Raleigh

Legal Notice

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE is hereby given pursuant to and by virtue of the authority vested in the Substitute Trustee, WV Trustee Services, LLC, by that certain Deed of Trust dated June 30, 2022, executed by Borrower(s), Courtney Lea Ward and Daniel Ward, to Crawford Law Group PLLC, the Trustee of record in the office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Raleigh County, West Virginia, in Book 5076, at Page 7790. At the time of the execution of the Deed of Trust, this property was reported to have a mailing address of 117 Ludlow Ln, Daniels, WV 25832. WV Trustee Services, LLC were appointed as Substitute Trustees by APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE dated June 10, 2025, of record in the Clerk’s Office in Book 5085, Page 8610. The borrower(s) defaulted under the Note and Deed of Trust and the Substitute Trustees have been instructed to foreclose under the Deed of Trust. Accordingly, the Substitute Trustees will sell the following described property to the highest bidder at the front door of the Courthouse of Raleigh County, in Beckley, West Virginia, on the following date:

18th day of August, 2025 at 12:00 p.m.

The following described real property and premises, to wit:

SITUATED in the County of Raleigh, Shady Spring District, State of West Virginia to-wit: Lot 4, Block 10, Paddocks Subdivision, Glade Springs Village, Roll Number 5005, at Page 6058, per recorded plat, or plats, and subject to the notes and other indicated restrictions, if any, on said plat or plats and subject to the conditions, covenants, reservations, easements, charges and liens reflected in the Declaration and Supplemental Declarations filed in connection therewith in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Raleigh County, West Virginia.

And being the same property conveyed to Adam Hawke Smith from Yvonna G. Johnston, by Deed dated the 7th day of May, 2020, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Raleigh County, West Virginia, in Deed Book 5071, at Page 6401.

TERMS OF SALE:
1) The property will be conveyed in an “AS IS” physical condition by Deed containing no warranty, express or implied, subject to the Internal Revenue Service right of redemption, all property taxes, prior Deeds, liens, reservations, encumbrances, restrictions, rights-of-ways, easements, covenants, conveyances and conditions of record in the Clerk’s office or affecting the subject property.

2) The Purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the transfer taxes imposed by the West Virginia Code § 11-22-1.

3) The Beneficiary and/or the Servicer of the Deed of Trust and Note reserve the right to submit a bid for the property at sale.

4) The Trustee reserves the right to continue sale of the subject property
from time to time by written or oral proclamation, which continuance
shall be in the sole discretion of the Trustee.

5) The Trustee shall be under no duty to cause any existing tenant or person occupying the property to vacate said property, and any personal property and/or belongings remaining at the property after the foreclosure sale will be deemed to constitute ABANDONED PROPERTY AND WILL BE DISPOSED OF ACCORDINGLY.

6) The total purchase price is payable to the Trustee within thirty (30) days of the date of sale, with ten (10%) of the total purchase price payable to the Trustee at sale.

WV Trustee Services, LLC, Substitute Trustee

BY:/s/Jim Ashley
Jim Ashley, Limited Signing Officer
WV Trustee Services, LLC
McGuire Office Center
618 Tenth Street, Suite 108
Huntington, WV 25701
(304) 853-3336
[email protected]

ID: 873618

Mercer

Legal Notice

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
OF WEST VIRGINIA
CHARLESTON

Case No. 25-0485-G-390P

HOPE GAS, INC.
Annual Pipeline Replacement and Expansion Program
(PREP) Application, pursuant to W. Va. Code § 24-2-1k.

NOTICE OF FILING AND HEARING

On May 30, 2025, Hope Gas, Inc. (Hope) filed its Annual Pipeline Replacement and Expansion Program (PREP) Filing with revised PREP Rates, pursuant to W. Va. Code § 24-2-1k, which authorizes the Public Service Commission of West Virginia (Commission) to approve cost recovery of projects to replace, upgrade, and expand natural gas utility infrastructure that are deemed to be just and reasonable and in the public interest.

In its PREP Filing, Hope projects PREP capital investment for calendar year 2026 of $115.5 million, as part of its General Program (core distribution system) and Gathering Program (gathering facilities), under its multi-year plans. The PREP Filing also contains a true-up for actual versus projected 2024 calendar year PREP capital investment activity for both the General Program and the Gathering Program. The PREP covers several categories of plant asset replacements and improvements, including mains, service lines, regulator stations, and other plant equipment. These plant investments are proposed to be made in Hope service territories throughout the State. These projects are identified in the PREP Filing, which is on file and available for public inspection at the Commission’s offices at 201 Brooks Street, Charleston, West Virginia.

Hope proposes to recover costs associated with these investments through an increment within the fixed or volumetric, base rate component of its rates depending on the applicable rate schedule under which service is rendered, to be effective on November 1, 2025. Hope projects that the average monthly bill for the various classes of customers will be changed on November 1, 2025, as follows:

The increases shown are based on averages of all customers in the indicated classes. Each class may receive an increase greater or less than stated here. Individual customers may receive increases that are greater or less than average. Furthermore, the requested rates and charges are only a proposal and are subject to change (increase or decrease) by the Commission in its review of this filing. Any increase in rates and charges will not become effective until authorized and approved by the Commission.

The Commission adopted the following procedural schedule:

If the Commission receives no opposition to the PREP Filing within one week of the hearing date, the hearing may be waived, and the Commission may issue a final Order within 150 days of the filing date.

Anyone desiring to intervene should file a written petition to intervene within twenty (20) days following the date of this publication unless otherwise modified by Commission Order. All requests to intervene should briefly state the reason for the request to intervene and comply with the rules on intervention set forth in the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure. The Commission will receive public comments until the beginning of the hearing. All written comments and requests to intervene should state the case name and number and be addressed to Karen Buckley, Executive Secretary, P.O. Box 812, Charleston, West Virginia 25323. Public Comments may also be filed online at http://www.psc.state.wv.us/scripts/online comments/default.cfm by clicking the “Formal Case” link.

HOPE GAS, INC.

ID: 873687

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