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The U.S. Energy Information Administration's Drilling Productivity Report, released Oct. 14, revealed that the Marcellus Shale play is anticipated to produce more gas than other reported regions in November.

Forty years ago, the United States was thrown into a panic by the Arab Oil Embargo.

New West Virginia Fire Marshal Tony Carrico has said he wants to reduce the terrible toll fires take in West Virginia. That will be difficult; the risk of dying in a fire here is about 3.3 times the national average, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is providing a $700,000 grant to West Virginia to develop a protocol for assessing impacts to wetlands.

The Harrison County Schools superintendent wants to implement a truancy diversion program and provide more resources to improve attendance rates.

Alpha Natural Resources, the world's third largest supplier of metallurgical coal, said September 26th that it would be shuttering three mines in West Virginia due to sustained weak market conditions and government regulations challenging the Central Appalachian mining industry.

A patient at a Dallas hospital has tested positive for Ebola, the first case of the disease to be diagnosed in the United States, federal health officials announced Tuesday.

Nearly 2.5 tons of prescription drugs were collected across West Virginia as part of National Drug Takeback Day.

U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, is absolutely correct in questioning the competence - and honesty - of the agency charged with protecting our nation's leaders.

Federal EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy says most of the conversation surrounding the proposed Clean Power Plan has been positive although the critics seem to be making a lot of noise.

West Virginia University President E. Gordon Gee is never one to mince words, and Thursday night in Wheeling he asserted that the greatest generation "is the one we are raising right now."

NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft successfully entered orbit around the "Red Planet" late Sunday.

A deadline to bid on the right to drill for oil and natural gas under parts of the Ohio River is approaching.

U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., says while he is disappointed in the slow response to the ISIS threat, he believes everyone should rally behind President Barack Obama and support his international effort to eliminate the extremist group.

Confronted by the growing threat of Middle East militants, President Barack Obama implored world leaders at the United Nations Wednesday to rally behind his expanding military campaign to stamp out the violent Islamic State group and its "network of death."

The United States has expanded its fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant beyond the borders of Iraq and into Syria, launching strikes with fighter jets, bombers and Tomahawk missiles, the Pentagon confirmed Monday night.

Potential occupants of the former Coldwater Creek distribution center could bring in from 300 to 1,000 jobs, according to Cam Huffman, president and CEO of the Area Roundtable.

Janelle Cheuvront wants to help West Virginia businesses.

Chevron has become the first energy company to meet a new set of voluntary shale gas drilling standards that aim to go beyond existing state laws in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, the Pittsburgh-based Center for Sustainable Shale announced Thursday.

A 10-percent increase in home energy costs could push 840,000 people into poverty, according to a new white paper by two GOP senators.

The Senate on Thursday easily approved a $1 trillion government-funding bill that gives President Obama new authority to battle the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

CONSOL Energy held an Open House Tuesday night for the Lewis County area to introduce its oil and gas program that will be taking place in 2015.

A favorite gimmick of the anti-fracking movement is to post a video of someone setting fire to the water coming out of a faucet.

The federal EPA announced Tuesday it has extended the public comment period on the new Clean Power Plan by 45 days, taking it to Dec. 1.

Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin says he will dip into West Virginia's Rainy Day Fund to close a more than $100 million gap in state funding.

House and Senate lawmakers are back in session today after a long weekend, and they face a busy agenda that includes a must-pass CR to avoid another government shutdown.

West Virginia's entire congressional delegation said it supports expanded military action against the Islamic State after President Obama laid out a plan Wednesday night for airstrikes and increased support for arming and training opposition fighters in Syria.

West Virginia Wesleyan College has been awarded a $10 million U.S. Department of Education grant – the largest award in the school's 124-year history.

WVU and local dignitaries gathered on Thursday, Sept. 11, to celebrate a milestone for one of WVU's most prominent extension efforts.

If you were clicking around the Internet Wednesday, you might have noticed a few more loading icons than you're used to.

President Obama vowed to "destroy" Islamic State in Iraq and Syria terrorists in a prime-time address Wednesday that sought to restore eroding public confidence in his leadership and ability to safeguard national security.

Over 160 businesses in West Virginia on Thursday will be participating in a day which offers free or discounted goods and services to military members and their families.

President Obama will detail how the White House will work with Congress "as a partner" on a "comprehensive strategy to degrade and ultimately destroy" the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in his prime-time address Wednesday night, according to a White House official.

WorkForce West Virginia has released its list of the 100 largest private employers in the state and the top company from the previous year has kept the number one spot.

Brewers of craft beer in West Virginia asked state lawmakers Tuesday to level the playing field as they try to grow the industry in the Mountain State.

Americans overwhelmingly view Islamic State terrorists as a serious threat to vital U.S. interests and, in a significant shift, widely support airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Although the economy is getting stronger and more jobs are being added every month, college graduates are still having a tough time getting a job pertaining to their degree, and many of them are underemployed, having to take a job which doesn't require a degree.

State Corrections Commissioner Jim Rubenstein told state lawmakers Monday the turnover of correctional officers in state prisons, regional jails and juvenile facilities continues at an alarming rate.

President Barack Obama plans to begin laying out his strategy for defeating Islamic State militants expanding their grip in Iraq and Syria.

It's been a long time since the West Virginia University Mountaineers and their fans have relaxed and enjoyed a crushing of an opponent as witnessed in the 54-0 pounding of Towson State Saturday.

The state Division of Highways is utilizing legislation passed in 2013, allowing funding of projects through public-private partnerships.

Natural gas production, particularly Marcellus Shale gas, has seen a dramatic increase over the last several years.

Hit them in the wallet. That's one way NATO and the United States can begin to combat the terrorism from the Islamic State, said U.S. Rep. David B. McKinley, R-W.Va., during a roundtable discussion with Brooke High students on Wednesday.

Attorney General Patrick Morrisey says there is a "sense of urgency" in moving forward a lawsuit against the EPA because West Virginia businesses already are being harmed by the agency's proposed emissions regulations.

Much is being made of President Obama's "we don't have a strategy yet" line last week when addressing what the United States will do about Islamist militants.

Marion County Commission has received more than $133,000 for this year's community corrections grant.

The nation's respite from troublesome health care inflation is ending, the government said Wednesday in a report that renews a crucial budget challenge for lawmakers, taxpayers, businesses and patients.

The first-ever mobile town hall event held on a double-decker Megabus with Congressman David McKinley in attendance will be Sept. 15, traveling from Morgantown to Washington D.C.

This fall, health insurers are fastening their seat belts–and hoping the ride will be a bit less bumpy than last year's.

House Republicans are continuing their push against the administration's carbon pollution rules on existing power plants next week when they return from recess.

An energy leader says the possibilities are endless when it comes to the Marcellus shale in West Virginia.

A coalition of governors is warning the Federal Communications Commission not to interfere with state laws preventing cities from building out their own Internet services.

Saturday was one of the biggest days of the West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival. The light rain at the beginning of the day didn't stop thousands of festival goers from coming to see all the sights.

President Barack Obama is working on strategies to fight Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, and to continue to dissuade Russia from military involvement in Ukraine, he said Thursday from the White House.

A center that helps educate West Virginia parents of children with disabilities is getting a $200,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

The veterans and their families affected by the wait times at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center were given the opportunity to voice their frustrations, or their support, directly to the source.

West Virginians soon will have to pay to obtain some public documents from the Secretary of State's Office.

