Special session in Charleston eyes pay raises for WV teachers
West Virginia teachers head to Charleston for an education special session amid a $45 million PEIA deficit. Educators seek raises to reach the national average of $31,000, with about 17,000 members pushing for three years of help and long term funding reform. Some fear pay hikes without PEIA relief could strain classrooms and prompt renewed walkouts.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Public Employees Insurance Agency
PEIA
Don Smith
Ravenswood
West Virginia Education Association
West Virginia Federation of Teachers
Gaston Cap
Ernie Moore
Braxton County
Patty Bonnell
Allison Elementary
Chester
Legislators Find Accommodations During Regatta Conflict
Charleston state lawmakers return for a special session on Wednesday amid the Charleston Sternwheel Regatta starting Saturday. Officials say lodging is available with the Charleston House likely booked, while the Charleston Marriott anticipates 80 to 90 percent occupancy despite lower-than-expected demand.
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Charleston
Virginia freshwater fish decline hits twenty percent
Roanoke College biologist Robert Jenkins and Noel Burkhead report that about 20 percent of Virginia’s 210 freshwater fish species have declined, with eight to be endangered and ten threatened. Habitat loss and siltation drive this trend, shrinking certain species like the northern logperch and shortnose sturgeon, while overall species numbers in state waters remain steady. The study, coordinated by the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, will inform an updated endangered species list due in November.
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Salem
Virginia
Roanoke College
Robert Jenkins
State Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
Jenkins
Noel Burkhead
National Fisheries Research Center
Florida
Copper Creek
Bristol
Potomac River
Cline
Potomac
Rappahannock
Chowan
York
James Rivers
Karen Terwilliger
Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
Roanoke
Roanoke River
Holston River
Powell River
Game Department
High tech labs expand in Mercer County high schools
Bluefield and Princeton high schools unveil computer lab programs in the Mercer County system, aiming to train every student in state of the art technology. Writing labs created with costs around 60 000 dollars each, now about 70 000 with added printers. Samantha Craig leads PSHS labs while Frances Auville explains writing program goals to Rotarians.
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Bluefield
Princeton
West Virginia
Patricia Owensby
Bluefield Rotary Club
Mercer County
Owensby
Frances Auville
Park Inn
Samantha Craig
PSHS
Auville
Rotarians
Abingdon
Sue Shepard
Iowa City
Air traffic controller to pursue FAA discrimination case
Ron Wilkinson, a former Dulles air traffic controller who lost his job after reporting AZT use for HIV, accepts a lower FAA post in Miami and will press a federal court action claiming handicap discrimination. He says he was offered Miami work after forced leave and seeks placement closer to treatment and support networks.
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Washington
Dulles
FAA
Miami
Ron Wilkinson
Federal Aviation Administration
Roger Meyers
Wilkinson
Centers For Disease Control
Controllers’ Union
Funding to aid Huntington Cabell homelessness plan
CHARLESTON AP Funding for the Vanity Fair Harmony House project in Huntington Cabell County aims to help the area homeless and low income population. The Cabell Huntington Coalition for the Homeless Inc signed a 775000 loan with Huntington Federal Savings and Loan and 158586 from the state Housing Development Fund. Construction at the Fourth Avenue warehouse site begins this fall, finishing in 1991. The governor’s office also notes a 425 million federal small business innovation research program grant. An eight-site satellite link seminar will be held August 24 and October 5 for small business owners.
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Charleston
Huntington-Cabell County
Betty Barrett
Cabell-Huntington Coalition For the Homeless Inc
Huntington Federal Savings and Loan Association
State Housing Development Fund
Governor's Office
Fourth Avenue
Governor’s Office
Navy tests shield against chemical warfare at Dahlgren
Fredericktown VA AP The Naval Surface Warfare Center at Dahlgren prepares for modern chemical threats as U S ships operate in the Middle East. Dahlgren scientists have since the 1980s developed protective clothing masks air filters and detectors to warn of and measure nerve blister and blood agents amid escalating global chemical warfare capabilities.
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James F. Horton
Joe L. Brumfield
Dahlgren
Iraq
Iran
Navy
Brumfield
Horton
Former Wyoming deputies win settlement over firings
Two tax deputies say they were fired on political grounds by Sheriff Bolt and will receive a one time $50,000 plus retirement supplements. Joann Thompson gets $150 monthly for 15 years at age 60, Bertha Hill $200 monthly. Local juries had indicted Jeannette Casteel for theft amid the dispute. The out of court deal ends the suit with Bolt’s lawyer stressing no admission of wrongdoing. Kathryn Williams displays magazines found after her husband’s 1974 death, tying to Danville context.
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Beckley
Wyoming
Jim Bolt
Jeannette Casteel
Bolt
Casteel
Joann Thompson
Bertha Hill
Jeffrey Wakefield
Thompson
Hill
Wakefield
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Erton
June Hencke
Union County
Sue Widener
Glenwood
Widener
Moore
Don Kopp
Reggie Carnemella
Howard L. Shiflett
Robert W. Parmenter
Inia Lottery
Lotto
Elizabeth L. Shafer
Cecil Watts Jr
Keith A. Herring
Daniel M. Wilson
Shawn L. Hassler
Cheston View
Blue Ridge Parkway
Kathryn Williams
New Center
Main Street
Danville
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