FILE - Following a chemical spill in the region, a decontamination tent is shown outside of WVU Medicine Thomas Memorial Hospital on April 22, 2026, in South Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/John Raby, File)

Trump administration wants to close the watchdog investigating West Virginia’s chemical disasters

by The Associated Press June 2, 2026

written by The Associated Press June 2, 2026

By Tre Spencer/Mountain State Spotlight After a chemical leak at the Ames Goldsmith plant in Kanawha County killed two workers and injured dozens more last month, federal investigators quickly arrived in West Virginia to begin piecing together what went wrong. Now, the federal ag...

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Trump administration wants to close the watchdog investigating West Virginia’s chemical disasters

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