Rep. David McKinley blames much of Congress' failure to pass meaningful legislation on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's refusal to bring more than 350 bills passed out of the House up for consideration, he said during a Tuesday visit to Wheeling.

Fairmont's Urban Renewal Authority is proposing a team effort with Main Street Fairmont to bring more business into the region.

It is a saying displayed prominently throughout City Park late Tuesday afternoon and it was the focal point as the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall arrived at the park.

Representative David B. McKinley on Tuesday visited CHANGE, Inc. in Weirton to discuss the work the organization is doing in the area.

As part of the three-day interim session, state legislators with the Joint Committee on Technology traveled to the FBI Center in Harrison County.

City officials have announced the fall 2014 paving list, which they say will bring the investment in the city's roads since the start of a user fee for Fairmont's workers and residents to about $4.5 million.

The United States Department of Education visited Morgantown on Friday, Aug. 22, to honor one of the West Virginia schools being recognized as a 2014 Green Ribbon School – Eastwood Elementary.

One of the biggest drags on economic growth under President Obama has been Obamacare, enacted on a strictly partisan basis in 2010.

Congressman David McKinley – W.Va. (R) visited West Virginia University Thursday to meet with student veterans and get firsthand references on how veteran resources can be better utilized on college campuses.

The Isaac Jackson Hotel and Davis Trust Co. made history Thursday as the U.S. Small Business Administration presented a record $5 million check to the soon-to-be-finished hotel and conference center.

Staff Sgt. Dorothy Workman's welcoming party Thursday at the Pfc. Roy M. Reynolds United States Armed Forces Reserve Center included three family members she was meeting for the first time.

United Hospital Center (UHC) and the West Virginia United Health System (WVUHS) have reached a preliminary agreement with Pallottine Missionary Sisters, for the transfer of sponsorship of St. Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon to UHC.

West Virginia is sharing more than $17.3 million from NASA to increase student and faculty engagement in science, technology, engineering and mathematics at community colleges and technical schools.

West Virginia Surface Mine Board is deciding whether to revoke a permit for a surface mining operation located near Kanawha State Forest.

With the closure of the emergency department at the St. Joseph's Campus of the Camden Clark Medical Center, officials at the new consolidated emergency department at Memorial Campus are ready to take on the emergency needs of the community.

Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin said Tuesday he believes workforce training is picking up the needed momentum it needs in the Mountain State.

Congressman David McKinley is in the Ohio Valley for a full week of meetings, including one held on Monday with residents of Wheeling Island in which issues including silt buildup on the back channel of the Ohio River were discussed.

On Tuesday morning, the Marshall County Commission passed a resolution to begin construction on a proposed power plant by a 2-1 vote, with Commissioner Bob Miller opposed.

Are federal transparency and record-keeping laws the statutes most often broken by officials of the U.S. government?

Last Monday, Jed Graham of Investor's Business Daily reported that insurers say Affordable Care Act enrollment is shrinking, and it is expected to shrink further.

Developers of a proposed natural gas-fired power plant in Marshall County are seeking the county's support of the project.

House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Marilyn Tavenner regarding a document uncovered by the committee in which Tavenner instructs the top CMS spokeswoman to delete an email exchange between CMS, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the White House.

Despite mounting tensions over the future use of coal in electricity production, Appalachian Power said there is no diversion in its present strategy.

Fox News' Special Report last night featured a segment contrasting the natural gas and jobs boom in Pennsylvania driven by advancements in hydraulic fracturing with the struggling economy in southern New York where the state has instituted a fracking moratorium.

The communications disconnect between recruiters and candidates is one that's often discussed among human resources professionals.

The Obama administration violated the law when it released thousands of illegal immigrants last February, more than 600 of whom had criminal records

Classified briefing provides few answers on objectives, legality of strikes

Americans' hope that future generations will match or exceed their own prosperity seems to be fading, according to Rep. David McKinley - a trend he finds deeply concerning.

Powering Africa by investing in coal

The meeting is scheduled to start 8:30 a.m. on Monday. It will be streamed over the department's "Environment Matters" YouTube channel.

Niagara Worldwide LLC says it is putting the plant on a clear path toward re-purposing. The company said it is working to determine global interest in the specialized facility.

Coal has been kicking its share of tail for years as the country's cheapest and most reliable energy source. But now coal is on the receiving end of the boot.

The Marcellus, mostly located in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, is now the most productive shale gas region in the country, accounting for nearly 40 percent of the United States' shale gas.

With growing economies and energy demands in China, India and the rest of the developing world, America's so-called leadership on climate change is highly unlikely to succeed – and very likely to backfire. U.S. jobs and economic opportunity will be lost to countries hungry for affordable energy.

I commend the lawmakers in Washington for protecting home health for our nation's most vulnerable seniors and wish to recognize Congressman David McKinley for sponsoring the bill

I commend the lawmakers in Washington for protecting home health for our nation's most vulnerable seniors and wish to recognize Congressman David McKinley for sponsoring the bill.

The reason: weak market conditions and Environmental Protection Agency regulations, the company said.

On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. David B. McKinley, R-W.Va., spoke out opposing the EPA's proposed plan.

More than 1,100 coal miners and mine staff could possibly be laid off at eleven surface mine sites and supporting locations in southern West Virginia – all operated by subsidiaries of Alpha Natural Resources – before the end of October.

Rep. McKinley said the families who are becoming casualties on what he called the Obama administration's war on coal need a voice.

This week, the EPA is holding a series of public hearings on the agency's proposal to cut emissions from existing power plants by 30 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. EPA administrator Gina McCarthy says the agency has received "tremendous comments" so far, adding, "we're excited to have these public hearings."

Hundreds of West Virginia coal miners, coal supporters, Governor Earl Ray Tomblin and Attorney General Patrick Morrisey are in Pittsburgh on Thursday as the EPA holds hearings on greenhouse gas rules.

Republican Congressman David McKinley said, "Their lives are being ripped apart over someone trying to pass an ideology in Washington, D.C."

Hundreds of West Virginians are planning to show up to either support or protest the Environmental Protection Agency's plan to cut carbon emissions.

Hundreds of coal miners and supporters of the coal industry will be gathering in Pittsburgh, Pa. Wednesday for what's being called the Rally to Support American Energy.

That includes money for private care, if veterans can't be seen at a VA facility like the one in Clarksburg where Congressman David McKinley visited this month.

The hearing is scheduled to begin at 9:45 a.m. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., also is scheduled to testify, and it's unclear if other members of West Virginia's congressional delegation will speak.

Federal EPA administrator Gina McCarthy said Monday the four public hearings scheduled this week on the proposed Clean Power Plan are an important part of the process. McCarthy spoke with reporters ahead of the hearings.

Rep. David McKinley is one of 16 House Republicans signing on to co-sponsor a bill that would reverse cuts in Medicare payments to home health care providers announced last year by the Obama administration.

As the Obama administration weans the U.S. off dirty fuels blamed for global warming, energy companies have been sending more of America's unwanted energy leftovers to other parts of the world where they could create even more pollution.

"They're trying to change the way we generate electricity here and push us from the lowest costs options, being coal, to the higher cost and more intermittent sources, such as solar and wind, and give them an additional boost," Hal Quinn said.

The Environmental Protection Agency will hold four public hearings next week to hear from people across the country on its carbon pollution standards.

Federal Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy told members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Wednesday coal will still play a sizeable role in the nation's power generation capacity even if newly proposed emission regulations for existing power plants are enacted.

