McDowell County adopts Come Grow with Us marketing plan
McDowell County officials push a proactive campaign to lure businesses, highlighting a revival of optimism and a projected 400 temporary plus 350 permanent jobs from a Stevens Correctional Facility project and a new Kimball shopping center. A potential Welch federal prison could add 350 more jobs, with locally hired workers. The 30 day environmental review nears a decision.
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McDowell County
Commission
Gordon Lambert
Stevens
Kimball
Welch
Indian Ridge
Federal
Lambert
Federal Bureau
Kathy Patton
Patton
Mark Manchin
The Telegraph Names Editorial Team For City Desk
Allen Roberts Cluefield and Samantha Perry join as senior editors at Baily Telegraph with Thomas A Colley as executive editor and Samantha Perry as city editor, outlining leadership for the newsroom.
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Charles Owens
Daily Telegraph
Cowens
Bottonline
City
Allen Roberts
Thomas A. Colley
West Virginia police crack down on illegal dumps and marijuana crop busts
Law enforcement in McDowell County found marijuana plants valued at over 20 million dollars and eradicated them. State Senate Majority Leader H Truman Chafin flew with Sheriff Danny Wills to search Mercer County for illegally discarded junk. The campaign targets open dumps with the DEP reporting 932 tires and 3863 tons of steel collected in 2004.
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McDowell County
Senate
H. Truman Chafin
Danny Wills
King
Mercer County
Sheriff’s Department
West Virginia
West
Funds for Day Report Center funded by state and federal aid
Mercer County Day Report Center received 50000 from the state and 27282 from the federal grant to support its drug treatment program for non violent offenders. The center, relocated on North Walker Street, helps nonviolent offenders attend classes and perform public service at home while reducing regional jail costs.
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Mercer County
Joe Manchin
County Commission
Walker Street
U.S
Nick J. Rahall
D-W-Va
Bluefield mural repair urged to beautify Chicory Square
A letter urges faster repair of the mural in Chicory Square and preservation to prevent future damage. It notes Xi Omicron Chapter Beta Sigma Phi funded the artist’s fee in 1983 and that pecan sales financed the cost. The writer asks about preserving the mural, removing streaks on the building, and the fate of the fountain to restore Bluefield as a proud city.
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Chicory Square
Rahall
Xi Omicron Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
Ways & Means
Bush Speech Seeks Skilled Workforce Training Plan
President Bush commits to U S workers building a better tomorrow for children and grandchildren. He outlines a flexible, skilled labor force and training programs to close the skills gap, aiming to keep America’s economy the world’s most prosperous with broad access to training. Patricia Cochran Princeton.
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America
Bush
Patricia Cochran
Princeton
Army's fair play questioned as four star general faces action
Dan K. Thomasson argues the Army's claim of lacking favoritism is tested by the removal of a four star general over an affair. He questions motive, compares to past leaders, and calls for accountability for defense decisions and casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan. The piece criticizes distractions from real issues and recalls historical figures.
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Ashington
Iraq
Guantanamo
Abu Ghraib
Pentagon
Afghanistan
Army
Kevin Byrnes
al-Qaeda
Israel
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
Benedict Arnold
United States of America
Bill Clinton
John F Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Dwight Eisenhower
Europe
Kay Summersby
Oval
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Manchin
Hatfield and McCoy
Cluefield Baily Telegraph
Samantha Perry
William ‘Randy’ Deason
Bluefield
Ated Leiouc
Lead Lady
Dan K. Thomasson
Scripps Howard News Service
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