BOONE, North Carolina, Nov. 8 -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on Nov. 7, 2024: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Today, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia held Lexington Coal Company in contempt for the third time for the company's ongoing refusal to address the environmental damage caused by its coal mining operations in Appalachia. For years, Lexington Coal Company has discharged toxic pollutants like selenium and other ions into nearby streams fro more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. Today, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia held Lexington Coal Company in contempt for the third time for the company's ongoing refusal to address the environmental damage caused by its coal mining operations in Appalachia. For years, Lexington Coal Company has discharged toxic pollutants like selenium and other ions into nearby streams from two min more PR

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, Nov. 8 -- Marshall University issued the following news release: The 2024 Small Communities, BIG Solutions (SCBS) Conference returns to Princeton, West Virginia, for the seventh year Nov. 20-22. The event is hosted by the Alliance for the Economic Development of Southern West Virginia - which is housed at Marshall University -- as well as Coalfield Development, The Community Development Hub (The Hub), and Generation West Virginia, and will showcase initiatives driving more PR

BUCKHANNON, West Virginia, Nov. 8 -- West Virginia Wesleyan College issued the following news: BUCKHANNON, West Virginia West Virginia Wesleyan College and the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine continues to expand their partnership with three freshmen entering into the Go D.O. Early Scholars Program this academic year. The Go D.O. Early Scholars Program allows qualifying students to receive guaranteed acceptance into the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, upon successful more PR