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‘We didn’t choose this:’ Mingo locals voice frustration, worry to WV DEP over proposed power plants
by Caity Coyne, West Virginia Watch September 22, 2025 GILBERT, W.Va. — At a public hearing last Thursday for two proposed natural gas plants in Mingo County, resident Pam Surber had a message for regulators from the state Department of Environmental Protection: “We were here first.” At 63 years old — and turning 64 in
