More to join suit against re-training program for coal miners and others in Beckley and Clendenin

By: Annie Moore, WVVA Multimedia Journalist – Beckley newsroom | Posted: Dec. 13, 2017 5:19 PM EST | Source: WVVA

BECKLEY, W.Va. (WVVA) There was new fallout on Wednesday for a non-profit claiming to train out-of-work miners and other for high-paying tech jobs. Mined Minds, a non-profit operating out of Beckley and Clendenin, W.Va. is being sued for breach of contract and fraud, among other allegations by Beckley attorneys Adam Taylor and Stephen New. The suit claims the program over-promised and under-delivered when it came to both job placement and pay.

A day after three Beckley students announced they were joining the suit, another student from Mined Minds Clendenin class said Wednesday he too will be joining. (more…)

Letter: WV on cusp of major development with natural gas pipeline projects

By: Jeff Wade of Scott Depot, President of Ace Pipeline | Posted: Dec. 11. 2017 | Source: WV Gazette-Mail

West Virginia sits on the cusp of one of the greatest periods of infrastructure development since, potentially, the creation of the interstate highway system.

This development will provide tens of thousands of jobs, billions of dollars in investment, generations’ worth of tax receipts for state and county governments, and set the foundation for maximizing the state’s oil and gas resources for the benefit of all West Virginians. (more…)