Bluefield brothers identified in New River drowning near Glen Lyn
Okey L. Keene aged 20 and Michael Keene aged 16, both of Bluefield, were identified by the Roanoke medical examiner after divers recovered Okey on August 3 at Shumate Falls about 12 feet deep and Michael the next day about 300 yards from his prior sighting. Investigators say the brothers were wading when strong currents pulled them out of reach as a large regional search continued for three days with multiple agencies.
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New River
Glen Lyn
Okey L. Keene
Bluefield
Michael Keene
Roanoke
Shumate Falls
Michael
Bluefield Area Transit earns safety honors at state meeting
Bluefield Area Transit received the Best Safety Program award at the West Virginia Transit Association gathering in Morgantown. BAT reported 125,000 riders in 2004 rising to 151,286 in 2005, with Jean Lawrence named Driver of the Year for Welch route among 20 employees serving Welch Athens Bluefield Va and War Jaeger two days weekly.
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Luefield
Bluefield
State Transit Association
Morgantown
Pat McKinney
McKinney
BAT System
Jean Lawrence
Northfork
Welch
Athens
War
Jaeger
Bill Archer
Barcher
Bottonline
Settlement reached in lawsuit over newborn's death
A settlement was reached in a Kanawha County suit against the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources over a newborn's hypothermia death. The agreement includes a no comment provision and ends claims of DHHR policy and procedural failures. The case, filed by Timothy Coffman on behalf of Jonathan Coffman, cited an unheated Raleigh County home and DHHR supervision.
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Charleston
J.B. Akers
Warner Law
PLLC
Robert Warner
Timothy Coffman
Kanawha County
State Department of Health and Human Resources
Jonathan Coffman
Akers
DHHR
Sherry Coffman
Raleigh
Coffman
John Law
Law
Freedom of Information Act
Arch Coal Trout form new West Virginia coal company
Arch Coal plans to spin off more than half of its Central Appalachian production into a new firm formed with Trout Coal Holdings. Eight mines in southern West Virginia produced about 22 million tons last year with 600 million tons in recoverable reserves. Arch will hold 37.5 percent of the new company, Trout’s president will be Paul H. Vining, and ArcLight Capital Partners is Trout’s majority owner.
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Arch
Paul H. Vining
Trout
West Virginia
Wyoming
ArcLight Capital Partners LLC
Boston
Doctor Vasudevan to close Bluefield office in Aug 2005
Dr C P Vasudevan will close his Westwood Medical Park Ridge Bluefield Virginia office on August 31 2005 after accepting a position at University of West Virginia Morgantown. Patients may call to obtain charts between August 22 and September 23 2005.
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C.P. Vasudevan
M.D
Westwood Medical Park Ridge
Bluefield
University of West Virginia
Morgantown
Pyott-Boone Electronics expansion gains VCEDA backing
Pyott-Boone Electronics and the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority announced a $400,000 loan to fund a 12 000 square foot expansion at the North Tazewell plant. The project aims to add workstations for more staff as the firm, founded in 1971, grows toward 250 employees in three years.
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Tazewell
Pyott-Boone Electronics, Inc
Michael A. Thomson
Pyott Boone Electronics
Nancye K. Howell
Pyott Boone
Jonathan Belcher
Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority
North Tazewell
Mill Road
Howell
Pyott-Boone
Virginia Coalfied Economic Development Authority
Donald Baker
VCEDA
United States
Pyott-Boone Electronics
Tazewell County
Adria Hairston
Ahairston
Bottonline
Rahall to Visit Planet Xtreme Center in Princeton
U S Representative Nick Rahall will visit Mercer County today for a 1 p.m. tour ofPlanet Xtreme Teen Center in Princeton to review youth programs aimed at deterring alcohol and drug use. He will meet volunteers teens and staff and discuss local efforts to keep Princeton healthy. He also plans a 10 a.m. stop at Fountain Springs Industrial Park in Peterstown and a breakfast with the Union Chamber of Commerce in Monroe County.
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Princeton
Nick Rahall
D-W.va
Planet Xtreme
Rahall
Fred Gilbert
Puckett
Monroe County
Union Chamber of Commerce
Fountain Springs
Peterstown
Congress
West Virginia
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