Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:15:17 GMT
Mollohan: U.S. must avoid ‘credit problems on Main Street’ (The Times West Virginian)
Helping the nation’s financial markets is vital to saving credit lines for West Virginia’s banks and its businesses — large and small — and consumers in general, U.S. Rep. Alan B. Mollohan said.Without congressional action, the nation’s financial credit markets will begin to dry up, and ordinary West Virginians will soon feel the effects, he said.
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Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:49:48 GMT
Governors, businesses up pressure for bailout bill (The Daily Jeffersonian)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Governors and business lobbyists pressured lawmakers Wednesday to pass a $700 billion financial industry bailout as top lawmakers prepared for another face-off on the issue " this time in the Senate. "There is a time for partisanship and there is a time for getting things done," Texas Gov. Rick Perry and West Virginia Gov.
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Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:24:26 GMT
Theater group announces cast, upcoming auditions (Grant County Press)
One cast has been completed and another will soon be assembled as West Virginia Theater East gears up for its first two productions in the new Landes Arts Center.
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Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:05:53 GMT
Modest Decline Reported in State Housing Industry (The Charleston State Journal)
The West Virginia housing market is on a downturn, but its decline is nothing compared to that felt in some other parts of the country.
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Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:54:29 GMT
Wheeling Eyed For Office Space (The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register)
WHEELING - The West Virginia Department of Administration is presently running an advertisement seeking a large amount of office space in or near downtown Wheeling.
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Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:53:03 GMT
Another W.Va. Racetrack Hopes To Launch Table Games (WTOV 9 Steubenville)
Another West Virginia racetrack may soon be dealing cards and rolling the dice. Officials at the Tri-State Racetrack and Gaming Center in Nitro hope to launch blackjack, roulette and cards by Oct. 9.
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Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:12:05 GMT
Spreading risk, W.Va. weathers Wall St. woes (The Huntington Herald-Dispatch)
CHARLESTON -- Even as the ranks of troubled Wall Street institutions grow, West Virginia's philosophy of spreading its investments among a wide array of options continues to limit potential losses to a fraction of a percent of its holdings.
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Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:45:28 GMT
Sale Pending On Hazel-Atlas Building (The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register)
The historic Hazel-Atlas building in East Wheeling could soon have a new owner. Youth Services System has offered to purchase the building, located at 87 15th St. and owned by West Virginia Northern Community College, said Lawrence Bandi, vice president of Administrative Services at WVNCC.
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Sun, 14 Sep 2008 09:19:25 GMT
Manchin: Eyes on gas gouging (Bluefield Daily Telegraph)
BLUEFIELD — West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin acted quickly to prevent gas stations from making profits over public fears related to the damage at of some of the Gulf Coast refineries hit by Hurricane Ike.
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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:07:28 GMT
Forecasters don’t foresee Hanna’s rains hitting area (Bluefield Daily Telegraph)
PRINCETON — Hurricanes may brush the East Coast this weekend, but their rains are not expected to reach all the way to southern West Virginia and southwest Virginia.
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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:07:08 GMT
Rabies bait dropping in Mercer, McDowell (Bluefield Daily Telegraph)
BLUEFIELD — Mercer County is among the southern West Virginia counties being included in a program to help stop the spread of raccoon rabies.
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Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:56:21 GMT
Avon baseball GM ready to make some noise (The Elyria Chronicle-Telegram)
AVON — The new Frontier League stadium is just beginning to take shape, but franchise General Manager Ryan Gates can already hear the stadium noise resonating throughout the county. Gates was officially introduced during a press conference Tuesday at Avon City Hall. He had previously been general manager for the minor League’s West Virginia [...]
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Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:00:00 GMT
LDH Energy Purchases West Virginia Coal Dock (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
HOUSTON----Louis Dreyfus Highbridge Energy LLC , announced today that one of its operating subsidiaries, LDH Energy Cyrus River Terminal LLC, has purchased the Big Sandy River Dock – a coal facility in Kenova, West Virginia - from Kanawha River Terminals LLC.
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Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:02:00 GMT
WVU Ready For Largest-Ever Freshman Class (WTAE-TV Pittsburgh)
West Virginia University is getting ready for its largest-ever freshman class and the school's interim president says that's a positive sign.
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Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:05:34 GMT
Northern Panhandle Could Play Role In Natural Gas Market (WTOV 9 Steubenville)
As the demand for natural gas gets higher, West Virginia’s northern panhandle could play a key role in the natural gas market. Columbia Gas Transmission and Markwest want to use existing lines and a new processing plant in Marshall County to help meet those demands.
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