WHEELING, W.Va. -- Ohio Valley Medical Center is questioning Wheeling Hospital's $50 million expansion plan.

Ohio Valley has filed an objection with the state Health Care Authority, which will trigger a public hearing on the project.

Wheeling Hospital is seeking a certificate of need from the authority to build a new tower that would expand emergency room, pediatric, intensive care and other services.

Wheeling Hospital CEO Ronald Violi says Ohio Valley's filing will delay the expansion and could kill it if the process takes too long.

Ohio Valley spokeswoman Maggie Espina says the hospital isn't trying to stall the project and hasn't determined whether to support or oppose the expansion.

Comair: Up to 100 pilots to be furloughed

CINCINNATI -- Comair says it expects to furlough up to 100 additional pilots between September and the end of the year in the wake of parent company Delta Air Lines Inc.'s decision to make service cuts.

The airline placed 295 pilots on furlough in October.

Comair spokeswoman Christine Wever said Thursday that the Erlanger, Ky., based regional airline is working with the Air Line Pilots Association to explore ways to lessen the impact. Comair employs about 1,380 pilots, It has about 5,600 employees total, including 3,300 at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.

GM, Chrysler fight reopening of dealerships

WASHINGTON -- General Motors and Chrysler urged lawmakers Thursday to block legislation that would prevent them from consolidating their dealership networks, warning it would complicate their emergence from government-led bankruptcies.

With GM poised to exit bankruptcy protection, company leaders pressed House members to overturn an amendment approved late Tuesday by a House committee that would force General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC to restore franchise agreements with dealers as a condition of partial government ownership.

The Michigan auto companies are closing nearly 3,000 dealerships as part of their sweeping reorganization plans under bankruptcy protection, a move supported by the Obama administration.

But the moves have angered lawmakers who contend that many of their hometown car dealers were shuttered without a full explanation or enough time to prepare.

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