PSC lowers W.Va . utility’s natural gas price (Williamson Daily News) CHARLESTON, W.Va . — Hope Gas didn’t get quite the rate increase it was hoping for.

Va. museum names Ward as its 1st curator emeritus (NBC 12 Richmond) MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) - The Virginia Museum of Natural History has named retired curator Lauck "Buck" Ward as its first curator emeritus. Ward had served as curator of invertebrate paleontology at the museum for 19 years before he recently retired. The museum announced his new appointment Monday.