Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:01:12 GMT
W.Va. State Workers Want $1,000 Raise, Not Bonuses (WTOV 9 Steubenville)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A West Virginia state employees union wants $1,000 across-the-board raises, not the one-time $500 bonuses Gov. Joe Manchin is pushing.
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Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:23:54 GMT
Huddleston Bolen attorneys recognized (The Huntington Herald-Dispatch)
HUNTINGTON -- Huddleston Bolen LLP has 13 lawyers who were recognized in the 2009 Edition of West Virginia Super Lawyers, more than a quarter of the firm.
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Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:38:55 GMT
Bonds approved for Greenbrooke purchase (Charleston Daily Mail)
The West Virginia Economic Development Authority has approved a resolution authorizing the issuance of up to $15 million in tax-free bonds for the purchase of the Greenbrooke Building and adjacent parking.The resolution was passed Thursday, eight days afte...
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Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:29:23 GMT
Manchin wants another shot to get failed bills through Legislature (Charleston Daily Mail)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Proposals to boost student achievement, develop mined lands and lure high-tech employers to West Virginia will all get a second shot during a special legislative session, Gov. Joe Manchin announced.The governor wants state lawmakers to...
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Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:30:48 GMT
W.Va. gov wants 2nd shot at ed, tech, land bills (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Proposals to boost student achievement, develop mined lands and lure high-tech employers to West Virginia will all get a second shot during a special legislative session, Gov. Joe Manchin announced.
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Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:54:02 GMT
Families sought for farmland program (The Register-Herald)
Carl Thompson, a Fayette County representative for the West Virginia State University Extension Service, wants the local agricultural community to know the Fayette County Farmland Protection Program is actively seeking to identify farm families who might have a desire to protect their farm properties through the county program.
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Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:09:40 GMT
W.Va. nursing homes receive poor rating (The Charleston Gazette)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Twelve West Virginia nursing home programs got five-star ratings ("much above average") from Medicares Nursing Home Compare program in December.Medicare also slapped 34 of West Virginias 130 licensed nursing homes with a &quo...
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Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:07:31 GMT
Obituary: Counselor Jerry Walker reached out to minority students (The Sacramento Bee)
Jerry Euclid Walker Jerry Walker refused to accept that the only future for an African American youngster during the Jim Crow era in West Virginia was working in a coal mine or on the railroad. "He and I used to sit on the railroad track and throw stones across the river and say, 'We've got to have a big dream,' " said Ewaugh Fields, an aunt who grew up with him. "We looked for a way ...
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Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:42:15 GMT
Williams sworn into the 79th (Mineral Daily News-Tribune)
CHARLESTON — Sen. Robert L. “Bob” Williams was sworn into the West Virginia State Senate for the 79th Legislature on Jan. 14.
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Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:20:14 GMT
Two enter guilty pleas in Smith case (Parkersburg News and Sentinel)
CHARLESTON - Two members of the family that owned a Jackson County business entered plea agreements in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. Donald Paul Smith and his wife, Judith E. Smith, pleaded guilty to charges from a March 2008 indictment. They were among five persons who were indicted in connection with activities at Carl E. Smith Inc. in Ripley.
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Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:08:52 GMT
Sheetz expands in W.Va. (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Pennsylvania-based Sheetz doesn't have a convenience store in West Virginia south of Weston, but that's soon to change.
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Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:05:25 GMT
Homestead increase among top priorities (Parkersburg News and Sentinel)
PARKERSBURG - A $10,000 increase in the Homestead Exemption is among legislative priorities of the West Virginia Assessors' Association. While Wood County Assessor Rich Shaffer doesn't agree with all the association's legislative wish list, he does feel an increase in the Homestead Exemption is overdue.
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Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:03:58 GMT
WV Most Expensive Place to Buy (WHSV Harrisonburg)
A West Virginia University study says Morgantown is the state's most expensive place to buy a home or rent an apartment.
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Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:26:48 GMT
Manchin taps Ross to fill House vacancy (Charleston Daily Mail)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Gov. Joe Manchin has appointed former Randolph County Senator Mike Ross to fill the House vacancy left by the death of Bill Proudfoot."Based upon his experience and prior service to the state of West Virginia, his ability to step ...
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Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:59:16 GMT
Patriot to shutter W.Va. mine (St. Louis Business Journal)
Patriot Coal Corp. plans to close its Jupiter mine in West Virginia, leaving what the company says are fewer than 100 workers without jobs. (PCX)
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