By Ken Ward, Charleston Gazette-Mail Last week, Randy Huffman was taking the last few pictures off the walls of his third-floor office at the state Department of Environmental Protection. Group photos of youth sports teams he coached. Family portraits. Some shots of prize-winning fish he’s caught. Friday was Huffman’s last day on the job as ...

Mid-Atlantic Technology, Research & Innovation Center (MATRIC) announced today that Thomas A. Heywood has succeeded Gregory S. Babe as Chairman of the Board of Directors, effective Jan. 1, 2017. Babe served as Chairman since 2014 will remain a member of the board. "The past three years of expansion were critical for MATRIC, and we are ...

By Brad McElhinny in News | January 05, 2017 at 10:09AM CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Paul Mattox, the longest-serving Transportation secretary in West Virginia history, has announced plans to leave state government, making him the latest cabinet secretary in the outgoing Tomblin administration to do so. “I plan on leaving at the conclusion of the Tomblin ...

Where and how the Atlantic Coast Pipeline could affect what’s along its route   By Brad McElhinny in News | January 02, 2017 at 5:05PM   CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A federal examination of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline includes how the project might affect underground terrain, sinkholes, forests, sensitive species like Indiana bats, groundwater, wildlife, ...

  Max Galand Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staff released a favorable draft report on the environmental impact of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline project Friday, a major step toward approval of the construction that would go through national forests in West Virginia. The executive summary of the statement released ...

By Jeff Jenkins in News | December 27, 2016 at 12:59PM CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A successful Harrison County businessman will be Governor-elect Jim Justice’s secretary of commerce. WVU Alumni Association Woody Thrasher will be state commerce secretary in the Justice Administration. Justice announced Tuesday that he has chosen Woody Thrasher, president of The Thrasher Group. ...

Dan McGinn: One way to measure Trump is what he does for WV By Dan McGinn December 25, 2016 In the aftermath of the Donald Trump election victory, interest in West Virginia among national political figures and the media is the greatest it has been since John F. Kennedy’s discovery of poverty in the Mountain ...

By Brad McElhinny in News | December 22, 2016 at 8:48AM CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Randy Huffman is leaving his position. DEP Secretary Randy Huffman Huffman, who has been cabinet secretary of DEP since May 2008, has decided to take a position with the Air National Guard. Huffman has been in the ...

Consol Energy’s transformation to natural gas is part of a broader shift in Appalachia   By Ryan Dezember, On the campaign trail Donald Trump promised “coal is coming back,” and the president-elect vowed to roll back environmental regulations he blames for hamstringing miners. But the experience of Consol Energy Inc. suggests some businesses have already ...

Whether heating your home, fueling your car, providing jobs or creating so many of the items we use daily, oil and natural gas play an integral role in all of our lives. These resources make our world turn, and West Virginia sits at the epicenter of the shale revolution. It’s for these reasons I applied ...