Posts Tagged ‘W.Va.’
Feds unveil record settlement in W.Va. mine blast (AP)
AP – The owner of a West Virginia mine where 29 men died in the deadliest U.S. coalfield accident in decades will pay $210 million, the largest settlement ever in a federal investigation of a mine disaster, prosecutors said Tuesday.
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Source: W.Va. mine disaster yields $210M agreement (AP)
AP – The West Virginia coal mine blast that killed 29 men has yielded a wide-ranging and historic $210 million settlement proposal to compensate victims’ families, pay fines and improve underground safety in response to the worst U.S. coal mining disaster in decades, an attorney with knowledge of the settlement told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
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Post-WWII plane pilot dies in W.Va. air show crash (AP)
AP – The pilot of a post-World War II plane died Saturday after crashing into a runway and bursting into flames, the second deadly air show crash in 24 hours.
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Feds cite Massey Energy for impeding W.Va. probe (AP)
AP – Federal regulators have cited Massey Energy Co. for impeding the investigation of the deadliest U.S. coal mine explosion since 1970.
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GOP grabs 3 Senate seats from Dems, but lose W.Va. (AP)
AP – Republicans grabbed Senate seats from Democrats in Arkansas, North Dakota and Indiana on Tuesday, but a Democrat’s win in West Virginia may preserve his party’s Senate majority. West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin held off millionaire Republican John Raese to keep a Democrat in the seat held for half a century by the late Robert C. Byrd.
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W.Va. gov. wins Democratic primary for US Senate (AP)
AP – Popular Gov. Joe Manchin won the Democratic nomination Saturday and will face GOP primary winner and wealthy businessman John Raese in the race to fill the Senate seat vacated by the late Robert C. Byrd.
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W.Va. governor wins Dem primary for US Senate (AP)
AP – Popular Gov. Joe Manchin won the Democratic nomination Saturday and will face GOP primary winner and wealthy businessman John Raese in the race to fill the Senate seat vacated by the late Robert C. Byrd.
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