State governments simply cannot have the clout federal officials do in funding important research initiatives.

Voters strongly believe the United States is a more divided nation these days, and they think both sides are to blame. Most are also ready to do something about it at the ballot box in November.

A majority of voters in both parties wants the United States to develop more oil and natural gas, and most want the federal government to do more to support it, according to a poll commissioned by the oil industry.

The United States Department of Transportation announced Silver Airways will provide new service to the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport beginning Oct. 1.

More changes could be coming to the city of Follansbee, as just days after it was announced that the Koppers Plant could be moving, an Ohio-based steel company has announced it has signed an agreement to purchase a major employer for the city.

West Virginia kids are doing better than they were a quarter century ago. That's according to the latest Kids Count Data Book that was released Tuesday.

Congressman David McKinley brings the highway bill discussion to Parkersburg.

This is another big week for the Greenbrier Resort as the New Orleans Saints are set to open three weeks of training camp Friday at their new facility.

The state of West Virginia is seeking public input on a proposed annual historic preservation work program.

Australia's government has voted to repeal a carbon tax on that country's biggest greenhouse gas polluters, ending one bitter domestic battle but opening up new fronts in the climate war both at home and internationally.

Australia's government has voted to repeal a carbon tax on that country's biggest greenhouse gas polluters, ending one bitter domestic battle but opening up new fronts in the climate war both at home and internationally.

The White House needs to make a decision soon on whether ObamaCare's controversial employer mandate will take effect in 2015.

U.S. Senators Joe Manchin and Jay Rockefeller and Congressmen Nick Rahall and David McKinley announced the funding Tuesday in news releases.

"If you want to stop the ‘War on Coal,' you've got to have the United States Senate that is a (Republican) majority so that we can stop the ‘War on Coal.' We can't just do this from the House," U.S. Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said on Monday's MetroNews "Talkline."

Mylan Pharmaceuticals announced July 14 it is buying Abbott Laboratories' non-U.S. developed markets specialty and branded generics business in an all-stock transaction worth $5.3 billion.

A casual observer of the guest list for Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV's West Virginia Transportation and Infrastructure Summit today might be forgiven for believing only one member of the state's congressional delegation serves on the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

Both U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., visited the hospital after allegations it is part of a national scandal involving health care for veterans. Many area veterans rely on the Clarksburg VA center.

WVU President E. Gordon Gee told about 300 university supporters Thursday in Washington, D.C. that there is no place he'd rather be than Morgantown and WVU.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed to prohibit the use of certain hydrofluorocarbons in aerosols, motor vehicle air conditioning, retail food refrigeration and vending machines and foam blowing, the agency announced July 10.

President Barack Obama's approval rating is higher among Muslims than any other religious group, a new poll says.

The Environmental Protection Agency has quietly floated a rule claiming authority to bypass the courts and unilaterally garnish paychecks of those accused of violating its rules, a power currently used by agencies such as the Internal Revenue Service.

Representative David McKinley says he isn't worried about how many executive orders have been passed, but the content of them is the reason to worry.

In a roundtable discussion with local veterans at VFW Post 573 in Clarksburg on Monday, U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., said he's still trying to learn more about the reported problems with the VA hospital system.

Last week Congressman David McKinley visited multiple communities in our area to talk about the issues small towns face and the importance of rural America. Monday, the congressman had another busy day, but this time he stayed in Harrison County.

Monday night West Virginia Congressman, David McKinley honored cadets as their keynote speaker presenting awards.

U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., who represents the 1st District met with VA Director Beth Brown and the VA American Federation of Government Employees Local 2384 in search of answers on Monday.

Discussion also included the push by firearms advocates to exercise their right to bear arms.

Representative David McKinley (R-WV 1st Dist.) stopped in Harrisville yesterday for a round table discussion with local officials and invited guests.

Congressman David McKinley held a series of roundtable discussions with leaders of three communities in our area.

Rep. David McKinley (R-W. Va.) sponsored the measure, which bars the use of funds to implement recommendations from national and international reports on climate change. All but three Republicans voted for the amendment.

McKinley, the GOP representative for West Virginia's 1st Congressional District, championed the high court's decision as a "victory for the First Amendment."

A local girl recently wrote a letter to Congressman McKinley addressing pancreatic cancer concerns. This letter was read by Congressman McKinley on the House floor.

Tens of thousands of mourners converged in central Israel Tuesday for a funeral service for three kidnapped teenagers whose bodies were found a day earlier in the West Bank.

Without a lot of fanfare the momentum continues to build toward that ethane cracker plant planned for Wood County.

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that certain "closely held" for-profit businesses can cite religious objections in order to opt out of a requirement in ObamaCare to provide free contraceptive coverage for their employees.

McKinley says he hopes this will be an opportunity to have a stronger voice for fossil fuels.

Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., is just one of 65 members of Congress who want to see kidnapped Israeli teenagers returned home safely.

By Mary G. McKinley, RN, MSN, CCRN and Carlos L. Arteaga, M.D.

Cliffs Natural Resources has issued a notice of preliminary plans to idle the Pinnacle Mine in Wyoming County at the end of August impacting 450 miners.

McKinley's Field Representative Lianna Phillips will be at the following locations for those who have questions about issues or any other concerns. All constituents are welcome.

The amendment by Rep. David McKinley (R-W.Va.) -- one of more than 150 amendments offered to the appropriations bill -- would prevent the Defense Department from helping to plan or implement the National Climate Assessment and the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

An amendment by Rep. David McKinley (R-W.Va.) -- one of more than 150 amendments offered to the appropriations bill -- would prevent the Defense Department from helping to plan or implement the National Climate Assessment and the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

The jury's still out on whether Monday's Supreme Court ruling will have any effect on the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rule to limit carbon emissions from power plants.

McKinley asked Assistant Administrator Janet McCabe why the U.S. should put its economy at risk while China and other nations increase emissions.

Rep. David McKinley (R-W.Va.) asked McCabe whether the EPA would insert a provision into its rule voiding the requirements if other countries fail to follow the lead of the U.S. or if the rule could be shown to harm the economy. McCabe said that sort of provision wouldn't be appropriate under the Clean Air Act.

U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., deserves the praise he has received for dealing with an important issue. He and other thoughtful, reasonable members of Congress must be frustrated his initiative has stalled in the U.S. Senate.

First District Congressman David McKinley is planning to meet face to face with Beth Brown, Director of the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg to get to the bottom of long wait times for medical attention for veterans.

Since taking office in 2009, President Obama has implemented a three-part attack on climate change: regulations on vehicle emissions, renewable deployment subsidies and innovation investments.

The Environmental Protection Agency is already facing a war on multiple fronts as it works to review its smog standards this year.

Candidates' Denial Not Credible

Mine workers lash out against President

The agency blamed a computer crash for the mishap, saying it has tried to collect as many emails as possible.

"There were issues with the emergency room, there were issues with the lack of certain treatment they would get at Clarksburg, but generally, they were OK," First District Congessman David McKinley said in an interview Wednesday.

First District Congressman David McKinley (R-W.Va.) said he was "shocked and stunned" by Cantor's defeat. "It's hard for me to grasp, someone of the stature and the substance and the character that he has, the impact that's going to have (his loss) on the direction of this country," he said.

U.S. Reps. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., and David McKinley, R-W.Va., introduced the Protection and Accountability Regulatory Act of 2014 on Tuesday, which would block the proposed rule for both existing and future power plants, and would prevent the issuance of similar rules for five years.

