Homecoming joy as Princeton student returns to class
Ben Pauley, severely burned in a June accident, returns to Princeton Senior High School on a part time basis. Teachers volunteered to visit his home for therapy and aim for full-time attendance soon. His mother Ann says the recovery has surprised doctors and family, with ribbons and fund raising aiding ongoing occupational therapy and counseling costs.
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Mother faces trial in kids death and poisoning case
Marybeth Davis, former West Virginia nurse now in Pennsylvania, is charged with first degree murder for the 1982 death of her 3-year-old daughter and the 1981 poisoning of her 10-week-old son. Her ex-husband Dr. Gary Davis faces separate charges of obstructing the investigation. he was arraigned and released on bond for Sept. 23 trial. Prosecutors cite Munchausen syndrome by proxy as the alleged motive, with incidents occurring in Lewisburg while Gary Davis was in medical school.
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Uniontown
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Monroe
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West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
Mark Burnette
Burnette
Comfort Inn to anchor Grundy downtown hotel project
Grundy officials announce Comfort Inn will be the town's first franchise hotel on the site of the former Grundy hospital in downtown. The project, supported by the Town Council and IDA, foresees 70 rooms with expansion to 86, plus a fitness room conference area and continental breakfast. Construction could start by December with a projected completion in June 1998 and costs estimated between 2.5 and 2.8 million dollars.
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Comfort G Inn
Comfort Inn
Grundy Hospital
Grundy
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John Fleenor
Crabtree
Dominion Lodging
Norman Anderson
U.S
Anderson
Craig Anderson
Renovation contract approved for Tazewell courthouse
TAZEWELL Va An 11 million plan to renovate and raze the Tazewell County Courthouse won board approval 3 2 with Wade and Sayers voting no The demolition of the annex and adjutant armory is set for early September The board also terminated a lease with Appalachian Mountain Ministries for the old Rivermont School and granted 90 days to end the lease for the church misconduct controversy The county will sell the old school and upgrade a 911 radio pager system at 105 000 with the improvement serving as backup communication
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McDowell County
West Virginia
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Jerry Wood
Massey acquires 50 million tons of coal reserves in Wyomin g and McDowell counties
Massey Coal Company through New Market Land Company buys about 50 million tons of low volatile metallurgical coal from National Mines Corpora. The land borders Indian Creek in Wyoming County and lies north of Davy in McDowell County. The Kepler Plant on the Guyandotte River is a reference point for the former National properties known to hold Pocahontas No. 3 Seam coal.
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McDowell County
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Bluefield approves lease for Federal News Service facility
Bluefield city board in a brief session approved a 10 year lease with Federal News Service for space in the old freight station on Bluefield Avenue at 2.50 per square foot, rising to 5 dollars in years nine and ten. The move could bring up to 100 jobs and follows a public hearing with no protests or other offers.
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Federal News Service
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Washington, D.C
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John Feuchtenberger
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