CONSOL Energy Inc. has announced that it has closed on its previously announced agreement to sell its Consolidation Coal Company subsidiary, which includes all five of its longwall coal mines in West Virginia, to a subsidiary of Murray Energy Corp. for $3.5 billion.

Lynn Smith, Secretary-Treasurer for the Kanawha Valley Mining Institute, as well as a Coal River Energy full-time employee, was awarded the honor of being inducted into the Kanawha Valley Mining Institute’s Hall of Fame (the first woman to be given this honor).

Remember The Miners will hold its 3rd Annual Bob Huggins Fish Fry onJanuary 31st at Mylan Park in Morgantown, WV. The event will help support Remember The Miners Scholars Program and the Norma Mae Huggins Cancer Research Endowment Fund. You won't want to miss this signature event, with VIPs including Honorary Chairman Coach Bob Huggins and many more to be announced.

For more information and to inquire about sponsorship opportunities, contactjasonp@remembertheminers.org

New York Post Article

The 2013 hurricane season just ended as one of the five quietest years since 1960. But don’t expect anyone who pointed to last year’s hurricanes as “proof” of the need to act against global warming to apologize; the warmists don’t work that way.

Warmist claims of a severe increase in hurricane activity go back to 2005 and Hurricane Katrina. The cover of Al Gore’s 2009 book, “Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis,” even features a satellite image of the globe with four major hurricanes superimposed.

By TOM BONE Bluefield Daily Telegraph 

GREEN VALLEY — Many coaches can attest to Tahj Sho-Johnson’s speed and talent on the football field. Many Princetonians can testify to his character. Many statistics could try to quantify his individual accomplishments as a Princeton Tiger.

But perhaps Rick Taylor summed up the 2013 Pocahontas Coal Association-Bluefield Daily Telegraph Football Player of the Year Tuesday night with his closing comment at the annual banquet.

“What a champ,” said Taylor, the coal association president and master of ceremonies.