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Senate committee plans for West Virginia's post-coal economy (West Virginia Public Broadcasting)
Experts disagree about how many years of coal mining West Virginia has left. Some say 200 years; some say 20. On Thursday, in a subcommittee, senators brainstormed ways to transition the state’s economy away from coal.Snow blankets the Fay-West region (The Leader Times) When the last snowflake fell a little after 1 p.m. Saturday, the Fay-West region found itself under a thick blanket of almost 2 feet of snow with many residents without power.
AP analysis: US economic stress hit a peak in Dec. (AP via Yahoo! News) Weakness in Western energy-producing states helped raise the average U.S. county's economic stress in December to its highest point since the recession began in December 2007, according to The Associated Press' monthly analysis of conditions in more than 3,100 U.S. counties.
Lowe: 911 training ahead of curve (Parkersburg News and Sentinel) PARKERSBURG - Dispatching centers have been in the national spotlight since the airing of a "Today Show" segment in January on the shortcomings of the 911 system, but Wood County Central Telecommunications Center is ahead of the curve when it comes to equipment and training, said Randy Lowe, director of the 911 center.
AP analysis: US economic stress hit a peak in Dec. (Denver Post) Weakness in Western energy-producing states helped raise the average U.S. county's economic stress in December to its highest point since the recession began in December 2007, according to The Associated Press' monthly analysis of conditions in more than 3,100 U.
AP analysis: US economic stress hit a peak in Dec. (San Francisco Chronicle) Weakness in Western energy-producing states helped raise the average U.S. county's economic stress in December to its highest point since the recession began in December 2007, according to The Associated Press' monthly analysis of conditions in more than...
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Western States Contribute to Jump in Country’s Economic Stress (Flathead Beacon) Weakness in Western energy-producing states helped raise the average U.S. county's economic stress in December to its highest point since the recession began in December 2007, according to The Associated Press' monthly analysis of conditions in more than 3,100 U.S. counties. States such as Alaska, Wyoming and Montana lost jobs related in part to a drop in energy and mining exploration. Those ...
AP analysis: US economic stress hit a peak in Dec. (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News) Weakness in Western energy-producing states helped raise the average U.S. county's economic stress in December to its highest point since The Associated Press began analyzing conditions in more than 3,100 U.S. counties in October 2007.