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Hope Gas reduces amount in multi-million-dollar rate hike request to the state PSC

Customers of Hope Gas could soon be paying much more to heat their homes by February, but not as much as proposed in the company's original request to the state PSC. Robert Fields | WVOW News CHARLESTON A partial settlement agreement has been reached in a gas company’s request for a nearly $80 million rate hike. The company Hope Gas had asked the Public Service Commission of West Virginia to approve a base rate increase of about $79.6 million. During evidentiary hearings th

Nov 6

WVDoH awards $72.5M for work on portion of Coalfields Expressway project

Construction on the Coalfields Expressway is moving forward with a new $72.5 million contract awarded to Triton Construction Inc. The project will build a three-mile connector between Pineville and Twin Falls State Park, including a half-mile link into the park. Once complete, the expressway (U.S. 121) will stretch from Beckley to Pound, Virginia, opening new routes through Raleigh, Wyoming, and McDowell counties. ( Banner provided by the West Virginia Department of Transpor

Nov 3