GOP faction crafts bill to block latest assault on coal.

A week after President Barack Obama and the federal EPA announced a new rule that would set caps on carbon emissions from existing power plants, U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall, D-.Va., and U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., announced Monday they are introducing bill to stop it.

On June 10, U.S. Reps. Nick J. Rahall, D-W.Va, and David McKinley, R-W.Va., introduced a bill to stop it.

Several local residents gathered at City Hall last Wednesday to participate in Congressman David B. McKinley's round table discussion.

American Energy Partners announced Monday an agreement to acquire 48,000 net acres of leasehold in five West Virginia counties, establishing the company as a new player in Marcellus Shale development in the state.

U.S Reps. Rick Nolan (D-MN-08) and David B. McKinley (R-WV-01) announced today new bipartisan legislation to save middle-class working families money by fixing a burdensome cost associated with the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Fixing-and widening-Parkersburg's streets was one of the issues members of city council Monday discussed with U.S Congressman David McKinley.

Representative Nick Rahall, a Democrat, will work with Representative David McKinley, a Republican, with the goal of stopping the Environmental Protection Agency's rule on existing power plants, which was announced on Monday, and an earlier proposal covering yet-to-be-built plants.

Reps. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) and David McKinley (R-W.Va.) said they will introduce legislation to block the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed limits on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.

When President Barack Obama reviewed his aides's ideas for tackling climate change last year, he gave one simple directive: "Don't skinny it down."

Dominion Energy is at the beginning of what could be a massive project to move Marcellus Shale natural gas from West Virginia to points south. The Southeast Reliability Pipeline Project is in the initial planning phase.

Calls for U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki to resign grew louder on Wednesday as the agency's inspector general confirmed "systemic" and widespread VA scheduling abuses to cover up long wait times for veterans' healthcare.

House Republicans plan to keep the spotlight on the Department of Veterans Affairs this week with votes on a series of bills aimed at addressing problems in the system and boosting opportunities for troops who served overseas.

Glen Dale native and 2005 John Marshall High School graduate Lianna Philipps introduced herself as a field representative for Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va. Philipps graduated from West Virginia University, where she majored in journalism.

Developers of the Appalachian Shale Cracker Enterprise project are moving ahead rapidly with plans for a new ethane cracker facility for Wood County.

At the same time, leaders allowed to the floor an amendment banning the Defense Department from participating in climate change research. It was sponsored by West Virginia Republican Rep. David McKinley, who questioned the validity of climate science research generally but also argued that reducing the use of coal wasn't worth the harm it would do to the economy.

"President Obama's climate agenda reaches all corners of the government, including the military," McKinley spokesman Jim Forbes told The Daily Caller News Foundation. "Rather than blindly accepting drastic climate change policies, we ought to be debating their effectiveness and their impact."

West Virginia Republican Rep. David McKinley will offer up an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Wednesday afternoon that would prevent the White House from sending funds to "the U.S. Global Change Research Program National Climate Assessment, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Fifth Assessment Report, the United Nation's Agenda 21 sustainable development plan, or the May 2013 Technical Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866."

The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would give the Department of Veterans Affairs greater authority to fire or demote senior executives for perceived performance problems.

President Obama, breaking his silence on the Veterans Affairs scandal, outlined steps Wednesday to "fix whatever is wrong" at the agency -- while stopping short of heeding calls to sack VA Secretary Eric Shinseki.

WVU Hospitals has a new president and CEO. Dr. Albert Wright was named to the post Tuesday.

Federal prison officers would be able to carry - and use - pepper spray, under legislation offered by Rep. David McKinley.

Guest Speakers for the event included veterans and Congressman David McKinley, who was honored to be part of the Tribute.

Of the state's three House of Representatives seats, one - Rep. David McKinley's, here in the First District - undoubtedly will remain in Republican hands.

McKinley: "Keep military strong."

U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., is organizing the first Congress Helping Seniors roundtable and will participate with representatives of numerous senior agencies and vendors.

Representative David McKinley made a stop in Bridgeport, Wednesday, so he could gather concerns of those he represents before he heads back to Washington.

U.S. Rep. David McKinley completed a tour of three farms on Tuesday in eastern West Virginia to highlight the importance of agriculture in the Mountain State and better understand the challenge the agricultural community faces.

The bill, sponsored by Sens. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) easily cleared a procedural hurdle last week, and The New York Times reported that the bill had widespread support from members of both parties in both chambers of Congress. A companion bill in the House, sponsored by Reps. David B. McKinley (R-W.Va.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) also has drawn strong bipartisan backing, The Times said.

In a relentless procession that ignited wails of grief, rescue workers coated in grime lumbered out of a mine in western Turkey again and again Wednesday, struggling to carry stretchers laden with bodies covered in blankets.

Violations of federal safety rules are common at many underground coal mines. Most are relatively insignificant and are corrected swiftly.

A companion bill in the House, sponsored by Representatives David B. McKinley, Republican of West Virginia, and Peter Welch, Democrat of Vermont, has also drawn strong bipartisan backing.

As guest speaker, U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-Wheeling, praised Schwertfeger and others who volunteered to serve in World War II, then returned to work with others in developing such innovations as interstate highways and the space program.

The Huffington Post recently pegged the Steubenville-Weirton metropolitan area as one of the 10 fastest shrinking in America, while Mother Jones depicted Weirton as "the dark side of the moon."

Opponents of the rules, including the coal association and legislators such as Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., argue the standards can't be met using existing technology and effectively bar the construction of additional generating units that burn coal.

The DEP and the West Virginia Coal Association both submitted written comments to the federal Environmental Protection Agency concerning the new rules Friday, the last day the agency was accepting comments on the standards. Opponents of the rules, including the coal association and legislators such as Rep. David McKinley, R-Wheeling, and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., argue the standards can't be met using existing technology and effectively bar the construction of additional generating units that burn coal.

As guest speaker, U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-Wheeling, praised Schwertfeger and others who volunteered to serve in World War II, then returned to work with others in developing such innovations as interstate highways and the space program.

The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to hold former IRS official Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify about the agency's targeting of conservative groups.

The collapse of a bipartisan energy-efficiency bill on the floor has imperiled the Senate's vote on the Keystone XL pipeline, but it's also got members sweating that their chance to move any other energy measures has all but slipped away.

Within weeks, President Barack Obama's administration is set to unveil unprecedented emissions limits on power plants across the U.S., much to the dismay of many Democratic candidates who are running for election in energy-producing states.

It seemed somewhat ironic Tuesday that at the same time coal supporters were holding a forum on the importance of the industry at Logan High School, President Barack Obama was meeting at the White House with scientists on climate change and how to further deal with carbon emissions.

On the eve of the Obama administration's release Tuesday of a report warning about grave consequences of climate change, presidential counselor John Podesta went into the White House briefing room and crowed about fossil-fuel production in words that could have been penned by Dick Cheney.

Congressman David McKinley met with a group of Mineral County seniors at the Keyser Senior Center Friday afternoon to hear concerns and questions from the county's older population.

White House senior adviser John Podesta on Monday indicated that President Obama would veto an energy efficiency bill set to be debated in the Senate this week if it is approved with "unacceptable riders."

James Mattis, who retired from the Marine Corps last year as a four-star general, is among the most articulate thinkers on a subject that gets very little attention: what it means to be a warrior.

