million in Investments in W.Va
  • 'Appalachia Rising' Announced in Charleston
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  • Program Helps Teens, College Students Find Summer Jobs
  • Lawmakers Increase Pace of Naming Bridges, Roads
  • WVU, Division of Energy to Plan for Energy Disruptions
  • Marshall Looks into Integrating Wind Into Energy Network
  • Senate Rejects Resolution to Prevent EPA Regulation of Greenhouse Gases
  • Massey Questions MSHA Practices at Upper Big Branch
  • Hydropower Moving Forward, Slowly
  • Severstal's Sparrows Point to Temporarily Close in July
  • GM Dealers in W.Va. Remain Open
  •   Mountaineer Casino to Expand Derby Package
  • Appalachian Power, Wheeling Power Seek Rate Increase
  • 7 News Now Offered to DISH Network Subscribers
  • Greenbrier Casino to Open in Grand Style
  • Weirton Health Services Firm Finds Room to Grow in Home Community
  • CONSOL Methane Project Under way
  • Energy Forum Focus on Power
  • Massey Wins Safety Awards
  • W.Va. Contractors Find Ways to Survive Downturn
  • Massey Denies Reports of Pending Sale
  •   Airlines Adding More Surcharges
  • Unemployment Rate Falls in Mountain State
  • FCC Approves Verizon's Sale of Landlines to Frontier Communications
  • EPA Could Threaten Thousands of Jobs
  • Union Considers Appeal of Verizon-Frontier Decision
  •   Law Firm Discusses MSHA Investigation Procedures
  •   Board Shows Support for Massey Leadership, Union Members Gather in Richmond
  • ABC Supply Opens Full Branch Store in Benwood
  • Union Weighs Options After PSC Ruling
  • PSC Conditionally Approves Sale of Verizon Landlines to Frontier
  • Patton to Succeed Waldo as President, COO of Appalachian Power
  • Military Leader Supports Development of Agile Technology
  • Massey Makes Second Request to CtW
  • PSC Orders Verizon to Improve Quality of Service
  • Massey Asks MSHA to Reverse Decision on Dust Scrubbers
  • Two Men Arrested in Celebrity Concert Scam
  • Rockefeller Proposes Amendment Requiring Mine Companies to Disclose Safety Records
  •   Union: Verizon-Frontier Deal Bad for W.Va., Verizon Responds
  • Plastics Industry Representative Says State Positioned for Growth
  • Union to Release Report on Verizon-Frontier Deal Thursday
  • Massey Calls for Public Hearing Into Upper Big Branch Explosion
  •   West Virginia College Grads Stayed In-State to Work
  • Raleigh County to Receive State, Private Money for New Marsh Fork School
  •   Massey Offers $3 Million to Upper Big Branch Families
  • EQT Board Elects Porges as CEO
  •   WVUH Recognized for Weight Loss Surgery Program
  • Verizon Plans to Hire More Than 200 Employees in West Virginia
  • UMWA to Represent Miners During Upper Big Branch Investigation
  • President Declares West Virginia Disaster Area During Feb. 5-11
  • Judge Gives EPA Additional Time to Decide on Spruce No. 1 Mine Permit
  • Massey Reports Decline in First-Quarter Production
  •   Hospitals' Financial Turnaround Is 'Absolutely Doable'
  • Toyota Agrees to Pay Millions in Fines
  • Eastern Panhandle High Schoolers to Hear Money Expert
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  •   Phase Two of Wetzel County Emergency Room Expansion About to be Unveiled
  • Massey Shareholder Suing Massey Energy Company
  • AEP Announces Plan to Reduce Workforce
  • Tax Deadline is Approaching
  • New Restaurant Holds Grand Opening
  • Comvest Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
  •   Busy Day for Coleman's Fish Market
  • Ethane Could Restart State's Plastics Industry
