West Nile found in fifth West Virginia county
West Virginia health officials reported a fifth county, Wyoming, testing positive for West Nile virus after a dead bird was found there. Earlier counties Greenbrier, Kanawha, Morgan and Ohio had birds testing positive. The virus appeared in birds and horses across 45 of 55 counties last year before freezing temperatures slowed spread. human cases this year are not yet reported though last year included two West Nile deaths.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Department of Health and Human Resources
Wyoming
Greenbrier
Kanawha
Morgan
Ohio
Three charged with murder in Norfolk death
Norfolk police say three people face murder charges over the starvation and dehydration death of 78 year old Roosevelt Nelville. Nelville was found July 24 in his bedroom. an Aug. 1 medical examiner report tied to lack of medical care and unsanitary home conditions led to arrests. Edwina Peoples 41 Bobby Peoples 66 both of Norfolk and Elsie Turner 55 of Virginia Beach were charged. Edwina and Bobby were Nelville’s primary caregivers and Turner his daughter.
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Norfolk
Roosevelt Nelville
Nelville
Edwina Peoples
Bobby Peoples
Elsie Turner
Virginia Beach
Chris Amos
Edwina
Amos
No Child Left Behind Debate Triggers WV Funding Rows
An interim legislative committee in Charleston debated Bush era No Child Left Behind funding for West Virginia schools. Differences arose over claimed funding levels, with officials noting a possible double counting in a $360 million one year estimate and urging address of a $70 million gap to meet mandates.
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Charleston
Bush
Donna Boley
R Pleasants
West Virginia
Legislative Oversight Commission On Education Accountability
Bob Plymale
Dwayne
Washington
Jerry Mezzatesta
D-Hampshire
Mezzatesta
Plymale
National Conference of State Legislatures
San Francisco
Department of Education
National Education Association
Steve Paine
Paine
Stan
Wise unveils plan to provide health care coverage
Gov. Bob Wise announced a state program to help about 2,600 workers who lost jobs to foreign competition and retirees whose PBGC controlled pensions pay 65 percent of new health insurance premiums. Mountain State Blue Cross Blue Shield will provide coverage. The cost of the program was not disclosed.
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Wise Unveils
Wheeling
Bob Wise
Federal Pension Benefit Guarantee Corp
Wise
Mountain State Blue Cross Blue Shield
Princeton man injured in single vehicle crash on Route 460
Harold W. Bowden a 55 year old Princeton resident and Lusk Disposal employee was driving a company truck when a tire ruptured on Route 460 in Springville Virginia causing the vehicle to roll over a hill. Bowden sustained a head laceration and was transported to Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Rescue crews from Bluefield Virginia and the local fire department responded.
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Princeton
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Springville
Harold W. Bowden
Lusk Disposal
J.T. Campbell
Virginia State Police
Tommy Carroll
Bluefield
Bowden
Carroll
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Charter.net
Bottonline
Rachel
Peerrty
FrontierNet
Frontier
FrontierOnline.com
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