WASHINGTON, D.C. The 2012 rupture of a Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation natural gas pipeline in West Virginia was caused by external corrosion that could have been discovered by the pipeline operator, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a report released Monday.
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NTSB Says Sissonville Pipeline Rupture Could Have Been Prevented
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Bulletin Board: March 11, 2014
The U.S. Air Force Heritage Ramblers, a six-piece Dixieland band, will perform at 7 p.m. Friday in the Riverside High School auditorium.
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45 year old gas pipeline not checked in 24 years. Guess what happens next?
A corroded gas pipeline that had not been inspected in more than two decades contributed to an explosion in 2012 that destroyed homes and melted a section of Interstate 77 in Sissonville, W.Va., the National Transportation Safety Board said on Monday.
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Extra plastic bottle recycling ends March 31
Members of the Kanawha County Solid Waste Authority say satellite recycling stations set up around the county will stop accepting plastic bottles at the end of the month.
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Yes, pipelines can be and should be safer
The National Transportation Safety Board this week released its final report of the December 2012 Sissonville natural gas pipeline rupture that blew out a 20-foot section of pipeline and ignited a huge fireball that destroyed three homes, closed Interstate 77 for a day and scared the wits out of everyone in the area.
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Sissonville community appreciation dinner to honor volunteers
A Sissonville community appreciation dinner will take place at 6 p.m. March 18 in the gymnasium at Aldersgate United Methodist Church.
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Sex Offender Arrested After Police Said He Admitted To Fondling Himself In Front Of Girls
A registered sex offender in Kanawha County is accused of performing sex acts on himself in front of young girls walking home from the bus stop.
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Sex Offender Arrested After Police Said He Admitted To Fondling Himself In Front Of Girls
A registered sex offender in Kanawha County is accused of performing sex acts on himself in front of young girls walking home from the bus stop.
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Corrosion, Alarm Issues Cited in Blast
Deteriorated coatings, ineffective cathodic protection, and a 24-year gap in inspections led to the rupture of a severely corroded pipeline and subsequent massive fire in West Virginia, federal regulators have concluded.
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Explosion report raises more questions
A federal report on the massive natural gas pipeline explosion near Charleston more than a year ago reaches the obvious conclusion - that the blast was a result of unpardonable neglect.
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Accident Closes Martins Branch Road In Sissonville
The 2800 block of Martins Branch Road in Sissonville will be closed for the next several hours after a car crashed and took down several utility poles.
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Sissonville girls title hopes dashed
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Safety of pipelines should be ensured
A federal report on the massive natural gas pipeline explosion near Charleston more than a year ago reaches the obvious conclusion - that the blast was a result of unpardonable neglect.
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Accident Between Semi Truck And SUV Injures One
One person was taken to the hospital after the SUV they were driving rear-ended a semi.
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Sissonville crash sends one to hospital
Captain Sean Crosier with the Kanawha County Sheriff's Office said deputies believe a tractor-trailer driven by Jeffrey Perry, 46, of Alma, Mich., and owned by Larsen Trucking of Greenville, Mich., was traveling north on Route 21 just outside the Charleston city limits when the truck slowed to make a right turn.
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Water crisis might delay Edgewood schools opening
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The recent water crisis could delay the opening of Kanawha County's new "school of the future."
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Woman injured in roll-over crash near Sissonville
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Paramedics took one woman to the hospital after a roll-over crash along Interstate 77 southbound near Sissonville Wednesday.
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News Minute: Here is the latest West Virginia news from The Associated Press
West Virginia University has named Robert L. Taylor Jr. as director of the Division of Animal and Nutritional Sciences.
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Property owners sue over 2012 Sissonville pipeline blast
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- NiSource Inc. and two subsidiaries are being sued by two Sissonville property owners over a 2012 natural gas pipeline rupture and explosion.
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Two Drivers Seriously Injured In Head-on Sissonville Crash
Two drivers sustained serious injuries in a head-on crash in Sissonville. The accident happened about 7:40 a.m. Wednesday on Sissonville Drive near Sissonville Middle School, Metro 911 said.
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