Blocking the Keystone XL pipeline may be the green movement's top talking point, but it isn't environmental groups' top political priority.

West Virginia's political move to the right over the last 15 years could take another big step in November.

According to CAMC Memorial Hospital in Charleston, WV, 71-year-old Elliott "Spike" Maynard died Thursday evening after being treated there since April 6.

As Congress works to map their federal spending for Fiscal Year 2015, advocacy organizations and members of Congress alike have been announcing their funding priorities for next year.

Representatives who support a measure to expedite applications to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to most countries said Tuesday that they are confident the bill can pass the House with strong, bipartisan support.

New polls continue to show the public is skeptical about the impact of ObamaCare, particularly when it comes to costs, something analysts have long warned about.

Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., said the planned natural gas plant is a "positive step for our valley."

School systems to receive SBA funding Monday included: $5.3 million for Ohio County, $8.6 million for Monongalia County, $380,000 for Doddridge County, $100,000 for Brooke County, $12.2 million for Gilmer County and $8.6million for Mingo County.

By 2018, private developer Moundsville Power LLC of Buffalo, N.Y., hopes to generate 549 megawatts of electricity by burning Marcellus and Utica shale natural gas in a $615 million plant along the Ohio River.

Howell has written letters to Tran, and said Senators Jay Rockefeller and Joe Manchin, as well as Congressman David McKinley, have all said they will write letters, as well.

Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced April 24 the approval in grant funding of over $5 million for displaced mine workers.

"Sometimes it gets ripe, and I think they get overly harsh," McKinley said. "I think it's fun. You just have to roll with it. As I've said before, we're not special people."

Someone has to speak for the about 650,000 residents living in northern West Virginia, and U.S. Rep. David McKinley says while he is that voice, he and other members of Congress are not special people.

Troop number 6 from Wheeling heard from Congressman David McKinley about his old days in the scouts.

The forum also invited the community to voice it's concerns. It was hosted by WVU's Dr. Gordon Gee and Congressman David McKinley. McKinley says one problem is that rural communities aren't represented as well as metropolitan areas in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., and West Virginia University President E. Gordon Gee moderated the rural health care forum at WVU's Erickson Alumni Center.

The forum was hosted by WVU President Dr. Gordon Gee and Congressman David McKinley Monday in Morgantown. Nineteen physicians, nurses, rural health specialists, insurance representatives and other medical professionals participated in the panel discussion focused on defining the problems with rural healthcare.

"Mary and I are saddened to learn of the death of Mick Staton, who served our great state honorably in Congress and in private life. Mick was a trailblazer of the conservative movement in West Virginia, and proved that conservatives could win in the Mountain State."

U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., confronted EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy about the issue, during a House of Representatives committee hearing this week.

U.S. Rep. David B. McKinley, R-W.Va., released the following statement on the death of Staton:

Tax day is here–and some people will pay more this year because of Obamacare.

The Great Recession that began at the end of this last decade has lingered like few others in recent history.

The new Morgantown Readiness Center offers a state-of-the-art facility to serve the needs of the National Guard and the Morgantown community.

Sylvia Mathews Burwell will have a lot on her plate as the next leader of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Now, with numbers surfacing to confirm our suspicion, a few members of Congress are looking into the matter. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., is in the lead.

Facing the Obama administration's so-called "war on coal," some utility officials are warning that fewer coal-fired power plants could leave the U.S. power system vulnerable to blackouts in the near future.

"While the House Republican budget includes positive aspects, it also includes some proposals that differ from the priorities of West Virginia's First District," Mr. McKinley said.

Kathleen Sebelius may have launched the Affordable Care Act, bungled its rollout and managed the subsequent repair effort, but she is leaving the Obama Administration long before the full effects of the law are known or felt by the vast majority of Americans.

Rep. David McKinley is touting legislation that he says would limit federal environmental veto power over permits for coal mines.

Rep. David McKinley is touting legislation that he says would limit federal environmental veto power over permits for coal mines.

A House committee voted Thursday to hold Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress, as Republicans escalated their bid to "get to the bottom" of the former IRS official's role in the political targeting scandal.

A dozen coal and energy companies have filed a federal lawsuit claiming the the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is not doing her job correctly in regards to the Clean Air Act.

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will mark up a bill from Rep. David McKinley (R-W.Va.) that would limit the Environmental Protection Agency's veto power over the Army Corps of Engineers Clean Water Act permits for coal mines.

Congressmen Bill Johnson, (R-OH) and Congressman David McKinley (R-WV), took a tour of the State of Israel organized by the Israel Allies Foundation and Yes! Israel missions "to see the situation there for ourselves" and we're shocked to discover the anti-Jewishness occurring at the Temple Mount, Arutz Sheva reported.

It's the time of year when we think more about taxes. Our completed returns show just how much we paid last year to the government. Collectively, it's a big number.

Obama administration officials hoping to exhale after the big finish to Obamacare's first enrollment season may need to hold their breath a while longer.

Programs to help U.S. servicemen and women suffering from mental challenges, including post-traumatic stress disorder, have been around for decades. Clearly, more effort needs to be put into them.

Here is a college quiz. While many parts of the U.S. economy struggle to recover from the Great Recession of 2008-09, one domestic industry is experiencing a technology-driven expansion in which American innovations have led to countless new company startups, a surge in hiring and some of the highest-paying entry-level jobs for graduating college seniors.

Gina McCarthy, who heads the Environmental Protec-tion Agency, was being questioned by Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va.

State Senate Majority Leader John Unger said he has heard from officials in other states who watched West Virginia through the recent water emergency.

Democrats are facing a senior problem that could get even worse this year.

Tucker County High School had the opportunity to show off some of its programs recently to Congressman David McKinley and members of his staff. McKinley, his wife, and staff from both West Virginia and Washington D.C. toured the high school visiting most of the technical programs classrooms after school.

Rep. David McKinley (R-W.Va.), who voted no last year, said GOP leadership is not even whipping him.

Congressman David McKinley was one of those people. He reached out to Branum following our first report on the issue.

The numbers are still coming in on the Affordable Care Act, and that will continue for years.

The deadline to sign up for health care coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace passed at the start of April, with some local residents finding the plans too expensive and opting instead to pay penalties for not having health insurance, according to Wheeling Health Right Executive Director Kathie Brown.

Some Fairmont State University students will have their voices heard, all the way in Washington, D.C.

Students at Fairmont State University got a chance to talk with U.S. Rep. David McKinley Monday.

President Barack Obama has, in effect, proclaimed himself to be the "health care president." He also insists he is a friend to coal miners.

West Viriginia Sen. Rocky Fitzsimmons, D-Ohio, and Mary McKinley, wife of U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., spoke at the gathering.

"Invalidating a permit years after it is issued sets a bad precedent for not only mining, but any business that relies on permits to operate," said U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va. "How many banks would loan money to a manufacturer or a small business knowing that the EPA could do the same?"

West Virginia's First District Congressman David McKinley (R-WV) said a recent trip to Afghanistan reinforced his belief that some outside military presence, including forces from the United States, is needed in that country beyond the end of this year.

In the letter, the delegation, including US Senators Joe Manchin and Jay Rockefeller, along with Representatives Nick Rahall, Shelley Moore Capito and David McKinley, said they support Tomblin's request for a disaster declaration.

Federal EPA administrator Gina McCarthy told members of a U.S. Senate committee Wednesday the agency is seeking more than $1 billion in the next federal budget for climate change and air quality efforts.

