Author: Lucas Manfield, Mountain State Spotlight

W.Va. Lawmakers Remain Desperate to Prop Up the Dying Coal Industry. Residents are Paying the Cost With Higher Electric Bills.

This story was originally published by Mountain State Spotlight. For more stories from Mountain State Spotlight, visit www.mountainstatespotlight.org. In response to pressure from utilities and consumer advocates, West Virginia lawmakers have watered down a bill originally designed to make it difficult — if not impossible — for utilities to shut down the […]

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Bankruptcy, Blackouts and Broken Broadband Promises

This story was originally published by Mountain State Spotlight. For more stories from Mountain State Spotlight, visit www.mountainstatespotlight.org. The pandemic caps a decade of West Virginia’s struggles with Frontier over internet service. In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, Andrew Dean, who owns a restaurant and convenience store in […]

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