As the Appalachian Region feels the impact of the burgeoning shale-energy industry, a consortium of researchers and industrial partners led by West Virginia University, with the assistance of The Ohio State University, will conduct the first-ever long-term, comprehensive field study of a natural resource that has changed the country’s – and the world’s – energy ...

By DREW PARKER - Staff Writer , The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register Local educators are working to prepare students for the continuing oil and gas boom. As part of that education, Mike Koon, vice president of workforce development at West Virginia Northern Community College, explained three new programs related to the industry at Tuesday's Wheeling ...