  • PSC to Hear Allegheny Energy Rate Case April 5-7
  • Coal Country Catching Wind of Renewable Energy
  •   Justice Buys Glade Springs
  • Some Folks in West Virginia Get Extra Time to File
  • Appliance Mail-In Rebate Starts in May in West Virginia
  • Ormet Plans Purchase of Washington Facility
  • Ohio, Federal Agencies Accept Public Comments About Slurry Pond
  • Verizon Workers Picket Possible Frontier Deal
  •   Highlands Will Have New Shopping Center
  •   Mountaineer Victories Mean Retailers Win
  • Rail Investment means Jobs for Ohioans
  • Severstal, United Steelworkers to Head Back To Bargaining Table in 10 Days
  •   What the New Health Care Reform Bill Means to Americans
  •   Air Evac Lifeteam Has a New Home in Ohio Valley
  • Report Says West Virginians Still Vulnerable to High Gasoline Prices
  •   Secretary of State Tennant Attends Summit in Germany
  • 8th Annual Leadership Conference Focuses on Ethics
  • Partnership Offers Help to Firms Hurt By Economy
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  • Corporate Climate Change-Related Risk on Shareholders' Minds
  • Supreme Court Denies Caperton Rehearing Request
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  • Connecting West Virginia to World, Hitting Bump in Road
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  •   Severstal Reports $1 Billion Loss for 2009
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  • GM Accelerates Business by Putting Dealerships back in Gear
  • Rockefeller, Rahall, Mollohan Move to Block EPA Regulation of Greenhouse Gases
  •   Verizon, Frontier Employees View of Future Differs
  •   Prescription Pill Fraud Prevention Heavy Task
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  • Legislature Takes on Gusher of Oil, Gas Bills
  • MTR Gaming, Arneault Come to $1.6 Million Agreement
  • Electric Rates Could Rise After AEP Requests Increase
  •   Lawmakers Debate Supreme Court Ruling
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  • Fuel Project Loans Approved by State EDA
  • West Virginia Businesses Jump on Indoor Inflatables
  • Strong and Secure: W.Va. Banks Defy National Trends During Uncertain Times
  •   State Leaders Announce Deal on Tech Park
  • W.Va. Civil Rights Advocates Honored
  • W.Va. Senate Approves Tech Park Bill
  • Citynet Receives International Award for Customer Service
  • Wheeling Technology Firm Is Getting $1.1 Million Loan Funding
  • Capito Addresses Toyota Concerns
  • Rockefeller Weighs in on Health Reform, Public Option
  •   State Considers Taking Over Portion of South Charleston Technology Park
  • Angel Network Matches Entrepreneurs, Investors
  • Local Businesses to Explore Corporate Volunteerism with First Lady Manchin
  • DHHR Critics Seek Greater Efficiency in Agency Split
  • Wise: No Regrets Over 2002 'Stimulus' Program
  • Lawmakers Propose Creating Business Court
  • Business, Labor Groups Urge Energy Transmission Upgrades
  •   Rally At State Capital Pushes for Multiple Issues
  •   Marshall Professor Gives Insight into Global Warming
  • New GAO Report Examines Valley Fills
  •   At Least Three Curves Locations Apparently Closed In Ohio Valley
  •   Mining Deaths Reach 589 Fatalities in 10 Years, New Initiatives Unveiled
  •   One Ohio Senator Optimistic About Steel in Ohio Valley
  • FirstEnergy and Allegheny Energy to Combine in $8.5 Billion Stock-For-Stock Transaction
  •   Ohio Valley Toyota Dealers Busy With Recall Business
  • Postal Service Collects Mail Early Friday Before Storm
  •   Toyota's Troubles Continue to Grow
