In 1994, the Tri-State Citizens Mining Network was formed due to the impact of longwall mining on the community and the environment. By 2007, they had their first paid staff, changed their name to the Center for Coalfield Justice (CCJ) and expanded their work to examine fracking practices. ...
The state's Office of Open Records is requiring Washington County to fully release copies of three proposals from vendors to build the county's 911 emergency radio system, including all 516 pages of its $24.445M contract with Motorola, which had been heavily redacted. In its final ...
Defense attorneys for two parents whose infant daughter died in 2022 after she ingested fentanyl are trying to demonstrate that prosecutors don鈥檛 have enough evidence to continue pursuing the death penalty case against their clients. Shannon McKnight and James May IV appeared in Washington ...
The need for hands-on learning opportunities as well as a stronger focus on financial literacy have both been subjects of increased educational focus as of late. Junior Achievement is trying to fill those needs in the area and across the globe. 鈥淎 large percentage of students think they ...
In 1976, the Brownsville Ambulance Service Inc. (BASI) was a small volunteer service with one ambulance at their disposal. 鈥淭hrough the years, we鈥檝e grown. Somewhere in the early-to-mid-1980s half of the staff was paid and the other half was volunteer,鈥� said Sherry Nicholson, ...
The remaining parcels of the troubled Starpointe Industrial Park in northern Washington County have been sold to a private developer, which hopes to begin selling lots soon to get more businesses to the site. The Washington County Council on Economic Development, which has operated the ...
