A Good Poem: The Blackwater

By Jack Slocomb            I think I first saw the Blackwater Canyon and falls when I was nine years old. That’s when I was living…

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Mistletoe: Holiday Matchmaker and Year-Round Parasite

By Katherine McFerrinMistletoe is the symbol for romance during the winter holidays. The classic mistletoe, imagined with its snowy white berries and thin…

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On the River Once

By Jack SlocombI remember the river going bymuddy and slowand the moths flickering away lifetimes 

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Construction Stopped on Mountain Valley Pipeline (at least temporarily)

By John McFerrinThe United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has granted a stay of the actions of the United States Army…

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Reusing Waste Water from Gas Wells

By John McFerrinIn recent years there has been a movement toward what is called “water reuse.”  The idea is that with the possibilities of…

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An Irruption of Grosbeaks

By Cindy EllisWe have been longing to see them for years…and they’re back!  Those wildly handsome northern songbirds called Evening Grosbeaks have recently…

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Mining Reclamation: Who Gets Stuck?

BackgroundNote before you read:  The accompanying story is only the latest chapter in a controversy that has been going on since dinosaurs roamed the…

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Thoughts from our president

As we move into December, the Covid19 pandemic of 2020 continues to radically change our lives, certainly making us fully aware of the vast treasurers that our…

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Bluestone Mine Gets Its Comeuppance

By Cindy RankFirst a quick reminder about our actions with regard to Bluestone Coal violations at its Red Fox mine in McDowell County.  (Bluestone…

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