This story was originally published by Mountain State Spotlight. For more stories from Mountain State Spotlight, visit www.mountainstatespotlight.org.  When Jeff Mills moved to Doddridge County with his wife nearly 50 years ago, he wanted enough land to hunt and fish. Now retired from decades with the West Virginia forestry division, […]

This story was originally co-published by Mountain State Spotlight, a nonprofit newsroom covering West Virginia, and ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Last month, a federal appeals court blocked one of the key permits for construction of a massive natural gas pipeline that cuts through West Virginia and that […]

Cancelation of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project and a judge’s order to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline injected activists with fresh enthusiasm, but these legal victories are far from being the pipeline’s swan song. Theresa “Red” Terry and her daughter spent 34 days living in the treetops trying to […]

Developers of the Atlantic Coast natural gas pipeline announced Sunday they are canceling the project, citing ongoing delays and rising costs. In a news release, Dominion Energy Inc. and Duke Energy Corp. attributed the decision largely to a barrage of legal challenges brought by landowners and conservation groups that have slowed […]

A battle over the Atlantic Coast Pipeline is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court Monday, Feb. 24. Oral arguments are scheduled in the case U.S. Forest Service v. Cowpasture River Preservation Association for Monday, Feb. 24. At the heart of the case is whether the U.S. Forest Service has the […]

When life-long Valley Head resident Melissa Wilfong first heard that the 600-mile Atlantic Coast natural gas pipeline was going to be constructed just a few miles from her community, she wasn’t happy.  “My first thought was, ‘oh no, they’re going to just tear up everything and be a nuisance,’” she […]