Strapped for cash at a time when costly gasoline is whittling down its traffic flow, the West Virginia Turnpike might jump into the real estate business. ... And there’s a remote chance the Turnpike might rake in some money from natural gas.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- American Electric Power has purchased a 27,000-acre tract of mineral rights in parts of Putnam, Mason and Jackson counties that might eventually be mined, the company said.The tract was purchased in January for $2.5 million by Franklin...
