This category is used to mark member submissions pertaining to some local, state, or national note-worthy events. These can include reprints of letters to the editor or op-eds in various press outlets.

Jefferson County Development Authority Meets With Data Center Experts

Jenny Thacker attended the JC Development Authority meeting regarding data centers in Jefferson County. She reports that the invitees were one-sided in their praise for these centers and largely dismissive of the issues that communities affected by them raise. Jenny posed these questions in a recap of the meetings in a Letter to the Editor in the Spirit of Jefferson.

Planning Commission Denies Sidewinder

An update on the continuing misadventure of Sidewinder to have its way with Middleway and Jefferson County. The Planning Commission put up a strong defense and denied the company's proposal, for which our thanks. Days later, a judge provisionally affirmed the Commission's decision.

Plug Those Holes!

John Doyle weighs in on the issue of unproductive and uncapped gas and oil wells in West Virginia--more than 12,000 to date with more on the way. It's supposed to be the responsibility of the drillers to plug them when they're abandoned, but the drillers resist. The Governor's agreement with one of the offending companies only draws out a serious problem, it doesn't solve it.