  • Verizon Extends Waiver of Haiti Long-Distance Call Charges
  •   Severstal , Union Agree on Extension
  • U.S. Automakers Take Advantage of Toyota Recall
  •   Grant Money Could Mean More High End Jobs in Northern Panhandle
  • Report Urges States to Plan Now for decline in Coal Production
  • Lawmakers Respond to State of the Union Address
  •   ArcelorMittal Plans to Eliminate 180 Jobs in Weirton
  • ArcelorMittal Sues Wheeling-Nisshin Steel
  • Sam's Club Eliminating More Than 10,000 Jobs
  • Manchin Responds to Campaign Spending Ruling
  • Hunting & Fishing Show Opens
  • Charleston Gazette Settles With Feds in Antitrust Lawsuit
  • Frontier-Verizon Hearing Concludes
  • Public Cross Examination of Frontier Officials Complete
  • Unions rally in Opposition to Verizon-Frontier Deal
  • Table Games Could Soon Be Reality in Pennsylvania
  •   Northwood Intends to File Lawsuit Against Manchin, Others
  • Cold Stone Creamery Gives Back to WVU Children's Hospital
  • National Federation of Independent Businesses to Poll State's Members
  • Ohio Valley Wakes to Winter Wonderland
  • Auto Industry, Economy, Coal Among Year's Top 10 Business Stories
  • PEIA Seeks to Validate Insurance Eligibility
  • PATH Companies Re-file in Maryland, Seek to Withdraw Virginia Application
  • Some Christmas Shoppers Turning to Thrift Stores
  • Public Rallies Behind Proposed Coal to Liquid Plant
  •   Consumers Have One Last Weekend to Shop for Christmas
  • Pennsylvania Senate Passes Table Games But Issue Remains Unresolved
  • Tobacco Tax Hike Again on Table
  • Cardiologists Say Medicare Cuts Will Hurt Patients' Access
  •   Obama Calls Insulation 'Sexy,' Pushes Energy Efficient Renovations
  •   Walker Family Sells Machinery Company
  • Sen. Byrd Announces More Than $95 Million for W.Va. Military Installations
  • West Virginia Car Insurance Premiums on the Decline
  • Asking Questions Is Key to Choosing Right Insurance
  • Energy Summit Details Coal's Importance, Challenges
  •   Claiming Donations as Tax Deduction Requires Receipt of Contributions
  • 500 Workers May Be Laid off at 2 Consol Mines
  • Blackjack, Poker, Other Casino Games to Start in Charles Town in 2010
  •   Severstal Might Have Buyer for Nine Service Centers
  •   Massey CEO Blasts Senator Robert Byrd On Coal
  • AEP to Receive $334 Million for Mountaineer Plant Upgrade
  • Duo Behind Bars for Assault, Kidnapping Hospitalized
  •   China, U.S. Collaborate on Coal Conversion at WVU Workshops
  •   Some States Look to end 'Double Dipping'
  • Conference Offers Strategies on Exporting to Latin America
  • Meeting Between Severstal, Ohio Officials set for Dec. 3
  • Caperton Seeks Rehearing of Massey Decision
  •   U.S. Route 35 Tolls Appear to be all but Certain
  • Leonardo Technologies Awarded $95 Million Contract
  • Program Matches Job Seekers With Jobs
  • Big Discounts Offered for Cyber Monday
  •   UPDATE: West Virginia Ski Season Delayed
  •   Capitol Theatre Causes Business Boom in Wheeling
  • House Passes Governor's Energy Portfolio Bill
  •   Snowshoe to Delay Ski Season Opening
  • PSC Consumer Advocate recommends rejecting Verizon, Frontier Deal
  •   Benefits Group Discusses Health Care Reform
  •   North Central W.Va. Airport Offering Charter Flight to New York City
  • Report: W.Va. Economy to Improve in 2010
  • Venues Add ‘Quality of Life’ but Operate in the Red
  • Ike and Sue Morris Share Dreams with Glenville State College
  • Opposition Rises in Verizon Frontier Deal
  •   Could Fort Hood Shooter, Psychiatrist Not Help Himself?