The petrochemical complex planned for Wood County took a significant step Wednesday with an announcement from Antero Resources.

The Obama administration has decided to give extra time to Americans who say that they are unable to enroll in health plans through the federal insurance marketplace by the March 31 deadline.

The House voted Tuesday afternoon to stop the Obama administration's effort to re-write coal mining regulations, and require the administration to use a rule developed under the Bush administration.

The court's decision sends a chilling effect to companies wanting to invest and grow when the EPA is allowed to retroactively revoke permits, said U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va.

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to take up the case involving the Spruce Mine permit and the federal EPA.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday prepared to hear a second challenge to President Obama's Affordable Care Act, this time to decide whether employers must provide their workers with insurance coverage for contraceptives even if the owners say it would violate their religious principles.

High Court Said It Wouldn't Review A 2013 Appeals Court Decision

Young Republicans and community members gathered to listen to Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, Congressman David McKinley and other active members of the Republican Party.

Much like the Ohio Valley, Israel is just beginning to realize the possibilities of tapping its vast natural gas reserves, Rep. David McKinley said.

Along the banks of the Mahoning River in the struggling Ohio steel town of Youngstown sits a once-abandoned furniture warehouse that has been converted into a sleek new laboratory.

With the election around the corner, each party is digging their trenches and creating a plan for the long hard battle. Democrats are focusing on income inequality through a minimum wage increase.

John Beale, the former EPA official who fooled his bosses into believing he worked for the CIA, was deeply involved in crafting costly environmental standards which are still having an impact today -- though he came into the job with little, if any, environmental experience.

Much like the Ohio Valley, Israel is just beginning to realize the possibilities of tapping its vast natural gas reserves, Rep. David McKinley said.

"That passing was huge," said U.S. House Rep. David McKinley (R-WV, 1). "That truly is. I hope people can fully appreciate the magnitude of getting that thing corrected."

The House and Senate passed a bill, the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014, limiting increases of no more than 18 percent a year, which is awaiting the president's signature, McKinley said.

This week the U.S. House of Representatives voted 410-0 to exempt volunteer fire departments from the Obamacare "employer mandate." U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., was among co-sponsors of the measure.

President Barack Obama is set to sign into law a bipartisan bill relieving homeowners living in flood-prone neighborhoods from big increases in their insurance bills.

But U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-Wheeling, who was among 410 House members voting in favor of the legislation Wednesday, said House members felt the need to write the volunteer exemption into the health care law, which has been continually tweaked by the executive branch since Congress passed it in 2010.

U.S. Senators Jay Rockefeller and Joe Manchin, and U.S. Representatives Shelley Moore Capito, David McKinley and Nick Rahall made the request in a letter sent Wednesday to President Barack Obama and Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator W. Craig Fugate.

The Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act was cosponsored by Representative McKinley, and aims to save volunteer departments from financial hardships.

But Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., who was among 410 House members voting in favor of the legislation Wednesday, said House members felt the need to write the volunteer exemption into the health care law, which has been continually tweaked by the executive branch since Congress passed it in 2010.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday launched an investigation into the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed greenhouse gas standards that would limit the amount of carbon new power plants can emit.

After months of railing against President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, Republicans scored a key victory in a hard-fought congressional race that had been closely watched as a bellwether of midterm elections in November.

ObamaCare's implementers continue to roam the battlefield and shoot their own wounded, and the latest casualty is the core of the Affordable Care Act–the individual mandate.

EPA's new budget plan says the agency hopes to make critical–and controversial–decisions about its effort to regulate greenhouse gases by the end of fiscal 2015.

"This proposal will not add to the debt and makes permanent reforms," said Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va.

Delays in Obamacare's most destructive requirements are so common – and so obviously motivated by political considerations – they aren't even newsworthy anymore.

A key House Republican fears the Federal Communications Commission isn't done with news media studies that are out of bounds.

Obamacare remains unpopular with voters who still expect it to drive up costs and hurt the quality of health care.

The success of Obamacare--and the White House's efforts to drive down health care spending--depend on the cooperation of the doctors and hospitals charged with carrying out reforms.

West Virginia Rep. Nick Rahall, a Democrat, and Reps. Shelley Moore Capito and David McKinley, both Republicans, voted for the insurance overhaul.

The Better Buildings Act, sponsored by Reps. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and David McKinley (R-W.Va.), would direct the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a Tenant Star program to promote energy efficiency in commercial spaces leased to tenants.

David McKinley (R-W.Va.), prohibiting agencies from considering the "social cost of carbon" in project analyses. Passed 222-188.

The legislation, authored by Reps. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and David McKinley (R-W.Va.), aims to boost energy conservation with a program called Tenant Star, which provides incentives to landlords and tenants who up their energy savings.

The bill authored by Reps. David McKinley, R-W.Va., and Peter Welch, D-Vt., included a number of provisions aimed at energy conservation, including legislation nicknamed "Tenant Star" that creates incentives for landlords and tenants to boost energy savings in commercial properties.

"Finding ways to use energy more efficiently is simply common sense," said bill sponsor West Virginia Republican David B. McKinley.

U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., voted in support of the legislation Tuesday evening. He is hopeful the bill will pass the Senate quickly and provide relief to Americans who need it, he said.

Not so, said Scalise in a letter co-signed by two of his conservative Republican caucus colleagues, Reps. David McKinley, R-WVA., and Steve Southerland, R-Fla.

U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., agreed with the selection of Gee for the university. "Gordon Gee is an enormously talented individual that can contribute a lot to strengthen the university," McKinley said.

I have also heard Congressman McKinley speak a couple of times in the valley and found we have no better friend for coal-mining jobs in Washington than Mr. McKinley.

The Board of Governors at West Virginia University has hired E. Gordon Gee as permanent university president.

The Wheeling Park High School Speech and Debate Team is walking the red carpet of success today after another Oscar-winning performance at the West Virginia Interscholastic Forensics League State Speech and Debate tournament held Saturday at West Virginia University.

The lower chamber is expected to vote next week on an energy conservation bill sponsored by Reps. David McKinley, R-W.Va., and Peter Welch, D-Vt., that would facilitate cooperation between landlords and tenants to increase energy savings in commercial buildings.

On Feb. 27, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., along with U.S. Representatives Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and David McKinley, R-W.Va., sent the letter to the CDC to urge health officials to conduct further studies on the effects of the Jan. 9 chemical spill in the Elk River.

Reps. Shelley Moore Capito, David McKinley and Nick Rahall and Sens. Joe Manchin and Jay Rockefeller wrote a letter to the CDC in support of additional monitoring, surveillance and studies requested by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin.

The measure now is in the House, where there's tension between supporters of the Senate approach and top Republicans such as Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas.

House Republican leaders announced Wednesday that a vote on a flood insurance bill would be put off until next week while members negotiate language that can pass the chamber.

U.S. Congressman David McKinley (R-WV) took part in a historic town hall meeting with American expatriates on Thursday evening, February 20 at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center.

Rep. David B. McKinley, R-W.Va., said he is hearing about the problems with the health care law.

City Manager Mark Henne said Wellsburg's concerns have reached the ears of U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-Wheeling, who each have co-authored separate bills aimed at delaying the regulations until an insurance affordability study can be done by FEMA.

Two American lawmakers, Senator Bill Johnson (R-OH) and Congressman David McKinley (R-WV), visited Judea and Samaria on Monday, where they declared that "Israel is the most important friend of the United States."

