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Several pipelines carrying natural gas or petroleum products originate, cross or terminate in the Huntington Tri-State region. Thus, what happened last week with the Colonial Pipeline carries concern locally.
Late last week the pipeline was hit by a ransomware attack in which unauthorized parties gain access to a computer system and hold it hostage until a ransom is paid. The attack caused the pipeline system to shut down, which interrupted flows of liquid fuels to major cities in the Southeast and Northeast.
The pipeline is owned by a consortium of five companies and is operated by Georgia-based Colonial Pipeline. It carries gasoline and other fuel from Texas to the Northeast. It delivers roughly 45% of fuel consumed on the East Coast. The pipeline originates in the Houston area. Its route includes Baton Rouge, Atlanta and Charlotte before terminating at Linden, New Jersey, in the New York City harbor area.
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A team in a drone competition maneuvers the craft through an obstacle. The first flying robotics competition for middle and high school students, sponsored by the Robert C. Byrd Institute at Marshall University and NASA’s Katherine Johnson IV&V Facility, in West Virginia will be held May 15 at Huntington Tri-State Airport. (Photo Provided)
HUNTINGTON The Robert C. Byrd Institute at Marshall University and NASA’s Katherine Johnson IV&V Facility are teaming up with the Robotics Education and Competition Foundation to sponsor West Virginia’s first flying robotics competition for middle and high school students.
The event offers students an opportunity to get hands-on experience in S.T.E.M. education in a fun, fast-paced game. Students will learn to safely operate a drone, work as a team and research workforce applications of aerial robotics technology.
April 18, 2021
By CUNEYT DIL Associated Press
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) â West Virginia s coronavirus vaccination drive is slowing down as fewer people come forward to get shots, the governor said Friday.
The administration rate of vaccine supply in the state is about 85%, down from higher figures early in .
April 18, 2021
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) â Eight public schools in four West Virginia counties have been targeted for closing, contingent on those counties receiving state funding to consolidate schools.
The state Board of Education on Thursday approved the closing of Fall River, Kimball and Welch elementary .
April 18, 2021
By JOHN RABY Associated Press
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) â West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Thursday signed a bill to introduce more stringent requirements to needle exchange programs that critics say will make it harder to get clean needles amid a spike in HIV cases in the state.
HUNTINGTON – A few recent Letters to the Editor in the Huntington newspaper have complained about Appalachian Power and American Electric Power (AEP), the public utility that supplies electricity to our homes and businesses across West Virginia and throughout the Tri-State region.
While I understand the frustration with higher electricity rates and the recent loss of electricity from the ice storm earlier this year, bashing AEP does little to lower electricity rates, improve service or explain the nature of their responsibility to electrify our communities.
As the recent letter writers pointed out, we should be thankful for the hard work of out-of-state crews as well as the many West Virginians who worked diligently to reattach lines and return electricity service as quickly as possible. The crew that returned service to our house was from South Bend, Indiana, and were professional and work tirelessly in less-than-ideal conditions.