Marshall student falls off six-story parking garage
HUNTINGTON - A Marshall University student fell off the roof of a six-story parking garage on Monday morning.
University spokesman Bill Bissett said the male student fell shortly after 7:30 a.m. The student was taken to Cabell Huntington Hospital. His condition wasn't known.
The student fell from a parking garage across the street from Marshall's Henderson Center.
Bissett said the student's name is being withheld at the student's request. He said campus police are investigating.
W.Va. holiday festival going green with LEDs
WHEELING - Oglebay Park's annual Festival of Lights features all the colors of the rainbow, but starting this year everything's going green.
The Wheeling park plans to switch more than a million incandescent bulbs for energy-saving light emitting diodes, or LEDs.
Marketing Director Caren Knoyer said the new lights use about 85 percent less energy than the regular bulbs. Three years ago, they lit one display using LEDs, and haven't had to change a single bulb.
The new lights are pricey, though, costing about four times as much as incandescent bulbs. In the long run, the park expects to save money on energy costs.
Knoyer expects the change to be complete by 2012.
The Festival of Lights starts Wednesday and runs through Jan. 4.
DEP probes dumping of tires in Kanawha River
State environmental officials are investigating the illegal dumping of more than 200 tires along the Kanawha River in Charleston.
A team from the Department of Environmental Protection's REAP program cleaned up the tires Thursday and a contractor hauled them to Weston for disposal. Officials say the cleanup cost between $2,000 and $3,000.
REAP project manager Chris Cartwright says an environmental enforcement inspector reported the tires Thursday. He says the dumpsite was unusual because it was in a high traffic area along MacCorkle Avenue.
Cartwright says evidence found on the tires indicate they may have come from a used tire shop.
Pocahontas PSD offers customers water
MARLINTON - The Pocahontas Public Service District is supplying water to residents to get them through the state's prolonged dry spell.
PSD plant manager Rick Barkley said a 4,000-gallon tanker truck was brought in last week to help customers in Bartow, Durbin and Franklin.
The area is dependent on springs for water, and Barkley says it's the driest he's seen in his 28 years of working for the PSD.
Marshall student falls off six-story parking garage HUNTINGTON - A Marshall University student fell off the roof of a six-story parking garage on Monday morning.
University spokesman Bill Bissett said the male student fell shortly after 7:30 a.m. The student was taken to Cabell Huntington Hospital. His condition wasn't known.
The student fell from a parking garage across the street from Marshall's Henderson Center.
Bissett said the student's name is being withheld at the student's request. He said campus police are investigating.
W.Va. holiday festival going green with LEDs
WHEELING - Oglebay Park's annual Festival of Lights features all the colors of the rainbow, but starting this year everything's going green.
The Wheeling park plans to switch more than a million incandescent bulbs for energy-saving light emitting diodes, or LEDs.
Marketing Director Caren Knoyer said the new lights use about 85 percent less energy than the regular bulbs. Three years ago, they lit one display using LEDs, and haven't had to change a single bulb.
The new lights are pricey, though, costing about four times as much as incandescent bulbs. In the long run, the park expects to save money on energy costs.
Knoyer expects the change to be complete by 2012.
The Festival of Lights starts Wednesday and runs through Jan. 4.
DEP probes dumping of tires in Kanawha River
State environmental officials are investigating the illegal dumping of more than 200 tires along the Kanawha River in Charleston.
A team from the Department of Environmental Protection's REAP program cleaned up the tires Thursday and a contractor hauled them to Weston for disposal. Officials say the cleanup cost between $2,000 and $3,000.
REAP project manager Chris Cartwright says an environmental enforcement inspector reported the tires Thursday. He says the dumpsite was unusual because it was in a high traffic area along MacCorkle Avenue.
Cartwright says evidence found on the tires indicate they may have come from a used tire shop.
Pocahontas PSD offers customers water
MARLINTON - The Pocahontas Public Service District is supplying water to residents to get them through the state's prolonged dry spell.
PSD plant manager Rick Barkley said a 4,000-gallon tanker truck was brought in last week to help customers in Bartow, Durbin and Franklin.
The area is dependent on springs for water, and Barkley says it's the driest he's seen in his 28 years of working for the PSD.
The National Weather Service reports that 86 percent of West Virginia is experiencing conditions ranging from severe drought to abnormally dry.
Barkley said it will take 4 to 6 inches of rain to relieve conditions in Pocahontas County.
The weather service says dry, warm conditions will continue through this week.
Mineral wind developer to discuss area donations
KEYSER - The developer of a proposed Mineral County wind farm says it's ready to discuss how an annual donation for civic projects will be administrated if the project is built.
US WindForce has said it will donate $20,000 a year for the life of the project to a community benefit fund.
Company officials are expected to discuss who will determine how the money is distributed and for what projects during a meeting Monday night.
US Windforce is proposing to build a 23-turbine wind farm on Green Mountain.
Company officials say they plan to submit an application to the state Public Service Commission next month.
Davis Center expansion should wrap up in 2009
DAVIS - A $16 million addition to the Davis Juvenile Correction Center should be finished by the fall of 2009.
State Division of Juvenile Services Director Denny Dodson said the new Kenneth "Honey'' Rubenstein Center will house 84 young offenders in three cottages.
The expansion also includes four vocational training buildings, an academic building and a dining and recreation hall. Most of the buildings already have roofs, so inside work on plumbing and electricity can continue through the winter.
Dodson said Monday the extra beds will help cut down on the number of young offenders who must be sent to out-of-state facilities.
Two miners hurt in gas ignition in Preston
FELLOWSVILLE - Two miners were injured in an apparent methane gas ignition Monday afternoon at a Preston County coal mine, state and federal officials said.
The incident occurred at about 2 p.m. at Kingwood Mining Co.'s Whitetail Kittanning Mine near Fellowsville, according to Jama Jarrett, spokeswoman for the state Office of Miners Health, Safety and Training.
Amy Louviere, a spokeswoman for the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration, said that the two miners received serious burns to their arms and faces. Both were flown by helicopter to the West Penn Burn Center in Pittsburgh, Louviere said.
Two weeks ago, MSHA fined Whitetail Kittanning Mine more than $735,000 for five "flagrant violations" of coal dust rules meant to protect miners from fires and explosions.
Kingwood Mining is a subsidiary of Alpha Natural Resources.
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