The Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communities and Economic Revitalization, created by the Biden Administration in January 2021, has identified Southern West Virginia as No. 1 and Beckley as No. 23 on their list of 40 priority communities to target for transition funding and technical assistance.
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