Stay updated with breaking news from Coalfield Development. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Today Some sun this morning with increasing clouds this afternoon. High 83F. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph.. Tonight Some clouds this evening will give way to mainly clear skies overnight. Low 63F. Winds light and variable. Updated: July 18, 2021 @ 6:44 am
Coalfield Development Corp. has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts for a $100,000 grant to install public art, like this mural on the historic St. Cloud Fire Station, and conduct programming in the Westmoreland and West Huntington neighborhoods. Sholten Singer | The Herald-Dispatch file photo
Excerpted with permission from " " by Gregory Schwartz Phd and Trevor Decker Cohen. Copyright 2021. All rights reserved. For generations, hundreds of thousands of West Virginia coal miners earned a good living. The money they made supported local economies in towns across Appalachia. And their labor down in deep mines brought light to the rest of the world. But this prosperity came at a high price. Mountains were blown to pieces, rivers ran orange with mine tailings and generations of miners suffered from black-lung disease. For over a century, the coal industry dominated the region’s econo...
Governors' Wind Energy Coalition Biden’s Road to Clean Energy Runs Through West Virginia Coal Country Source: By Kellie Lunney, Bloomberg Business • Posted: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 The state’s senators, Joe Manchin and Shelley Capito, are poised to shape the nation’s energy transition—with the challenges of their home state firmly in mind. The New River Gorge in southern West Virginia. With the creation of a new national park here, tourism in the region is expected to increase. Photographer: Kristian Thacker for Bloomberg Businessweek Gerald Lucas, 69, is a forme...
Virtual workforce development event set for April 29 HUNTINGTON â The Alliance for the Economic Development of Southern West Virginia, along with Coalfield Development and the West Virginia Community Development Hub are set to host the Small Communities, BIG Solutions workforce development quarterly meeting. The virtual event will take place on Thursday, April 29, from 9 to 11:15 a.m. and will focus on workforce development in southern West Virginia. The event will feature speakers and presentations as well as brainstorming and a live survey session. The working group conversation will f...