WV DEP awards water quality grants to 24 groups
Charleston AP Twenty four local conservation groups will share one hundred thousand dollars in state grants under the West Virginia Streams Partners Program created in 1996 to protect and restore waterways. Grants ranging from seventeen hundred to five thousand dollars will be matched with local funds to fund projects with long term water quality benefits statewide.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Department of Environmental Protection
Stephanie Timmermeyer
Lab to evaluate biometrics products in Fairmont
Criterion Independent Labs has earned national accreditation to assess high tech security products. One of eight labs nationwide, the Marion County company under West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation will specialize in biometrics. Biometrics uses fingerprint eye and voice scans for identification.
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Fairmont
Criterian Independent Labs
Criterian
Marion County Company
West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation
Jim Estep
Consortium
Massey study delay halts Logan County mine expansion
Massey Energy subsidiary Alex Energy North Surface Mine in Holden laid off 24 miners as federal endangered species studies delayed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit renewal for a valley fill. The mine employs 120 workers and aides local output while the review continues.
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Charleston
Massey Energy
Logan County
Alex Energy
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Holden
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Massey
Jeff Gillenwater
Sailors from 51 countries take oath as new citizens
In Norfolk aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt, more than 220 sailors including Iraq veterans were naturalized under President Bush's order. Seamen from Nigeria, Jamaica, China, Ethiopia, Colombia, and 45 more nations pledged allegiance, joining a program that has drawn thousands of applicants since 2003.
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America
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Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services
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Portsmouth Naval Hospital
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Nai Li
Christopher Ezomo
Nassau
Henoi Getachew
Ethiopia
Johan Peguero
Eisenhower
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Theodore Roosevelt
Norfolk
John Lopez
Cali
Colombia
Lopez
Donald Cook
United States
Oliver Cukor
Zagreb
Croatia
Barbara
Charleston
S.C
Cukor
Hilton Head church group to help Welch flood victims decorate homes
St Luke's Episcopal Church members from Hilton Head Island plan a Aug 22 28 visit to Welch McDowell County to decorate FEMA mobile homes with angels baskets candles linens and frames and to build Christian ties. They were invited by Rev Hilda Kennedy who lost her home in the floods and now lives in a FEMA mobile home at Premier Park. Kennedy said families still live in generic trailers lacking personal items and comfort. The team intends to bring decorative items bedding and hope to turn houses into homes by creating nests rather than just delivering goods.
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Hilton Head Island
S.C
McDowell County
Hilton Head
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Hilda Kennedy
Kennedy
Premier Park
Charlee Pullen
St. Luke’s
Welch Church
Hilton Head Group
Hilton Head Mission Group
Pullen
Virginians to get health insurance help for displaced workers
Gov Mark Warner announced federal approval of a program offering a tax credit of up to 65 percent for health insurance costs through Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield for eligible displaced workers and retirees with underfunded plans. About 6,700 Virginians fit the criteria, with potential increases if Pillowtex’s Henry County closure is linked to foreign trade. COBRA coverage remains an option.
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Richmond
Mark R. Warner
Warner
Anthem Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Internal Revenue Service
U.S. Department of Labor
Pillowtex Corp
Henry County
Fieldale
Tim Hall
Dou
Anthem
State Corporation Commission
Bureau of Insurance
Jamestown Settlement receives $100,000 gift for church replica
Jamestown Settlement in Virginia says the Roy R. Charles Charitable Trust of Richmond has donated 100000 dollars to aid construction of a new 17th century Anglican church replica inside the fort at Jamestown Settlement. The project, replacing a 1957 building, supports the Jamestown 2007 commemorations.
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Jamestown
Jamestown Settlement
Roy R. Charles
Government and shipyard settle major Newport News suit
The federal government and Northrop Grumman Newport News tentatively resolved a 216 million lawsuit filed in February in U S District Court. The government had alleged Newport News Shipbuilding tried to re enter the commercial market with a double hulled tanker project called Double Eagle while billing R D costs to the Navy.
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Newport News
Northrop Grumman Newport News
U.S. District Court
U.S. Justice Department
Newport News Shipbuilding
Navy
Landing system repaired on USS Ronald Reagan
Norfolk VA AP reports more than 80 engineers and sailors logged 1160 hours repairing a landing system that malfunctioned on the Navy’s newest aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. The Navy says the ship is ready for its next four day voyage and will complete landing deck certification after 10 more landings next week.
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Navy
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