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The state's top environmental official says West Virginia will likely need a two-tiered regulatory system to properly permit and monitor the proliferation of Marcellus shale and other horizontally drilled gas wells.

It's been more than 30 years since Ken Hechler served in Congress, and he last held public office a decade ago. Now at the age of 95, Hechler seeks to write another chapter in an already brimming career with his quixotic run for U.S.

West Virginia University and Beijing's China University of Mining and Technology are officially partners. The schools signed an agreement Thursday to collaborate on future research projects related to coal mining.

Some state lawmakers want to start tapping portions of the publicly owned mineral wealth beneath West Virginia's state forests.