Audit praises Comp progress for West Virginia workers
Charleston AP reports Ernst & Young auditor Paul Arbogast praised progress at the Workers' Compensation Fund. The nine member council oversees reform efforts begun in 1993. The fund now follows GAAP, but remains solvent only with a long-term plan and new funding.
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Charleston
Paul Arbogast
Ernst & Young
Formance Council
Council of Labor and Business Representatives
Arbogast
Bramwell Wins Federal Grant for Coal Heritage Park Project
A $525,320 federal grant funds Bramwell to develop a Coal Heritage Trail tourist info center at the former train station site in the Town of the Millionaires. The project includes a dining car restaurant, restrooms, and gift shops, with a 20 percent local match required. U.S. Rep. Rahall touted it as a major regional tourism boost.
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Bramwell
U.S
Nick J. Rahall
Dw.va
West Virginia
Dori Murphy
Rahall
Mercer County
Bramwell Development Authority
Ken Beard
Norfolk and Southern Railroad
Heritage Park
Beard
Twelve Berea Area agencies pitch in to help kids at holidays
Local agencies plus the Salvation Army in Princeton and Bluefield mobilize to provide toys, food, and funds for Christmas. The Angel Tree program seeks to complete about 800 to 1,000 children’s gifts this year, with about 75 angels still needed and a total toy budget around $5,000 funded by kettle donations. Volunteers wrap gifts at Mercer Mall while collections continue from churches schools and businesses.
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Luefield
Salvation Army
Princeton
Bluefield
Angel Tree
Mercer Mall
Angel Trees
Peggy Vick
Vick Said
Camp Joy
Vick
Princeton Salvation Army
Jim Edmonds
Edmonds
Friday Christmas Tree donations fall short before final push
Donations for the Community Christmas Tree in Bluefield drop Friday but reach 9165 toward a 12000 goal. A Saturday party at the Bluefield Youth Center on Stadium Drive will distribute candy fruit toys to about 900 local youngsters. Donations can be delivered to the Daily Telegraph lobby or mailed to Bluefield Daily Telegraph, P.O. Box 1599, Bluefield WV 24701. Contributions in memory of Equilla Mack and E B Bus Stanley are listed with donors and amounts.
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Bluefield
Stadium Drive
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
P.O. Box
W.va
Equilla Mack
Thomas Fa Aise
Larry “Pujoe” Pitts
E.B. “Bus” Stanley
Sue Wray
Dawnevyn
Donnie” Parker
Sue
Tom Fuller
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Comp
Supreme Court
Andy Richardson
Mike Davis
St. Luke's Hospital
St. Luke's ER
Town of Oakvale
United Way
United Way of the Virginias, Inc
Church Page
Daily Recore
Abby
Berea
Jim Norman
Pete Beavers
Lynda Swick Hamilton
Angela R. Swick
Freddie Ray Roberts Jr
Garland
Ethel Yates
Ruth T. Bradley
Glenn T. Brown
Bernard M. McClaugherty
Kathryn Sue McMurphy
John W. Martin
Ruth Martin
Sam
Emma Lavin Tee
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