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On March 31, 1943, the first Buna-S synthetic rubber was shipped from Union Carbide’s plant at Institute in Kanawha County. It was a significant…
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Wertz Field opened at Institute in Kanawha County on July 4, 1930. Named for Charleston’s mayor, it was the first airport in the Kanawha Valley to offer…
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West Virginia State University is planning to freeze the cost of tuition for a portion of its student body starting next fall.The Charleston Gazette-Mail…
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Ground has been broken on a methanol plant in West Virginia.Officials on Wednesday celebrated the start of construction on the US Methanol plant in…
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Federal officials say they have struck a $5.6 million settlement with Bayer CropScience over an explosion that killed two people at the company's…