U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., deserves some credit. He has led the fight against the EPA's initial plan to regulate coal ash as a hazardous waste.

Monday morning's Supreme Court argument about the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to regulate greenhouse gases went badly for the Obama administration – so much so that the real question before the justices seemed to be how severe the EPA's loss would be.

The town hall meeting, unique to New England's traditional style of local citizen governance, made its way to Jerusalem when two US Congressmen visited Israel's capital to discuss ‘local' issues with U.S. citizens recently.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday on a case concerning the federal Environmental Protection Agency's ability to use the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

The Fact Checker has written several times about the fuzziness of the Medicaid numbers issued by the Obama administration. But it is like playing whack-a-mole.

A new ObamaCare tax on medical devices has already resulted in the loss of about 33,000 jobs in the industry, according to a prominent health-care trade association.

A majority of U.S. voters want to know where the crude oil transported through the Keystone XL pipeline will end up, according to a new poll released Thursday.

On Feb. 13, Representative David B. McKinley (R-WV) praised the decision by House Republican leadership to schedule a vote next week to ease flood insurance rate hikes currently facing millions of Americans and thousands of West Virginians.

President Barack Obama and fellow liberals claim to want to lift more Americans out of poverty.

After a disastrous launch, the law's backers are breathing a sigh of relief as enrollees flock to its insurance exchanges. But the totals are built on a shaky foundation, and at some point soon, the exchange enrollment figures are going to fall, perhaps by more than 1 million people.

IAF member Rep. David McKinley will meet with security experts in order to better understand the security concerns of the State of Israel and get a firsthand look at the Iron Dome defense system.

Ohio's energy-efficiency mandates have high costs and negligible benefits, according to a report issued yesterday that was sponsored by groups that would like to revise or eliminate the rules.

The Federal Communications Commission is about to launch a direct assault on the freedom of the media to cover news as it chooses.

Preventing the EPA from declaring coal ash, or "fly" ash, a hazardous substance has been a focus for Rep. David McKinley, R-Wheeling, since he was first elected to Congress in 2010.

"This news is very concerning and disappointing," Rep. McKinley said. "In the past we've worked to maintain Essential Air Service and keep the air traffic control towers open; now we will work with local officials to explore other options."

We Americans may disagree about how public assistance programs are handled, but nearly all of us are on the same page about one thing: If someone is unable to support himself, we'll step in, to the extent our resources allow, to help. That's just the way we are.

"House leadership has listened to our concerns and is now aware of the urgent need to resolve this problem," Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., said.

On February 11, writing for the Washington Post, Republican lobbyist Ed Rogers ably summarized the latest "bad week for Obamacare."

Over half of American voters regret that the Affordable Care Act passed, and nearly two-thirds say it never would have -- if we knew then what we know now.

Richie Parsons, District Director for Congressman David McKinley; Aaron Metz, Field Representative for our area; and Bob Villers, Veterans Services Constituent Representative were in attendance.

A bill passed the House on Tuesday 221 to 201 in a vote on partisan lines with most Republicans against, including Reps. Shelley Moore Capito and David McKinley of West Virginia and Bill Johnson of Ohio. Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Wa., voted in favor.

Republican lawmakers representing the local area, including David McKinley and Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia and Bill Johnson of Ohio, opposed the measure.

Republican lawmakers representing the local area, including David McKinley and Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia and Bill Johnson of Ohio, opposed the measure.

If there was any doubt that Democrats worry the botched Obamacare rollout could hurt their 2014 prospects, a new ad from a top Democratic super PAC should erase it.

Morgantown, W.V. Trivia: Home of unique people-mover transit system.

U.S. oil imports fell sharply again in 2013 while petroleum exports rose, leading some analysts to proclaim that a new era of energy independence is just a few years away.

Those who signed up for ObamaCare or were forced into it now are learning they're going to face some nasty surprises when they seek care.

'ObamaCare" is useful shorthand for the Affordable Care Act not least because the law increasingly means whatever President Obama says it does on any given day.

The verdict is in, and it's not good: Obamacare is rippling through the U.S. economy with vast implications for American prosperity.

Congressional Budget Office projections show Obamacare is about to negatively affect the workforce in a way that may not show up in the more obvious labor-force indicators.

Coal ash from power plants is safe for use in cement and wallboard, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said today in a long-delayed decision that may boost recycling of a major source of industrial waste.

Republican leaders were quick to criticize President Barack Obama over the January jobs report.

The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office reported this week that the Affordable Care Act discourages work among those receiving subsidies to pay their health insurance premiums.

The most robust defense of Obamacare on television right now lasts about three seconds and comes from a little-known Texas Democrat named Barbara Mallory Caraway, a former state lawmaker running for Congress.

Rep. McKinley, who represents the First District of West Virginia, which includes Wetzel County, said, "I have some comfort that we are going to be successful in delaying it." He further said action by the Senate first, before the House, is a good thing.

Abortions are occurring much less often in the United States, according to a report issued this week. That is wonderful news - but, sadly, it is not true in West Virginia.

The head of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office delivered a damning assessment Wednesday of the Affordable Care Act, telling lawmakers that ObamaCare creates a "disincentive for people to work," adding fuel to Republican arguments that the law will hurt the economy.

Of course federal flood insurance premiums should reflect risk. But thousands of Ohio Valley residents are being told of drastic premium increases that don't seem to be based objectively on potential damage from high water.

Drug store giant CVS Caremark announced Wednesday it will no longer sell tobacco products at its 7,600 pharmacies by Oct. 1.

On Tuesday no less than the Congressional Budget Office reported that the health law is causing Americans to work less or not at all, in a remarkable intellectual turnabout for the budget shop that Democrats cited repeatedly when selling ObamaCare.

It appears U.S. Rep. David McKinley has pulled off quite a feat.

Introduced by Representatives David McKinley (R-WV) and Peter Welch (D-VT), Tenant Star is a close collaboration with the Real Estate Roundtable.

The Affordable Care Act will reduce the number of full-time workers by more than 2 million in coming years, congressional budget analysts said Tuesday in the most detailed analysis of the law's impact on jobs.

Throughout his term as president, Barack Obama has insisted his administration could not allow construction of the Keystone XL pipeline to carry Canadian oil to the U.S. unless the State Department signed off on it.

Tens of thousands of people who discovered that HealthCare.gov made mistakes as they were signing up for a health plan are confronting a new roadblock: The government cannot yet fix the errors.

Twenty-two senators implored President Obama on Friday to halt plans to impose new emission limits on existing power plants, warning the forthcoming regulations would hit ratepayers in their pocketbooks.

With a bill that would delay massive flood insurance premium increases for millions of property owners widely expected to pass the Senate today, Rep. David McKinley said he doesn't sense the same level of urgency from his colleagues in the House.

West Virginia small businesses and nonprofit groups affected by the Jan. 9 chemical spill are eligible to apply for low-interest loans from the federal government.

Rep. David McKinley, R-Wheeling, also believes a minimum wage increase is "worthy of discussion," but he expressed skepticism as to how small businesses already facing new mandates to offer employees health insurance coverage would cope.

With a bill that would delay massive flood insurance premium increases for millions of property owners widely expected to pass the Senate today, Rep. David McKinley said he doesn't sense the same level of urgency from his colleagues in the House.

McKinley and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., held press conferences Wednesday with reporters from the 1st Congressional District and statewide about Obama's speech on Tuesday night.

