Bank Commission pushes federal reforms to avert future bank failures
West Virginia banking commissioner Sharon Bias urges Washington to empower the FDIC and harmonize regulation after the Keystone failure. She argues FDIC involvement in examinations could have mitigated losses, noting Keystone’s rapid growth and prior red flags. Bias seeks broader support to unblock federal legislation.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Washington
McDowell County
Sharon G. Bias
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDIC
Sharon Bias
First National Bank of Keystone
Keystone
State Banking Commission
FNB
Knox McConnell
Treasury Department
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
East River Volunteer Fire Department Dedicates 1978 Ladder Truck
East River Volunteer Fire Department unveils a refurbished 1978 ladder truck formerly from Central Islip with an 85 foot reach. The unit, costing 149000, carries a memorial plaque for Lt. Angelo Wayne Shrader and will boost Mercer County fire response and rescue capabilities.
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East River Volunteer Fire Department
Rinceton
East River
Islip
N.Y
Angelo ‘Wayne’ Shrader
Wayne
Nelson Short
Northeast Fire Apparatus
Mercer County
Short
Red shirting in kindergarten sparks local concern
BLUEFIELD Virginia educators report little red shirting in Giles County. Local officials say delaying kindergarten entry is rare and usually for development rather than advantage. Parents may delay until age six by law, though officials hope the practice does not spread.
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Bluefield
Giles County
Jim Wheeler
Wheeler
Hager Eyes Economic Growth in Southwest Virginia
Virginia Lt. Gov. John Hager visiting Bluefield and towns across the region says the state has moved on education and training, transportation, and business partnership efforts to spur long term economic development. He praised the Coalfields Expressway progress and pledged continued support to Southwest Virginia communities.
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Bluefield
Virginia
John Hager
Commonwealth
Hager
George Allen
Breaks Interstate Park
Buchanan-Dickenson Counties
Richlands
Tazewell
Wytheville
Richmond
Allen
Jim Gilmore
Senate
Journalists honored at West Virginia Virginia press awards
Local journalists from the Daily Telegraph Register-Herald Princeton Times Montgomery Herald and Fayette Tribune received top West Virginia Press Association honors at a Wheeling convention. Winners include Daily Telegraph editors and reporters for specials, columns, investigations, photography and community service projects. other papers also earned design, photography and enterprise awards.
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Press Association
Daily Telegraph
The
Register-Herald
Princeton Times
Montgomery Herald
Fayette Tribune
Thomson West Virginia-Virginia
West Virgina Press Association
Wheeling
Steve Smith
Tom Colley
Daily Telegraph News
Sara Coleman
Daily Telegraph Virginia Desk
Bill Archer
Sarah Dalton
Princeton
Kathy Kish
Charles Owens
Barbara Hawkins
Tom Bone
John Nelson
Millennium
Four Seasons Country
Sandstone Mountain
W. Dayton Whittle
MD Morgan
Frank Sayles Jr
Larry Martin
Enterprise Reporting
Nerissa Young
Alderson
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Bank Commission
Tony Barbery
Central
John Nelsor
Concord College
Fumika Nakamura
Akiko Hachiya
Japan
John Nelse
Tiffany Bridgeman
Allison Ellison
Jules and
Beck
College Plaza
Bluefield Va
Jim Terry
Bo Bowman
Sarah P Dalton
Jeff Harvey
Spanishburg
Elizabeth Osborne
County Commission
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