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Textbook Teaches Business Skills Through West Virginia Lens

Students will work as an administrative assistant at Star River Adventures, a company that provides whitewater rafting excursions and other outdoor adventures.

Wvu College of Law Sponsoring First Moot Energy Court

Johnathan P. Floyd, College of Law student and chief justice of the moot court at WVU, said energy law is an exciting topic because it involves a broad and diverse array of legal issues.

Marshall Looks Into Integrating Wind Into Network

The issue of how wind power fits into the existing framework of coal, gas and nuclear energy is complicated, said Christine Risch, research director for the university's Center for Business and Economic Research since 2004.

Parkersburg Officials to No Longer Pay for Animal Control

[...] Newell contends it's a question of fairness, saying Parkersburg residents in the past have, in essence, been double taxed, since they pay city assessments for animal control even as the property tax dollars and license fees they pay the county are used by commissioners to fund basic animal control services in outlying areas.

Wvu Tech Keeps Eyes On Teaching and Commercialization

Various aspects of the work - mainly salaries and laboratory instruments - have been supported by grants from sources such as the West Virginia Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (WVESPCoR), the U.S. Department of Energy Center for Advanced Separation Technologies (CAST) and the PPG Industries Foundation.

New Website Part of Route 35 Toll Study

The West Virginia Department of Transportation recently set up the website www.drive35.com, which features a survey aimed at finding out what drivers think about the road, said Brent Walker, spokesman for the department.

Wvu to Develop Frack Water Treatment Technology

[...] rather than trucking untreated frack water to a wastewater treatment facility or to an underground injection site for disposal, the recycled frack water will be trucked to the next gas well drilling site.

Augusta Used Appliance Business Boom in Today's Economy

Times have changed because of the economy and so has the trend of shopping for high-end items. The reason the shipping is free, Dewey said, is when ordering online there is less paperwork and no "person" involved. "The only thing that is slowing us down is not many people are buying new from places like Lowe's and some of our outlets, which means we won't be getting as many 'used' appliances for our customers," Dewey said.

Lawmakers Increase Pace of Naming Bridges, Roads

Whereas, Carmel M. Johnson was born on Oct. 18, 1905, in Braxton County, died on Aug. 31, 1999, and was a charter member of the Peters Ridge Community Church; and Whereas, Mr. Johnson, during 1921 and 1922, helped build the original bridge near Herold that the present one replaces; and Whereas, while building the original bridge, Mr. Johnson worked 10 hour days, walked three miles to and from the work site and was instrumental in the workers' efforts in getting their pay increased from 15 cen...

Wvu Tech Selenium Process May Help Coal Industry

Mercury is highly toxic in its water-soluble form. Because it has no biological function, it bioaccumulates to high concentrations in fish living in water that contains mercury.

Authorities to Investigate Cause of Natural Gas Well Explosion

Countless such wells have been drilled successfully throughout western Pennsylvania and West Virginia, she said, adding that the permitting process for oil and gas drilling involves working with coal mine owners who, by nature of their own business, already have the areas mapped out.

State Unveils New Medical Records Program

Among the services it will provide are assistance in the selection and purchase of electronic health record information systems; project management and implementation services; education and training, guidance on privacy and security matters; practice resident technical assistance; and instructions on how to meet the federal guidance on the use of technology to receive funds.

Construction On Mineral County Wind Farm Could Start in Fall

According to company literature, more than 150 workers will be needed to construct the wind farm, and once it's up and operating, it will employ a work force of five.

Natural Gas Processing Facility Planned in Pleasants County

The Schultz plant is expected to allow more local natural gas to be produced into Dominion's gathering system in West Virginia, processed and then delivered to market through Dominion Transmission's interstate pipeline system, according to a news release.

Growing Pains

Besides WVU Parkersburg, which started as a branch of WVU, five other community colleges were tied to four-year institutions: Mountwest is moving off the Marshall University campus into a five-story building on Huntington's Fifth Street that can house more than 30 classrooms and labs as well as a host of other college facilities, according to a Mountwest news release. "The problem we have with community colleges located on four-year campuses is there is not capacity for them to grow," said ...

State Fights to Keep Medicaid Program

There are two plans for Medicaid recipients under Mountain Health Choices: a "basic" plan that provides all state- and federal-mandate health services, and an "enhanced" plan with additional benefits if enrollees practice healthy behaviors, such as keeping doctor's appointments.

Lawmakers Examine Ways to Store Coal Slurry

CHARLESTON - State lawmakers are exploring ways for coal slurry to be safely stored as opponents grow more vocal over what they see as an unnecessary human health hazard.

Massey Questions Msha Practices at Upper Big Branch

According to the letter, the last change to the UBB plan was implemented on March 9, 2010, just weeks before the explosion that killed 29 miners 26 days later.

Southern Growth Policies Board Recognizes Techconnectwv

Private-sector, public-sector and nonprofit organizations have worked together to build support for technology entrepreneurs with a goal of creating high-paying jobs and diversifying the state's economy.

Hydropower Moving Forward, Slowly

Two Additional Projects Seeking a FERC permit for the Pike Island L&D site where the city of Orrville, Ohio, surrendered its license in February are competing applications for 45-to-50-MW projects filed in March by the city of Oberlin, Ohio, and by FFP Missouri 1 of Gloucester, Mass. [...] outside FERC jurisdiction is the Tri-Cities Power Authority Bluestone Dam project in Summers County - a project in the planning for almost two decades.