A Mighty Wind

Following up on his "Declaration of Energy Independence," Gov. Joe Manchin has proposed legislation addressing West Virginia's emerging wind power industry.

The Register-Herald of Beckley touches on that proposal while reporting on a Senate bill that would govern how and where the mammoth wind turbines would be located.

Renewable energy is also the topic of a recent article from The Parsons Advocate, offered as an Associated Press Exchange feature. The author, Chris Stadelman, is a veteran business writer who also took a turn at AP before settling in as the gentleman publisher of a country newspaper.

The Sunday Gazette-Mail, meanwhile, reports on how a Houston oil heir now has also become West Virginia's biggest coal owner.