Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:18 PM EDT2013-05-21 16:18:28 GMT
Three people were inside this burning home but managed to get out safely.
Firefighters are battling a massive fire in East Bank in Kanawha County. A house on Walnut Street went up in flames around 5:15 a.m. Firefighters said two people were home at the time but managed to
Three escape massive fire in a home on Walnut Street in Kanawha County
Tuesday, May 21 2013 1:54 PM EDT2013-05-21 17:54:26 GMT
The West Virginia EDA adopted a resolution to allow $150 million in 20-year bonds for new equipment at Gestamp. The state will own the equipment at first, and Gestamp will pay off the bonds on it.
The West Virginia Economic Development Authority adopted a resolution to allow $150 million in 20-year bonds for new equipment at Gestamp. The state will own the equipment at first, and Gestamp will pay off the bonds on it.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 1:49 PM EDT2013-05-21 17:49:56 GMT
Entsorga will take waste and separate steel, aluminum and glass, recycle certain types of biodegradable waste and convert it to an end product that can be used to make cement.
The business, which WVEDA Executive Director David Warner explained was a European technology that takes waste and separates steel, aluminum and glass, recycles certain types of biodegradable waste and converts it to an end product that can be used to make cement.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 11:29 AM EDT2013-05-21 15:29:48 GMT
NEW HAVEN, WV (AP) — Felman Production LLC plans to temporarily idle one of three electric arc furnaces at its ferroalloys plant in New Haven and lay off union workers.
NEW HAVEN, WV (AP) — Felman Production LLC plans to temporarily idle one of three electric arc furnaces at its ferroalloys plant in New Haven and lay off union workers.
Union membership in West Virginia declined last years as the number of people working in the state increased, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Union members were about 12.1 percent of the state's employed work force compared to the national average of 11.3 percent. According to the BLS, 91,000 of the state's 697,000 employed people belonged to a union. Including people represented by a union but not belonging to one, the state's rate increased to 13.1 percent.
Among neighboring states, Pennsylvania had the highest membership rate at 13.5 and Virginia the lowest at 4.4. Other states' rates were Ohio, 12.6; Maryland, 10.6; and Kentucky, 10 percent.
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