Alpha to cut 152 workers in W.Va. and 168 in Ky.
Alpha Natural Resources says its decision to scale back production and idle some coal mines will cost 152 West Virginians and 168 Kentuckians their jobs in the coming weeks.
Spokesman Ted Pile said Monday that aside from those workers, 182 West Virginia employees and 52 Kentucky employees are being offered work at other Alpha locations.
The West Virginia mines being idled include the No. 2 Gas Mine in Kanawha County and the Randolph Mine in Boone County, both underground operations. Hours are being cut at Boone's Black Castle surface mine and the Progress/Twilight surface mine, and at Logan County's Camp Branch surface mine. The Alloy Powellton Mine in Fayette County is eliminating one underground section.
Virginia-based Alpha has more than 180 mines and processing plants in five states.
Developers to pitch plans for Norfolk marketplace
Five developers have proposed vastly different plans for remaking Waterside Festival Marketplace on downtown Norfolk's riverfront.
Some call for tearing down the current building and redeveloping the spot into a convention center or a performance and sports arena. Others call for spending millions of dollars to renovate and repurpose the current building.
Each developer will present its plans in meetings with city officials this week, and City Manager Marcus Jones expects to decide which one to present to the City Council by the end of March.
Owens & Minor board OKs 22-cent dividend
Owens & Minor said its board of directors approved a first-quarter 2012 cash dividend of 22 cents per share, a 10 percent increase over the previous quarter's 20-cent dividend.
The dividend is payable March 30 to shareholders of record as of March 15.
From staff and wire reports
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