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The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection is finalizing an order to allow CONSOL to again discharge water from the Blacksville No.

A mobile home caught fire at about 6:30 a.m., Tuesday, on Jake's Run Road near Blacksville.

DUNKARD CREEK used to be a pretty decent place to fish. Not any more. It's dead.

Toxic algae blamed for killing thousands of fish in a northern West Virginia stream are forcing the state to rethink how it regulates water quality, a Department of Environmental Protection official told lawmakers Thursday.

A heretofore undisclosed underground flow of mine pool and methane gas well drilling water into Consol Energy's Blacksville No.

The high levels of total dissolved solids in Dunkard Creek that are believed to have led to the recent fish kill have not been evident in the Monongahela River from which water treatment plants draw their supplies, a state Department of Environmental Protection spokeswoman said.

The state Division of Highways says it shouldn't have to pay an $8 million verdict handed down against it from a Brooke County civil jury.

West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection said Friday recent water samples reinforced its determination that golden algae led to the fish kill on Dunkard Creek.

Officials say they need to see more data before they can reach that conclusion. Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection met with other agencies investigating the fish kill in Dunkard Creek Wednesday.

This article has been read 97 times. A bloom of algae normally found in coastal waters is now being blamed for the fish kill on Dunkard Creek.

Officials say the algae could release toxins that kill the fish. The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection is now strongly considering algae as the source of a fish kill that started in Dunkard Creek on September 1. "We are certainly looking at algae.

Greene County Conservation District approved a resolution Tuesday supporting efforts to identify the cause of the Dunkard Creek fish kill and urging re-establishment of the creek as a warm water fishery.

Fish and other aquatic life continue to die in Dunkard Creek as state and federal environmental agencies work to determine the cause.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission have joined the investigation into a fish kill in Dunkard Creek.

Investigators say whatever is killing fish in Dunkard Creek could be coming from Consol Energy's Blacksville No.

The employee was struck in the head with a nail. BLACKSVILLE -- An accident Sunday evening at the Federal Number 2 Mine in Monongalia County sent one man to the hospital.

A biologist for the Division of Natural Resources is investigating a potential fish kill in western Monongalia County.

At least 60 fish were found dead recently in Dunkard Creek near Blacksville. The state Department of Environmental Protection is looking for the cause but hasn't found any answers.

Click here for a free download of the latest Adobe Flash Player. WDTV News Adam Widener Story Created: Jul 27, 2009 at 11:53 PM EDT Story Updated: Jul 27, 2009 at 11:53 PM EDT An accident off Route 7 in Blacksville sends one man to the hospital.

A slump in steel production and cheaper natural gas prices have caused West Virginia coal production to decline by 8 percent.