Belmont County

Each well drilled using hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, for oil and gas production creates tens of millions of gallons of wastewater, called produced…

A satellite orbiting earth revealed that a 2018 fracking explosion in Belmont County created one of the worst methane leaks in U.S. history. More methane…

Life expectancy in the U.S. has taken a significant downward turn. This is especially true in Ohio and West Virginia, which have the highest rates of overdose deaths among people ages 25 to 64.

In February 2018, an explosion at a fracking site in Belmont County, near the Ohio-West Virginia border, forced residents within a 1-mile radius to…

A county Republican Party leader in southeast Ohio is getting a lot of state and national attention for his decision to resign after watching President…

Just over a month ago, an explosion at a Utica shale drilling site in Southeast Ohio's Belmont County forced evacuation of nearby homes. It took nearly…

A petrochemical company from Thailand that has already invested $100 million in a facility in eastern Ohio is considering making an even bigger…

In eastern Ohio's Belmont County, some residents are still evacuated from their homes after a natural gas well explosion last week.Sarah Long Smith lives…

Donald Trump has made huge promises for creating coal jobs. Not many really think he can deliver. Instead, hopes are high for a new plant in Ohio that converts natural gas into plastic pellets.