On Tuesday, the Energy and Commerce Committee also advanced another piece of legislation, the Better Buildings Act - co-authored by Rep. David McKinley, R-Wheeling - by voice vote.

Rep. David B. McKinley, P.E. (R-WV) "Going into tonight's address there were three questions I hoped would be addressed: can we do more to turn around the economy?

In attendance Tuesday night at the nation's capital was Parkersburg High School chemistry teacher Judith Winans. Winans, who was the 2014 Wood County Teacher of the Year, was McKinley's guest.

On Tuesday, the Energy and Commerce Committee also advanced another piece of legislation, the Better Buildings Act - co-authored by Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va. - by voice vote.

In his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Obama will try to turn the page on the Obamacare controversies of 2013 and shift the focus to such topics as income inequality.

U.S. sales of new homes fell in December for a second consecutive month but even with the pause at the end of the year, sales for all of 2013 climbed to the highest level in five years.

If President Barack Obama does not get what he wants from Congress this year, he will take the desired action on his own, White House aides have warned. So, what else is new?

A chemistry teacher at Parkersburg High School will be the guest of U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., at President Obama's State of the Union speech on Tuesday in Washington, D.C.

West Virginia University students had the opportunity to speak with Congressman David McKinley, representative of the 1st District of West Virginia, at a roundtable discussion Friday.

Murray Energy Corp. this morning announced it would sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to combat what the company terms the EPA's "illegal promulgation of senseless and destructive regulations, with absolutely no regard for their job and family destruction."

The coal industry is attacking the formula that the Obama administration used to raise the "social cost" of carbon in regulations, arguing it does not account for the economic benefits of fossil fuels.

Rep. David B. McKinley sits down with WTRF TV in Wheeling to discuss flood insurance premium hikes impacting residents along the Ohio River.

Manchin and McKinley are now pushing legislation to delay the law's consequences in hopes of developing a more affordable alternative.

Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, and Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., voted for the bill that passed the House 359-67. Most of the votes against were Republicans.

Far below the Appalachian Mountains, in a space barely big enough to stand up straight, Bobby Combs works a job his father and his grandfather worked.

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency denied Thursday that the agency delayed formal publication of carbon pollution rules for new power plants for political reasons, as Republican senators have claimed.

Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., a member of the Subcommittee on Energy and Power and one of 62 co-sponsors of the Manchin-Whitfield legislation, pointed to a Friday report that states nearly 92 million Americans are not working as evidence that the country can't afford regulations that may hold back job growth.

The Brooke County Commission on Tuesday signed a resolution on the issue to be sent to Manchin, U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va.; and U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-Wheeling.

Six of the conservative members who opposed the budget agreement last month voted in favor of the omnibus–which allocates those funds at the program and department level. They are: Reps. Trey Gowdy and Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina, Andy Harris of Maryland, Joe Heck of Nevada, David McKinley of West Virginia, and Daniel Webster of Florida.

As hundreds of thousands of West Virginians enter their seventh day without usable water, the state's congressional delegation is calling for action, but generally not abandoning the pro-industry tone that often dominates Mountain State politics.

West Virginians are going to pay more for health insurance under Obamacare than the president and his cronies insisted for years. That is virtually inevitable, as a report from the government itself shows.

A project to build a massive petrochemical complex centered around an ethane cracker plant in Wood County took another step forward with the purchase of the land where it is to be built for nearly $11 million.

Jim Forbes, a spokesman for Rep. David McKinley (R-W.Va.), bristled at the notion that the problem was related to coal.

Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., had each co-sponsored legislation exempting those volunteers from the requirement. Both praised the decision in news releases.

Powered by extensive Marcellus and Utica shale processing and pipelining infrastructure, the Wheeling Metropolitan Statistical Area saw construction investments grow from $60.3 million in 2012 to $1.72 billion in 2013.

On Jan. 8, U.S. Congressman David McKinley, R-W.Va., and Congressman Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, sent a letter to John Boehner, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, to highlight the Biggert-Waters Act's unintended and unexpected consequence of high premiums for residents.

If the bill makes it to the U.S. House, First District Congressman David McKinley (R-WV) said he will support it, as long as it comes with a way to pay for it.

For hundreds of thousands of Ohio Valley residents, the chemical spill last week near Charleston was more than a problem for our neighbors.

On Wednesday, Reps. David McKinley, R-W.Va., and Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner urging "a compassionate solution that will strengthen the NFIP and avoid placing unbearable costs on homeowners."

"During 2013, 97% of all new jobs created were part-time jobs," says Congressman David McKinley. "You can't build an economy on part-time jobs. If we get the work week back to 40 hours, that's going to be a good start."

As debate over the issue looms in the Senate, Reps. David McKinley, R-Wheeling, and Bill Johnson, R-Marietta, sent a joint letter to House Speaker John Boehner urging him to move the House version of the legislation forward.

Congressmen Bill Johnson and David McKinley are teaming up to fight a flood insurance rate hike affecting thousands of residents of the Ohio Valley.

As debate over the issue looms in the Senate, Reps. David McKinley, R-W.Va., and Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, sent a joint letter to House Speaker John Boehner urging him to move the House version of the legislation forward.

U.S. News and World Report gives school higher ranking than previous year.

The U.S. coal mining industry will see a modest and short-lived rebound in 2014, driven by more production in Western states after two successive years of declines, according to a government forecast released Tuesday.

In a new memoir, former defense secretary Robert Gates unleashes harsh judgments about President Obama's leadership and his commitment to the Afghanistan war.

North Central West Virginia Airport flight numbers for 2013 had Airport Director Rick Rock making some New Year's resolutions.

The 130th Airlift Wing will be named after Brig. Gen. James Kemp McLaughlin.

Tanning salons, colonoscopy scopes and prescription drugs like Xanax – they're all items hit by taxes in recent years to fund President Barack Obama's health care law.

Expanding Medicaid coverage to an estimated nine million more Americans–as mandated by the Affordable Care Act–reinforces the idea that Medicaid only serves the poor.

Denver-based Energy Corporation of America and Shenhua America Holdings Corporation are teaming up to develop 25 natural gas wells in Greene County, Pa., over the next 18 months.

The fight over a contraception rule tied to Obamacare has religious liberty advocates and women's health groups at loggerheads over a simple act: What does it mean when a group of Colorado nuns signs a release form?

It's estimated U.S. mines produced 110 to 112 Million tons of coal in 2013.

A bill introduced in the House of Representatives would delay the increases, but it may not even emerge from a committee.

For the third year in a row, United Van Lines has ranked West Virginia as one of the top states where people are moving out.

More than 355,000 voters soon will receive notifications from county clerks seeking updated information.

A state official says a glitch in the federal health insurance marketplace has affected about 18,000 West Virginians trying to sign up for coverage under the Affordable Care Act.

U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-Wheeling, and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., are among many in Congress who support the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act.

The Obama administration faced a fresh challenge to its health-care law just as many of its key provisions took effect Wednesday, after an eleventh-hour Supreme Court ruling temporarily allowed some Catholic groups not to cover birth control in their employee health plans.

"In West Virginia, 95 percent of all fire departments are staffed by volunteers," said Rep. David B. McKinley.

West Virginia was one of two states to lose population in the past year, according to estimates released by the Census Bureau on Dec. 30.

The average amount of electricity consumed in U.S. homes has fallen to levels last seen more than a decade ago.