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PNS Daily News - June 19, 20130
We’re covering stories on a variety of issues in today’s rundown including: Farm Bill vote that could impact both SNAP benefits and the treatment of animals; a lawmaker faces criticism for his changes to an immigration bill; and a youth summit focuses on Native Americans in foster care.
Public News Service - West Virginia
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - West Virginia citizen groups say they're helping landowners prepare for potential air and water contamination from Marcellus natural gas drilling. Doddridge County landowner Christina Woods works with her local watershed association and with West Virginia Host Farms, a group that...Read More
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – As West Virginia celebrates its 150th birthday, a series of events will highlight how African-American history is central to the state’s story. The Rev. Ron English of Charleston says the state might not even exist if everyone had accepted slavery. He says the fron...Read More
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - They've been called Chesapeake Bay's newest and most popular reality TV stars. Online viewers in 60 countries have watched the lives of Tom and Audrey Osprey, and the past few months have been quite dramatic. The Chesapeake Conservancy's Osprey Cam has provided real-time coverag...Read More
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - West Virginia and the other Appalachian coal states are waiting to see what effect an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation on greenhouse gases will have on new coal-fired power stations. Coal industry allies have said that limiting new generating stations to 1,000 ton...Read More
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - People living in the area of an injection disposal well operating without a current permit in Fayette County say it may be endangering their water. The waste fluid comes from natural gas fracking. Beth Little, a member of the West Virginia Chapter of the Sierra Club, lives abou...Read More
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Federal data and the preliminary findings of a blue ribbon governor's commission are both warning that West Virginia has a huge backlog of bridges badly in need of repair. An analysis of Federal Highway Administration records by the Charleston "Gazette" showed nearly 1,000 bridge...Read More
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Observers of corporate bankruptcies say the ruling in the Patriot Coal case will open the door to other corporations that want to shed retiree obligations. In a controversial decision Wednesday, a bankruptcy judge in Missouri ruled that the coal company could slash health...Read More
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - In West Virginia and elsewhere, some U.S. citizens say they're worried that immigration reform could mean more competition for jobs. But clergy members who serve undocumented workers say what's more likely is that migrants' jobs would be forced closer to American standards. Acc...Read More