Alexa Beyer, Author at Mountain State Spotlight

A dormant state office to help spur economic development in former coal towns may soon be repurposed into a public relations shop that would promote the benefits of coal and recruit miners.

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West Virginia coal industry pushes for state office to recruit miners, promote coal benefits

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice paints rosy picture of progress in a state where major problems call out for more urgent action

The U.S. Forest Service plans to clear-cut in the Monongahela National Forest. West Virginians worry it’s a return to the state’s destructive logging past

West Virginia lawmakers created a commission to help struggling coal communities. Gov. Jim Justice still hasn’t appointed members.

As Corridor H nears completion, residents fight state highway officials to route it around their towns

Lewisburg: Loving small-town life, but focused on national issues

Hinton: Grappling with rising grocery prices, low availability

Biden promised to focus on ‘environmental justice.’ So far, that doesn’t include finishing key review of mountaintop removal’s health impacts

To land green energy plant, West Virginia lawmakers bypassed their own utility regulators

West Virginia, Kentucky officials repeatedly ignored plans to prepare for catastrophic floods. Residents are paying the price

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