West Virginia unemployment hits 25 year low at 4.8
West Virginia’s July unemployment falls to 4.8 percent, the lowest in 25 years, with 39,500 unemployed, reflecting gains in services, construction, mining and trade while government and manufacturing jobs decline. Nationwide rate holds at 4.5 percent. Benedum Airport Authority moves to ease tensions with Mid-Atlantic Aerospace Complex over potential transfer of 200 acres near the airport.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Bureau of Employment Programs
Airport Authority
Bridgeport
Benedum Airport Authority
Authority
Mid-Atlantic Aerospace Complex
Pratt & Whitney
Bombardier
Jim Smith
BRMC posts $1.6 million profit after 2001 turnaround
Bluefield Regional Medical Center announced a 2001 fiscal year ended June 30 profit of $1.6 million, reversing a $2.58 million deficit to yield a $3.14 million net income. President Eugene Pawlowski praised cost controls, higher volumes, and $5 million in capital investments that improved revenue, operating income, and efficiency.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
BRMC
Eugene Pawlowski
Pawlowski
Video poker licenses eyed for operators in West Virginia
State officials expect operators to claim most of the 9 000 video poker licenses once eligible bars clubs and fraternal groups reserve machines. About 920 applications have been filed by Thursday representing roughly 40 percent of licensed establishments. Lottery directors say bids for remaining licenses will occur this fall with operators leasing space from eligible venues.
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Keith Burdette
Bob Wise
John Musgrave
State Lottery Commission
State Alcohol Beverage Control Administration
Burdette
Wendell Turner
Lottery
Libby White
White
Army
Fort Belvoir
Washington
Fort Meade
Virginia coalition urges top national teacher pay in new blueprint
A coalition of Virginia education groups released the Blueprint for Virginia Public Schools calling for salaries of public school teachers and administrators to reach the national top 10 percent. The report urges unified action, improved instruction, fair assessments, equitable funding, tech investment, and community involvement while noting costs must be debated.
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Richmond
Virginia
Virginia Education Coalition
Edward Kelly
State Capitol
Kelly
Prince William County
Virginia Board of Education
Mark Earley
Mark Warner
Earley
Warner
National Education Association
Alfred Butler
The
Virginia Association of School Superintendents
General Assembly
Superintendents’ Association
Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers
Virginia Association of Elementary School Principals
Virginia Association of Secondary School Principals
Virginia Counselors Association
Virginia School Counselors Association
Virginia Education Association
Virginia Association For Supervision and Curriculum Development
Virginia Professors of Educational Leadership
Campaign kicks off to help homeless veterans
A veterans advocacy group launches Operation United Reveille to spotlight homeless veterans and push grassroots solutions nationwide. Circle of Friends for American Veterans based in Falls Church coordinates rallies in Hampton Roads and 14 other cities through October.
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Virginia Beach
Circle of Friends For American Veterans
Falls Church
Hampton Roads
Brian A. Hampton
Circle of Friends
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