Kanawha River Project seeks broader pollution study
Charleston AP reports University of Charleston environmental science students will monitor the Kanawha River this fall under the Kanawha River Project. They will sample 97 miles from Gauley Bridge to Point Pleasant and release a State of the River report card in September 2002 with help from elementary and high school students.
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Charleston
University of Charleston
Kanawha River
Matthew Poslusny
Charleston Gazette
West Virginia Sierra Club
West Virginia Rivers Coalition
United States
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Kanawha Valley
Gauley Bridge
Point Pleasant
Gauley
New Rivers
Poslusny
Lovett launches Appalachian Center for Economy and Environment
Public interest lawyer Joe Lovett plans a new organization the Appalachian Center for the Economy and the Environment to research and promote environmental and economic policy changes. The Lewisburg center opens around Sept. 1 with offices in Charleston and aims to influence law, tax policy, and resource use while continuing work at Mountain State Justice.
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Charleston
Appalachian Center For the Economy
Lewisburg
Joe Lovett
Lovett
Mountain State Justice
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S
Charles Haden
Mountain State
Joe
West Virginia
Appalachian Center
Stern Family Fund
Stern Fund
Greenbrier
Stern
West Virginians delay college amid economic shifts
West Virginia adults show the nation's lowest college degree rate and higher shares in blue collar work while high school graduates pursue lesser tracks. Census 2000 data link education levels to income, with state officials noting recent enrollment growth at WVU Marshall State College and renewed adult return to college due to evolving job markets.
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Charleston
Jessica Shifflett
Oak Hill
Shifflett
Co College
West Virginia
West
Tom Witt
Bureau of Business and Economic Research
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Witt
Marshall University
Graduate College
Huntington
Leonard Deutsch
Hall
West A
West Virginia State College
Institute
Pamela Sturm
Candidates differ on SOL reforms in Virginia governor race
In Richmond two governors race candidates debate SOL tweaks versus major changes. Mark Earley backs existing accountability standards with minor tweaks while Mark Warner pushes stronger academic rigor, added critical thinking, and more help for underperforming schools, including potential essay questions and funding claims.
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Richmond, Va
Mark Earley
George Allen
Jim Gilmore
Mark Warner
Warner
Associated Press
Kirk T. Schroder
Virginia Board of Education
Earley
Virginia Education Association
VEA
Jean Bankes
Schrader
Sages
Schroder
Two slayings stun Nelson authorities in Virginia
In Nelson County a 63 year old man, Jack Gowen, was shot dead amid family violence after a relative could not reach him. His estranged wife Betty Gowen, 57, was charged with murder following a crash on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Afton deputies found three cars burned with a body inside one vehicle, identity pending. Autopsies planned in Roanoke.
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Nelson
Lovingston
Sheriff’s Department
Nelson County
Ed Watkins
Jack Tunstall Gowen
Gowen
Watkins
Betty Gowen
Blue Ridge Parkway
Afton
Roanoke
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Dow Chemical Foundation
Cabell County
Shelley Vincent
Kim Tickett
The
Herald-Dispatch
William Smith
Huntington High School
Cabell Midland
Bennie Thomas
Telecommunications
Lisa
Marjorie Giampocaro
Johnson & Wales
Norfolk, Va
Johnson & Wales University
Virginia
Debra C. Gray
Norfolk
Gray
Gail Thomas
Yorktown
Daily Telegraph
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