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🌱 What Davis leaders learned on the power plant site visit

Davis, West Virginia Patch AM: a 3 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • What Davis leaders learned on the power plant site visit
  • How a $12,000 grant could transform Davis’s night skies

Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 71 and low of 48 degrees.
  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 75, low: 51.
  • Friday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 77 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Rosenau Highlights Meeting With State, Fundamental Data (parsonsadvocate.com) — Local leaders, including the mayor of Davis, met with state officials and Fundamental Data to review plans for a proposed power plant and data center that could bring over $26 million yearly and up to 110 permanent jobs. They discussed Davis residents’ concerns about stack height, lighting, diesel storage, and water use, including reassurances about protecting night skies and tapping existing mine water.
   

• Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation Awards Blackwater Falls State Park Foundation $12,000 Grant (parsonsadvocate.com) — A Davis-based nonprofit just secured a $12,000 Dominion Energy grant to replace non-compliant exterior lights at Blackwater Falls State Park Lodge, a key step toward International Dark Sky certification. The project will push the park past the threshold to apply for certification, expand night-sky programming, and may inspire more Tucker County homes and businesses to adopt dark-sky-friendly lighting.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

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  • Davis & Elkins College celebrates completion of $25 million campaign for new Freshman Village (wdtv.com)
  • Fair retires after 15 years in Drug Courts (theintermountain.com)
  • Seibert retires from Mountain Memories Assisted Living (theintermountain.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Davis

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