NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD OF LINCOLN PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT The Public Service Board of Lincoln Public Service District (the “District”) will hold a public hearing on June 25, 2026, at 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, at the District’s office, 240 Little Coal River Road, Alum Creek, West Virginia, for the following purposes: 1. To consider and determine whether it is in the best interests of the District and its customers to convey its waterworks system to West Virginia-American Water Company (the “Acquisition”). 2. To consider and adopt a proposed resolution authorizing the Acquisition. 3. To consider and authorize the Chairman and Secretary to approve the final forms of, and execute, all documents necessary and appropriate to facilitate the Acquisition, specifically including, but not limited to, an asset purchase agreement. The public hearing is open to the public and any person interested may attend such meeting and present any comment or protest thereto. LINCOLN PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT LH-468763 06-10;2026
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WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Bids will be received electronically by the West Virginia Department of Transportation Division of Highways through the Bid Express Bidding Service (www.bidx.com) and by sealed proposals (only when prequalification is waived) being received at its office in Building 5, Room 843, 1900 Kanawha Boulevard East, Charleston, West Virginia until June 16, 2026 at 10:00 AM (Eastern Standard Time). The bids will be downloaded and/or opened and read publicly thereafter for the constructions of the following project(s): CALL: 003 CONTRACT: 2026500018 STATE PROJECT: S350-21-3.28 00 FEDERAL PROJECT: PROT-0021(946)D DESCRIPTION: SLIDE REPAIR W/PILING BEECH FORK ROAD SLIDE SLIDE REPAIR COUNTY: WAYNE Proposals will be received from prequalified and West Virginia licensed contractors only except that on Federal-Aid Projects a contractors’ license is not required at time of bid, but will be required before work can begin. Registration is required with the Department of Administration, Division of Purchasing, in accordance with Chapter 5A, Article 3, Section 12 of the West Virginia Code. All contractors submitting bids on project(s) must submit electronically with their bid a Proposal Guaranty Bond for $500.00 or 5% of the total bid, whichever is greater. The West Virginia Department of Transportation Division of Highways reserves the right to defer, delay or postpone the date for receiving and publicly opening proposals for any project designated in this advertisement, without the necessity of renewing such advertisement. The deferment, delay, postponement, and the date that proposals will be received and publicly opened will be available on www.bidx.com. The West Virginia Department of Transportation Division of Highways hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex or national origin in consideration for an award. LH-469504 06-10,17;2026
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IN THE MAGISTRATE COURT OF LOGAN COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA Civil Action No. 26-M23C-00141 Tonya Browning Marcum Plaintiff v. Kayla Newsome 297 Rum Creek Yolyn, WV 25654 Defendant ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of the above entitled action is Petition for Summary Relief Wrongful Occupation of Residential Rental Property. And it appearing by an affidavit filed in this action that The Sheriff of Logan County attempted service on 05/18/26 and 05/19/26 and defendant was not found. It is ordered that Kayla Newsome do serve upon Harold Porter, magistrate, whose address is 300 Stratton Street, Logan, WV 25601, an answer or other defense to the complaint filed in this action on or before 06/26/2026 otherwise judgment by default will be taken against Kayla Newsome at any time thereafter. A copy of said complaint can be obtained from the undersigned Clerk at her office. Entered by the Clerk of said Court 05/26/26. Michelle Copley Magistrate Court Clerk LH-469539 06-10,17;2026
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PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WEST VIRGINIA CHARLESTON CASE NO. NOIR APCO and WHEELING 26A APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY and WHEELING POWER COMPANY Notice of Intent to File General Base Rate Case. PUBLIC NOTICE OF CHANGE IN RATES and HEARING On April 6, 2026, Appalachian Power Company and Wheeling Power Company (Companies) filed a Notice of Intent to file a general base rate case (NOI). On April 16, 2026, the Public Service Commission of West Virginia (Commission) issued an Order in the above-referenced proceeding regarding the NOI (Order), stating that the Commission had considered whether there is any alternative that could: extend the timing between general base rate cases, levelize and moderate the magnitude of future rate increases and incentivize the Companies to control costs, while allowing the Companies to timely recover reasonable and prudently incurred costs. As an alternative, the Order authorized the Companies to increase their existing base rates pursuant to a “limited inflation-based revenue adjustment,” effective June 1, 2026, provided the Companies agree to withdraw their NOI; and not file a base rate case on or before June 1, 2027, subject to the Companies agreeing to Commission conditions. The Companies accepted this alternative and its conditions. On April 23, 2026, in accordance with the Order, the Companies filed an affidavit of an authorized corporate executive wherein the Companies: (1) agreed that they have reviewed the Commission’s Final Order entered on March 31, 2026, in Case No. 25-0310-E-P and will proceed with the securitization authorized therein, unless otherwise ordered; (2) agreed to file a motion to withdraw the NOI; and (3) agreed not to file a West Virginia base rate case prior to June 1, 2027. Thereby satisfying the Commission’s conditions and allow the inflation-based rate adjustment to base rates become effective on June 1, 2026. On May 29, 2026, the Commission extended the effective date to July 1, 2026, after proposal by Commission Staff and acceptance by the Companies. Once effective, the proposed inflation-based rate adjustment to base rates will: increase the Companies’ residential and commercial base rates by 4.0 percent, and increase the Companies’ industrial base rates by 2.5 percent, excluding Special Contract rates, resulting in an overall base rate increase of 3.5 percent, or approximately $40.1 million annually. The impact of the inflation-based rate adjustment to base rates on an average monthly bill by customer class is: Residential ($) Increase/(Decrease) $5.12 (%) Increase/(Decrease) 2.77% Commercial ($) Increase/(Decrease) $11.32 (%) Increase/(Decrease) 2.57% Industrial ($) Increase/(Decrease) $2,797.00 (%) Increase/(Decrease) 0.99% Other ($) Increase/(Decrease) $0.00 (%) Increase/(Decrease) 0.00% The increases shown are based on averages of all customers in the indicated class. Individual customers may experience increases that are greater or less than the average. A residential customer using 1,000 kWh per month would experience a monthly increase over current rates of $4.84, or 2.74 percent. The Companies filed with the Commission updated Tariff Sheets reflecting the above-described inflation-based rate adjustment and resulting revised base rates, effective as of June 1, 2026 (now suspended). A complete copy of the Companies’ tariffs, as well as a representative of the Companies to provide information requested concerning them, are available to all customers, prospective customers, or their agents at any of the offices of the Companies. The Commissioners will hold a hearing in this matter on June 9, 2026, in the Howard M. Cunningham hearing room at the Commission headquarters at 201 Brooks St., Charleston, West Virginia, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Copies of the Companies’ tariffs are also available for public inspection at the office of the Executive Secretary of the Public Service Commission at 201 Brooks Street, Charleston, West Virginia. Anyone desiring to protest or comment should file a written comment prior to July 1, 2026. Anyone desiring to file protest or comments or participate on the record in public comment proceedings may do so without formally intervening. Protests and comments may be filed online through the Public Service Commission website (www.psc.state.wv.us) using the “Submit Comment” link or may be mailed or hand delivered to the Executive Secretary Public Service Commission of West Virginia, P.O. Box 812, 201 Brooks St., Charleston, West Virginia 25323. APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY & WHEELING POWER COMPANY LH-469392 06-10;2026