Papers Says United States must have a realistic, rational, national energy policy CHARLESTON, W.Va., June 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Charleston Daily in an editorial stated "People opposed to mountaintop mining trespassed onto Massey Energy property in Boone County, scaled the boom of the dragline, and shut down the operation until they were arrested.

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By TOM HINDMAN/DAILY MAIL PHOTO Chelle Davis and her son Knash, 2, from Cane Fork, take a stroll at Kanawha State Forest to savor the last bit of summer-like weather. Their dogs, Bonnie and Clyde, splash around in the pond. (c) 2008 Charleston Daily Mail. Provided by ProQuest LLC.

The Charleston branch of the NAACP will hold its annual freedom banquet 6 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday at West Virginia State University. The meeting will be held in the Wilson Student Union on the Institute campus. Verizon West Virginia President B. Keith Fulton will be keynote speaker.

By George Hohmann, Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va. Aug. 6--Increasing demand for a reformulated Bayer CropScience insecticide is prompting the company to add 24 good-paying jobs at Institute, said site leader Nick Crosby.