Wednesday Nov 25 | Charleston Gazette
Two charged in Mingo sexual assault
Two Mingo County men are in jail in connection with an alleged weekend sexual assault in Williamson.
Two Charged In Mingo County Sexual Abuse Case
One Mingo County man is now charged with sexually abusing another man in Williamson while a third man watched.
A Rawl man was arraigned on Monday morning on warrants obtained by the Mingo County Sheriffs Department and the Delbarton Police Department.
Mingo residents sue over mining, flooding
Twenty Mingo County families have filed a lawsuit alleging that strip mining related to construction of the King Coal Highway caused flooding that damaged their homes.
DEPs regulation of slurry injection criticized
Coalfield citizens on Wednesday harshly criticized the state Department of Environmental Protection's efforts to study and regulate the underground injection of coal slurry wastes from preparation plants.
DEP issues moratorium on slurry injection
Read more in Coal Tattoo. Read the DEP study. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- State regulators on Thursday issued a moratorium on new permits for the injection of coal slurry into underground mine voids, a practice that residents of several West Virginia coal counties have complained is polluting their drinking water.