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01/10/2009Wake of the spill - News & Observer

In North Carolina, responsibility for coal ash storage sites is scattered among utilities, the Utilities Commission (for the impoundment structures) and the ...

01/10/2009Progress Energy re-inspects ash ponds - Asheville Citizen-Times

While Progress Energy's Asheville plant is the largest coal-fired plant serving Western North Carolina, it is dwarfed by the Kingston plant in capacity and ...

01/10/2009School board hears writing program, pool proposals - Jefferson Post

In a nutshell, the new assessment plan was spearheaded by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction after receiving a recommendation from the Blue ...

01/10/2009State ranking of coal ash pond storage - Chicago Tribune

1360500 8 NC 1344200 14 Mont. 963600 1 W.Va. 896200 6 Mo. 779150 9 Mich. 669200 5 Ill. 625800 11 Pa. 606200 3 Tenn. 592500 5 Minn. ...

01/10/2009New ash-spill lawsuit filed against TVA - Knoxville News Sentinel

They are represented by attorneys including Gary Davis, a North Carolina lawyer who had previously threatened to sue TVA on behalf of an environmental group ...

01/10/2009Parkland gets credit for rise in proficiency - Winston-Salem Journal

The NC Board of Transportation awarded contracts to replace three bridges in Northwest North Carolina at its monthly meeting Thursday. ...

01/10/2009Hundreds hear Brockovich; many show interest in legal action - Knoxville News Sentinel

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01/10/2009A CLOSER LOOK AT THE SOUTH'S TOXIC COAL ASH DUMPS - Facing South

Charlotte, NC-based Duke Energy and Louisville-based E.ON are tied with eight each. * The companies using surface impoundments to store toxic coal ash have ...

01/10/2009Northwest North Carolina battered by heavy winds, rain - Winston-Salem Journal

By John Hinton | Journal Reporter Residents of Northwest North Carolina saw erratic changes in the weather yesterday as a cold front delivered strong winds ...

01/10/2009Jacksonâ?Ts Shop with a Cop event a success - Macon County News

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