The natural gas storage report from the EIA for the week ending February 5th indicated that the amount of natural gas held in underground storage in the US fell by 171 billion cubic feet to 2,518 billion cubic feet by the end of the week, which left our gas supplies 9 billion cubic feet, or 0.4% below the 2,527 billion cubic feet that were in storage on February 5th of last year, and 152 billion cubic feet, or 6.4% above the five-year average of 2,366 billion cubic feet of natural gas that have been in storage as of the 5th of February in recent years..the 171 billion cubic feet that were drawn out of US natural gas storage this week was a bit less than the average forecast of a 175 billion cubic foot withdrawal from an S&P Global Platts survey of analysts, but way more than the 121 billion cubic foot withdrawal from natural gas storage seen during the corresponding week of a year earlier, and also more than the average withdrawal of 125 billion cubic feet of natural gas that have ty
Michael Blackburn, chairman of the Mountain Water District commission, tendered his resignation following the Dec. 22 special called meeting of the commissionâs board.
In a letter of resignation to Pike County Judge-Executive Ray Jones, provided to the News-Express at Blackburnâs request, Blackburn said that âdue to my current employment situation, I am no longer able to continue my responsibilities as member of the Board of Commissioners.â
Blackburnâs resignation is effective Jan. 1.
In the resignation letter, Blackburn said he was âleaving with a great sense of accomplishment of some of the significant projects Mountain Water District has undertaken during my affiliation.â
It seems after years of a property stalemate, the library board may finally be able to do the right thing.
The chairman of the library board in Pike County, who has lived outside of Pike County for many years, has stalled growth in this community by not working with the University of Pikeville. The university needs a bigger library and has been trying desperately to work with the library board to purchase the other half of the building they currently own, which is owned by the library. Since the library built their new $10 million facility a few years ago that is five miles away in the high rent district, you would think the library board would be willing to work with the university to help them expand.
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