{Madison, West Virginia}...More than 350 Boone County residents have reached a tentative deal with Alpha Natural Resources to resolve their lawsuit alleging coal-slurry pollution contaminated their drinking water in the Prenter and Seth areas. Lawyers for Alpha and the residents reached the settlement just an hour before jury selection was to begin Tuesday morning in Madison. Opening arguments were scheduled to start next week, and Boone Circuit Judge William Thompson had ordered the lawyers to conduct another mediation session over the weekend.
