Metal and Mineral

It seems in Maryland politics, there are occasional issues that linger beyond their usefulness. Back when I was a kid, well into my teens and possibly even later than that, Maryland was the only state that didn't require dump trucks to cover their loads....

BOONVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Southern Indiana officials say a home in the town of Boonville has sunk three feet in the past two weeks, apparently because of a collapsing mine shaft that dates to the 19th century. The Evansville Courier & Press reports...

Late last week, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell asked state lawmakers to keep the moratorium on uranium mining in place for at least another year.  That didn't stop opponents of uranium mining from making another trip to Richmond on Monday.   About...

A visually spectacular travelogue series is returning to the Johnstown Flood Museum. The Armchair Travel series, which is presented by First Commonwealth, builds on the success of the first series presented last winter. Each of the four films in the...

FirstEnergy Corp., which on Thursday announced it would retire six older coal-fired power plants, announced in a separate email a new policy it said changes the method of accounting for pensions and other post-retirement benefits (OPEB). The company...

FirstEnergy will close the R. Paul Smith Power Station in Williamsport by Sept. 1 because of the cost of complying with federal environmental regulations that go into effect in 2015, a company official announced Thursday. The plant is one of six older...

Williamsport resident Johnna Artz didn’t mince words Thursday about her opposition to the closing of the R. Paul Smith Power Station in town. “This affects everybody,” she said. “It hurts the whole community with the number of...

Aberdeen: The memorial service for James “Jimbo” W. Miller, 49, of Aberdeen will be 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, at Carlsen Funeral Home and Crematory, 1708 Eighth Ave. N.E. The Rev. Bill Nelson-Loefke will officiate. Jimbo died Saturday, Jan. 21,...

If Gov. Martin O’Malley, as conservatives like to say, is waging a war on rural Maryland, he is also (if taxes are your guide) waging war against the cities and suburbs, the rich and the poor, dogs and cats, and pretty much everything in between....