Va and Md to form space flight center on Wallops
Virginia and Maryland agreed to merge the Virginia Space Flight Center on Wallops Island with the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Flight Facility on the Eastern Shore. The center will launch small to medium satellites and flight experiments for government, academic, and commercial clients, with operations dating to 1995.
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Space Flight Center
Richmond
Virginia
Maryland
Mark R. Warner
Mid-Atlantic
Wallops Flight Facility
Virginia Space Flight Center
Wallops Island
Fatal fire in Poca blamed on electrical heater
The state fire marshal says an electrical heater started an accidental fire at a Poca home, killing 3-year-old Destiny Green and severely injuring 17-month-old Kristin Green. The blaze occurred Monday morning in the same room as the supplemental heater.
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Poca
Destiny Green
Sterling Lewis
Green
Kristen Green
Man Convicted in Valentine’s Day Murder Case
In Fayetteville, Raymond J. Whitley, 25, of Oak Hill, was found guilty by a Fayette County jury of first degree murder and conspiracy in the February 14 shooting death of Everette Mundy Jr., 29. The jury urged mercy. parole could be possible in 15 years if the judge imposes the sentence. Brian Cunningham, also of Oak Hill, awaits trial. Whitley initially admitted firing but later implicated Cunningham.
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Fayetteville
Fayette County
Raymond J. Whitley
Oak Hill
Whitley
Everette Mundy Jr
Brian Cunningham
Mundy
Cunningham
Witness in sniper trial Malvo writes of ticking time bomb
In Chesapeake Va a judge barred prosecutors from introducing a Malvo letter described by witnesses as an anguished plea for help. Malvo calls himself a ticking time bomb in the summer 2002 letter written to Muhammad’s niece. The defense argued the note shows his state of mind before the sniper rampage while the prosecution fought to keep the statement out as hearsay. Williams testified she was scared by the letter and that Malvo said he was a ticking time bomb. The judge allowed limited testimony with jurors absent to preserve potential appeal issues.
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Malvo
Chesapeake
Lee Boyd Malvo
Jane Marum Roush
John Allen Muhammad
Michael Arif
LaToria Williams
Chesapeake Circuit Court
Arif
Muhammad
Baton Rouge
Rel
Atives
Carol Williams
Williams
WVU engineers inspect 100 weathering bridges for corrosion
West Virginia University civil engineers survey 100 state bridges built with weathering steel to assess rust resistance. The team led by Karl Barth has inspected 20 spans including the New River Gorge Bridge, using a rigging truck to view undersides, with future checks planned across southern West Virginia and another 40 bridges.
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Charleston
West Virginia University
WVII
State Division of Highways
Federal Highway Administration
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Karl Barth
New River Gorge Bridge
Pedro Albercht
University of Maryland
River Gorge
West Virginia
WV considers 4 million addition to women’s prison
West Virginia faces a 27 percent rise in female prisoners over three years. Corrections officials propose a 120 bed addition at Lakin Correctional Facility for Women to house all female inmates in one site, as 59 women await transfer and 232 already at Lakin. The move aims to tailor rehabilitation and address battered women and family needs.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Division of Corrections
Wyetta Fredericks
Fredericks
Lakin
Point Pleasant
Pruntytown
Anthony Correctional Center
Huntington
Beckley
Grafton
Jim Rubenstein
Groundbreaking held for slavery museum in Virginia
Frederickburg ceremony marks the start of the National Slavery Museum project led by former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder. Architect Chien Chung Pei says the building should uplift and educate, with design plans to emerge in spring and construction possible by late 2004. The museum aims for a 2007 completion and about 2 million annual visitors.
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Fredericksburg
U.S. National Slavery Museum
America
Chien Chung Pei
Pei
L. Douglas Wilder
New York
Louvre
Paris
I.M. Pei
Wilder
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