Brownouts Seen If Davis Plant Fails for Mon Power Co
Fairmont West Virginia AP Don Hollen Monongahela Power executive warns loss of the Davis Power Project could trigger brownouts by the mid 1980s as the utility struggles to meet demand. He cites NEPC shortages next year and argues the Corps wetlands denial blocks the plan despite FPC license.
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Fairmont
W.va
Davis
Monongahela Power Co
Don E. Hollen
Hollen
Charleston Gazette
National Electric Reliability Council
Canaan
Tucker County
Federal Power Commission
Army Corps of Engineers
FPC
Glade Run
Man Power
Canaan Valley
Jay Rockefeller
High Court Halts Goodwin Probe Until Show-Cause Hearing
Boone County Commissioner James R. Goodwin fights a state Supreme Court bid to pause a probe. A Sept. 6 show cause hearing is set to determine if the investigation should continue. The dispute centers on Judge Jerry W. Cook and two appointed special prosecutors amid claims of bias and scope changes. The probe, initially launched to examine county road equipment use, could cost about $100,000.
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High Court
Goodwin
Charleston, W.va
Boone County
James R. Goodwin
Boone County Circuit Court
Jerry W. Cook
Robert Perry
Supreme Court
Cook
Madison
County Commission
Matt Bouldin
Bouldin
Pete Hendricks
Douglas Witten
Guy R. Bucci
Perry
Tax Department to Publish Administrative Tax Decisions
State Tax Department will publish some administrative tax decisions in legal publications starting Aug 30. Commissioner David Hardesty Jr. says the releases help taxpayers plan future obligations while protecting taxpayer identities. The publishing authority comes from the Tax Procedure and Administrative Act effective July 1.
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Charleston
W.va
State Tax Department
Department
David Hardesty Jr
Byrd and Randolph Fund Williamson Water Project
Senators Byrd and Randolph announced a grants package to Williamson in Mingo County for a nearly 7.79 million water system. The Economic Development Administration provides 1.5 million with supplemental grants from Farmers Home Administration 3.507 million and housing and urban development 422 thousand plus Appalachian Regional Commission 519 thousand and local sources aided by anFmHA loan 1.8 million.
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Washington
Robert C. Byrd
Jennings Randolph
Williamson
Mingo County
Economic Development Administration
Farmers Home Administration
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Appalachian Regional Commission
Fmha
Hertig Named Natural Resources Deputy Director
Dr. Willis H. Hertig Jr. is appointed director at the Department of Natural Resources with duties in forestry wildlife resources and parks and recreation. He will begin September 1 and comes from West Virginia University where he currently serves on the staff.
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Charleston
W Va
Willis H. Hertig Jr
Department of Natural Resources
DNR
David Callaghan
Hertig
Parks and Recreation
Callaghan
West Virginia University
Logan Woman Killed In Train Mishap
A Logan County woman Lucille Conway 64 of McConnell was killed when a Chessie System train struck her stalled car at a railroad crossing sending it into her. Troopers said witnesses saw her abandon the vehicle as the train approached.
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Logan
W.va
Logan County
Lucille Conway
McConnell
Cabell Judge In Critical Condition
Cabell County Circuit Court Judge Robert Conaty, 54, is hospitalized in critical condition after a stroke. He was placed in the ICU of St. Marys Hospital in Huntington following the blood clot in his neck, and hospital officials offered no update on his recovery chances.
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Huntington
W.va
Cabell County
Robert Conaty
Conaty
St. Marys Hospital
Police Drag Lake for Man From Raleigh County
State police searched Sherwood Lake near Lewisburg for the body of Rodney Lawson 19 of Beckley after a canoe capsized trapping him on Tuesday. Lawson disappeared during the incident and rescue teams continued the drag operation Thursday.
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Lewisburg
W.va
Sherwood Lake
Raleigh County
Rodney Lawson
Beckley
Lawson
Oak Hill Police Chief Bill Murdock Dies at 63
Oak Hill West Virginia AP reports Robert William Mur dock known as Bill Murdock longtime police chief from 1967 to 1975 died Tuesday of an apparent heart attack He was 63 and a Prudence native and 20 year Oak Hill officer burial set for Friday
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Oak Hill
W.va
Robert William
Bill
Murdock
Prudence
Oak Hill Force
Dispute Over Model Dominates C P Rate Hearing
The Public Service Commission hears Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company rate request amid challenges to a statistical model used to predict customer response to a 17 percent rise in in state long distance charges. C P statistician Alan Sprinkel testifies data from 1963 to 1977 support the model, while Commissioner Bromley cautions about different conditions today. The PSC has paused a $37 million annual revenue increase, with hearings also featuring C P witnesses Robert Swope and Lyman Anderson Jr.
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Charleston
W.va
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
C&p
Alan P. Sprinkel
Public Service Commission
PSC
C&P’s
Sprinkel
Paul Bromley
Robert L
Betsy Flanagan Creates Famous Early Cocktail
Betsy Flanagan, a bar maid at Halls Corners in Elmsford New York, allegedly served the first cocktail in 1776. She decorated the bar with tail feathers and, when an inebriate asked for those cocktails, mixed a drink and inserted a feather into it.
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Betsy Flanagan
Halls Corners
Elmsford
N.Y
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