What I found were West Virginians who over the past 15 years have been thrust into unexpected roles as the linchpins of the fracking industry. As natural gas extraction careens forward at a breakneck ...

Natural gas production has ballooned in West Virginia and the surrounding areas from fracking, but it is not without its problems. The families of four Wetzel County children have sued a ...

RICHMOND — The U.S. Forest Service has backed off a proposal to ban fracking in the George Washington National Forest, a move likely to upset conservationists who oppose the controversial drilling ...

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The West Virginia Legislature sent a bill Wednesday to the desk of Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin that would open up the state’s portion of the massive Marcellus shale deposit to drilling. The bill, which ...