DEP Rejects Mettiki Coal Mine Under Potomac Tributary
The West Virginia DEP denied Mettiki Coal LLC of Maryland a plan to long-wall mine beneath Hind Leg Creek in Grant County citing failure to prove protection of surface and ground water and trout habitat. Conventional mining within a 300 foot buffer is required.
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Charleston
State Department of Environmental Protection
Maryland
Potomac River
North Branch
Mettiki Coal LLC
Oakland
Longwall
Hind Leg Creek
Grant County
Matt Crum
DEP
Division of Mining and Reclamation
Crum
Mettiki
West Virginia workers hear sobering budget talk in town hall
Gov. Wise told state employees at Princeton Public Library that WV faces a 30 million deficit this year and up to 250 million for 2004. He outlined plans to cut costs and invited input via the West Virginia Employee Communication Network. Attendees stressed the need for buy in and orderly changes.
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Princeton
West Virginia
Princeton Public Library
Bob Wise
Charleston
Wise
Tim Basford
Division of Personnel
Basford
Virginia Route 58 program faces 272 million funding gap
A review found 485 million in spending commitments against only 213 million in funding for the Route 58 Corridor Development Program. All preliminary engineering and right of way purchases are suspended. begun construction continues. Secretary Clement and VDOT officials vow tighter controls and possible project eliminations to reallocate funds.
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Virginia Department of Transportation
Secretary of Transportation
Whittington W Clement
State Auditor of Public Accounts
Kilgore backs state takeovers of failing Virginia schools
Virginia Attorney General Kilgore urged state takeover of failing school systems and tying teacher pay raises to evaluations during a Capitol seminar. He supports focusing on districts flagged by statewide tests and those not meeting Standards of Accreditation, noting no immediate legislation is ready for the January session.
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Richmond
Jerry W. Kilgore
Kilgore
GOP
General Assembly
Associated Press
Capitol
Virginia AP Managing Editors
Virginia Capitol
Tim Kaine
Virginia
Kaine
U.S
Mark R. Warner
State Department of Education
Appalachian Educational Laboratory
Tax hike unlikely after referendums fail in Virginia
State Sen. Jay O'Brien of Fairfax said the sales tax referendums failed in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads show Virginians favor no new taxes. He noted voters want government to curb spending and solve finances without tax increases, speaking at a Virginia AP seminar.
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Richmond
Virginia
Hampton Roads
Jay O’brien
Virginia Associated Press Managing Editors
Virginia Capitol Correspondents Association
Ex-memorial manager testifies in fraud case
Holly A. Ervin testified in federal court that former National D-Day Memorial president Richard Burrow ordered her to record 2.4 million in donations without documentation. She said staff pressured her in April 2001 to enter donations, then she removed donor records after Burrow resigned.
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Lynchburg, Va
Richard Burrow
Holly A. Ervin
Burrow
Foundation
Ervin
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Jesse Riley
Riley
Martinsburg
Nascar Plate
Nascar
Division of
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State Information Services
Robert Mullins
Department of Transportation
FBI
Mullins
Douglas Workman
Corrections Department
Everett Bailey
Division of Highways
DOT
Bailey
Mercer County
Deborah Akers
Concord College
Jerry Beasley
Jim Cannon
Department of Health & Human Resources
Division of Forestry, Transportation
Akers
Barbara Hawkins
Bhawkins
Bottonline.com
VDOT
Philip Shucet
Shucet
Department
Commonwealth Transportation Board
James Utterback
Atlantic
Sess
WalMart
McDonald's
Commerce Drive
Bluefield
Assembly
Ea CS Bele
Ofif Kraftmaid & TruWood
Athens Road
Jefferson Street
Princeton Insurance Associates Inc
State Auto
Rita G. Kidd
ARM
APA
CPIW
DAE
Mercer Street
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