Teacher faces fine and jail for propped classroom door
Monroe County teacher Susanna Robinson could face up to a $1000 fine and 90 days in jail after fire marshal cites a door propped open with a rubber doorstep at Mountain View Elementary and Middle School in Union. The door is alleged to be a smoke partition. investigators note some doors must close to hinder smoke spread.
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Charleston
Monroe County
Charles Vanatter
Mountain View
Union
Sterling Lewis Jr
Susanna Robinson
Robinson
Lewis
Lack of audits hit $67 million tourism grants in WV
West Virginia officials report no audits on file for tourism grant recipients. Law requires independent audits within two years for groups receiving at least $15,000. From 1995 to 2002 the Tourism Commission awarded 387 grants, with gaps in rulemaking and grant-tracking cited. Legislative calls for oversight, potential blacklist for noncompliant recipients, and praise for tourism’s economic impact.
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Harleston
Legislative
Tourism Commission
Betty Carver
Division of Tourism
Commission
Barnette
West Virginia
West
Warner vows full accounting of campaign cash
In Charleston amid GOP turmoil Kris Warner, embattled party chair, pledges a full accounting of campaign spending and says he intends to stay as leader. He defends firing executive director Gary Abernathy after the November elections which boosted GOP in a state with registrations 2 to 1 against them.
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Warner
Charleston
Kris Warner
Gary Abernathy
Abernathy
GOP
Senate
House of Delegates
Brent Benjamin
Supreme Court
Betty Ireland
Ellow
Don Caruth
House
Mountain Music Hall of Fame eyed for West Virginia
Southern West Virginia researchers pursue a Mountain Music Hall of Fame to showcase mountain music and tourism potential. A $97000 feasibility study funded by Rep. Nick Rahall supports planning near the New River Gorge with involvement from The Greenbrier and local leaders. Plans include concerts and education on music origins.
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Mountain Music Hall of Fame
Southern W.va
West Virginia
Congress
White House
Nick Rahall
D-W.va
Tom Acker
von Trapp
Austria
Acker
Grand Canyon
Grand Tetons
Glacier National Park
Thurmond
Ted Kleisner
Greenbrier
Nepal
California
Rahall
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Vrerey
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Princeton
Heal
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FDA
Lester M. Crawford
Rolshouse and Associates
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United States
James E. Rosshouse
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