  • Mylan Reaches Settlement Agreement to Market Generic Drug
  •   State Residents Gather to Voice Opinions at PATH Hearing
  • S&P Upgrades Mylan To 'BB' On Improved Margins, Repaid Debt
  • Manchin Addresses U.S. Chamber of Commerce
  • Severstal Reports 2Q loss, No Word on Local Mills
  • Labor Day Weekend Travel Expected to Be Less Busy This Year Than Last
  •   Mylan Files Suit Against Pittsburgh Newspaper
  •   West Virginia Energy Star Tax Holiday to Be Held Again in 2009
  •   FDA Probe of Mylan Inc. Completed
  •   State Urging West Virginians to "Eat Local"
  • House Members Call for Review of Frontier, Verizon Sale
  •   Rep. Rahall Indicates He Will Vote No on Cap & Trade
  • Environmental Groups Push FDA to Take Over WV Water Pollution Discharge Program
  •   PSC Holds Hearings on American Electric Power's Rate Hike Request
  • WVU Foundation Cuts
  • GM Dealer Receives Award: #1 in WV
  • Rockefeller, Byrd Fight To Retain Auto Dealership Jobs
  •   AEP, Allegheny Energy File to Build 280-Mile Transmission Line
  • Treasury Department Statement on Chrysler Dealer Consolidation
  • Verizon Sells West Virginia Access Lines to Frontier
  • State of West Virginia to Begin Liquor License Bidding Process
  • Massey Reports Flat Earnings in First Quarter
  •   PSC to Hold Hearing Tuesday on Appalachian Power Rate Hike Request
  • Obama Administration to Attempt Overturn of Pro-Mining Bush Rule
  • Could Gas Tax Increase Be In the Cards?
  • WV Unemployment Rate Hits Ten-Year High
  •   British Firm To Open Business In Wintersville Plaza
  • Fast-Food Calorie Labeling Bill Resurrected
  • PSC Puts a Hold on Appalachian Power's Rate Hike Request
  •   No Moratorium on Mining Permits
  • Governor Manchin Heading to Washington Wednesday to Discuss EPA Ruling
  • GM Announces Recall
  • West Virginia Business Exports Up by More Than 40 Percent Last Year
  • National Pancake Day Means Free Pancakes at IHOP on Tuesday
  • Verizon Wireless Enhances Digital Network in the Mountain State
  •   Layoffs at Ogden Newspapers
  • U.S. Census to begin hiring in West Virginia
  • Federal Reserve Cuts Key Interest Rate
  • Top 100 WV Employers List Released
  • Tunnel Ridge Mine To Open In Ohio Valley
  • USW Announce A Tentative Agreement With Acelor Mittal.
  •   Wheeling Based McKinley Investment Group Expanding
  •   West Virginia Dead Last In Business Poll
  •   FiberNet Phone Service Being Restored in West Virginia
  • Massey Ordered to Pay Nearly $220M to Wheeling-Pitt
  • Hino Truck Plant Coming to Wood County
  • Esmark Steel Makes Two Announcements
  •   J.C. Penney Plans Store for Highlands in Ohio County
  •   Takeover Talks
  •   Buck Season Mean 'Big Bucks' For Business
  •   New Details on Esmark and Wheeling Pitt
  • 'Wild Escape' Will Locate at The Highlands in Ohio County
  • Arcelor-Mittal Emerges; Weirton's Future Unclear
  • Wheeling Island Gaming Sees Drop In Credit Rating
  • Thousands Expected For Italian Festival In Wheeling
  • Esmark Offers Plan for Wheeling-Pitt's Future
  • Wetzel Hospital to Stop Delivering Babies
  • The Highlands Still on Track to Be 'Destination Location'
  • Center Wheeling, Downtown Districts See Fast-Paced Changes
  • Pennsylvania Based Company Closing Stores in West Virginia
  • State Seeks to Upgrade Canaan Valley Resort
  • National Church Supply Wins Cokesbury Contract
  • Highlands Site In Ohio County Will See Growth Spurt
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