Virginias Featured: Meet Someone Special and Route Change Risk
A Virginia newspaper item highlights a traffic route change that raises dangerous driving concerns. It also features a human-interest note about a familiar face and a brief profile of a person “someone special.”
West Virginia welfare ruling split rights to subsistence
Special commissioner ruled petitioners failed to prove a constitutional right to subsistence and urged process changes. The decision notes adverse effects on children from termination of aid but says no constitutional deprivation of education rights. The lawsuit, led by Jackson County attorney Larry Harless, seeks to restore welfare benefits for hundreds in West Virginia.
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McDowell County
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McDowell educators praise Deaf girl’s teaching dream
A Mount View High School ceremony kicks off the 2002-2003 McDowell County school year with Kim Christian, a Berwind Elementary second grader born deaf, who while receiving a cochlear implant, proclaims she will become a teacher. The event honors teachers, staff, and parents as the county heals from May 2 devastation. Alexis Montgomery and other students share reflections on education and resilience.
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Kim Christian
Mount View High School
McDowell County
Christian
Berwind
University of Virginia
Alexis Montgomery
Wytheville teen faces murder charge in family stabbing
Wythe County 17 year old Jordan Newberry stands trial as an adult for first degree murder after allegedly stabbing his father Ronnie Wayne Newberry 33 and wounding his mother on October 24 2001 on West Washington Street Wytheville. Jury seated to begin opening arguments.
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Wytheville
Wythe County
Jordan Newberry
Commonwealth
Mike Sobey
Keith Blankenship
Newberry
Red Cross Unit Sees Hopeful Upward Move
Bluefield advisory committee of the Four Seasons Country Certified Service Delivery Unit of the American Red Cross met to select officers and discuss progress. Phyllis Proffitt declared the unit “on the way up” as the former East River Mountain Chapter dissolved in 2001 and the Bluefield office became a certified service delivery unit for Mountain Laurel Chapter on May 16. Elizabeth Pruett helped carry the transition.
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Bluefield
Four Seasons Country Certified Service Delivery
The
American Red Cross
Phyllis Proffitt
East River Mountain
Morgantown
Study maps hurdles for Appalachia tech economy
HARLESTON The Appalachian region must leap a series of sizable hurdles to get its technology economy running at the same pace as the rest of the nation, according to a university study to be released Thursday. The analysis by researchers outlines barriers in infrastructure investment talent development and venture funding that hinder growth and competitiveness.
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Harleston
Appalachian
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