West Virginia adopts promotions list amid court ruling
West Virginia officials announce promotions for 143 Department of Public Safety staff will take effect January 1 despite a pending court order. Col. W F Donohoe and department counsel Thomas Trent reviewed the new order by Kanawha County Judge A Andrew MacQueen before approving the promotions. The article also notes AIDS prevention efforts, lottery prize carryover, and VEPCO's sale to UtiliCorp United with WV customers and employees assurances.
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Charleston
Department of Public Safety
W.F. Donohoe
Thomas Trent
Kanawha Cour
A. Andrew MacQueen
Missouri
West Virginia
Public Service Commission
PSC
Virginia Electric & Power Co
UtiliCorp United of
Kansas City
VEPCO
Greeenbrier
Monroe
Pocahontas
Raleigh
Summers
UtiliCorp
Virginia driver pleads guilty in shooting of country star’s son
Edward Dean Duehring pleaded guilty to six charges in the I-81 shooting of Ricky Skaggs’s 7-year-old son. He faces up to 52 years. sentencing set for early next year. Botetourt prosecutors seek maximum on key counts. In separate Virginia cases, four workers died from last week’s Surry plant accident and aid to out of state religious college students faces new scrutiny in the 4th Circuit.
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Fincastle
Maryland
Ricky Skaggs
Interstate 81
Edward Dean Duehring
Botetourt County
Buck Heartwell
Duehring
Norfolk
Virginia Power
Surry
Norfolk General Hospital
Ronald E. Wilkes
Chesapeake
Clyde Wayne Matthews
Colonial Heights
Brenda Hamilton
Larry E. Wisecarver
Barhamsville
Timothy D. Smith
Salisbury
N.C
Richmond
Moore to use Medicaid plan several times
Charleston AP report details Gov Moore exploring use of voluntary hospital contributions to secure 37 million dollars in federal Medicaid matching funds. Officials say regulation exists for private contributions but final decision pending February. Moore aims to use the method again Thursday and a third time before the January legislative session begins.
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Charleston
Moore
State workers to receive pay today in partial funding
Paychecks totaling 15 million will reach state employees today while several payments remain delayed due to the state's financial problems. Officials said teacher and university payrolls went out on Friday, with other workers mailed or distributed Monday for today’s release, though some departments still face overdue payments and limited cash on hand.
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Charleston
Charles Capet
A. James Manchin
Don Adams
Glen Gainer
Treasury
Department of Human Services
Department of Health
Aliff denies making request on EPA report
Joy Manufacturing owner Aliff denies requesting the EPA release of toxic waste test results. EPA spokesman Ray German says Aliff filed a business confidentiality claim to bar Joy Manufacturing from learning the data. Aliff insists he does not own the questioned equipment and says the motors he has are in a different building.
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Environmental Protection Agency
Joy Manufacturing
Elwin Aliff
Ray German
EPA
Aliff
Joy Manufacturing Co
Federal
Allff
Washington Street
Joy
Hechier proposes neutral meeting ground amid feud talk
Hechier offers the use of his meeting space as a neutral venue for a feud dispute, promising a peaceful forum. He cautions that threats escalate as the conflict endures and urges calmer, public-ready dialogue to resolve the standoff.
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Hechier
WVU reports near-record academic cheating cases
West Virginia University officials say the 1985-86 academic year saw 44 cheating cases handled by the Office of Judicial Programs, second only to 1982-83's 47. Provost Frank Franz notes no special WVU problem, citing nationwide concerns and steps to prevent cheating. Dean Herman Moses cites exams as the most common violation, with cases often handled within the university.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University
WVU
Office of Judicial Programs
Frank Franz
Franz
Herman Moses
Moses
Snowball the Cat Naps at Glendevon Farm in Bluefield
Snowball the cat curls up for a nap in a barn stall at Mindy Bishop's Glendevon farm in Bluefield Virginia. The feline owner is a neighbor, and the farm is locally known for its horses.
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Snowball
Mindy Bishop
Glendevon Farm
Bluefield
El-Tech signs up Princeton plant as January opening nears
El-Tech Research Corporation erects a stafford drive plant sign in Princeton ahead of a January plant opening. Engineers and Economics Research Inc officials announced the project during an October program at the Princeton facility with Sen. Jay Rockefeller and Gov. Arch Moore Jr. Cummings stated EER personnel will visit Charleston and Princeton to coordinate state training and interviews, with local officials and state representatives arranging the training program incentives.
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Princeton
El-Tech Research Corporation
Stafford Drive
Engineering and Economics Research Inc
Jay Rockefeller
D-W.va
Arch Moore Jr
Rockwell International
Liberty Electra
Eric Cummings
EER
Charleston
Reston
Cummings
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