By GEORGE HOHMANN The price of regular gasoline in West Virginia has dropped an average of 54 cents a gallon in the past three months, according to the AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge Report. The average price today is $3.58 a gallon, down from $4.12 in July, the AAA said.

By GEORGE HOHMANN The financial rescue package approved by Congress and signed into law by President Bush last week contains more than a billion dollars in federal tax incentives for the coal industry. In a statement issued following Senate passage last Tuesday, Sen.

By GEORGE HOHMANN You've seen the ads: A geeky guy with black-rimmed glasses holds a cell phone to his ear and asks, "Can You Hear Me Now?" What you may not know: Verizon Wireless has nearly 100 real people across the country who actually do that job.

By George Hohmann During his years in Congress, former Gov. Bob Wise was an advocate of vehicles that run on compressed natural gas, or CNG. At first it seemed like an idea whose time had come.

By GEORGE HOHMANN Appalachian Power Co., which has been focused throughout its 102 years on generating electricity with coal, today announced its first- ever deal to purchase power generated by a West Virginia wind farm.