McDowell residents buoyed by water upgrades
Retired teacher Lori Bishop has lived in Keystone all her life. She remembered when the coal mine tipple seen from her front porch in the once booming town ran 24
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Retired teacher Lori Bishop has lived in Keystone all her life. She remembered when the coal mine tipple seen from her front porch in the once booming town ran 24
WELCH, W.Va. — Sonny Barton had a lot to say about living without clean drinking water when the nation’s top environmental regulator came to his small West Virginia community Tuesday.
The head of the federal Environmental Protection Agency has visited a West Virginia county where some residents recently got access to clean water after years of having to boil it
The head of the federal Environmental Protection Agency has visited a West Virginia county where some residents recently got access to clean water after years of having to boil it
Welch, Dec 7:Sonny Barton had a lot to say about living without clean drinking water when the nation’s top environmental regulator came to his small West Virginia community on Tuesday. The creek where he collects water for bathing, cooking and flushing toilets is littered with bottles and other trash, and he’s long suspected it wasn’t safe. Lab testing last month confirmed that, finding the waterway is contaminated with E. Coli and other bacteria. But after 40 years living without running […]