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Staff writer LEASE APPROVED — The Brooke County Board of Education agreed Monday to lease property across from Brooke Middle School to SWN Water Resources, pending the company’s decision to built a booster pump there to convey water from nearby Cross Creek to natural gas well sites. (Photo by Warren Scott) WELLSBURG — The Brooke County Board of Education agreed Monday to lease property owned by the school district to a natural gas company and chose the least extensive of options for an update to its future building plans. Steve Mitchell, the district’s director of maintenance, b...

Staff writer WELLSBURG — The Brooke County Board of Education agreed Monday to lease property owned by the school district to a natural gas company and chose the least extensive of options for an update to its future building plans. Steve Mitchell, the district’s director of maintenance, buildings and grounds, told the board the land north of Brooke Middle School near the railroad tracks above Cross Creek. He said SWN Water Resources, an affiliate of Southwestern Energy, is exploring the possibility of building a booster pump on the site to convey water from the creek to natural gas well ...