Regional airport plan faces airline industry opposition
Air Transport Association and regional leaders clash over a proposed Western West Virginia Regional Airport. Carol Hallett says new airports raise fares while West Virginia officials defend long term economic goals. Officials plan to unveil studies supporting the airport at a Charleston news conference.
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Charleston
Huntington
Parkersburg
Carol Hallett
Air Transport Association
Washington, D.C
Ms. Hallett
West Virginia
Fred VanKirk
VanKirk
West
S.C
Gaston Caperton
Bob Wise
Nick Rahall
D-W.va
Western West Virginia Regional Airport
South Charleston
LPA
Economic Research Associates
Class lends hand to feed needy by student effort
Ninth grade honors science class at Pike View High School collected canned goods for the McDowell Mission after studying world food shortages. Students, guided by Ann Clemons, learned about hunger's effects and volunteerism. Goods were picked up by Athens officials and delivered to aid low income residents.
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Tony Barbery
Daily Telegraph
Ally Telegraph
Princeton
Ann Clemons
Nancy Duncan
Erin Bone
Athens Town Recorder
Dave Klingensmith
del. Homer Ball
D-Mercer
Jim Nance
McDowell Mission
Clemons
United States
Pike View High School
West Virginia infant mortality rate falls after scoring system
A Morgantown doctor says the Statewide Birth Scoring System, adopted in 1985 across 34 of 36 West Virginia hospitals, cut the infant mortality rate from 3.9 to 2.8 deaths per 1000 births between 1984 and 1993. The program targets eight health risks, prioritizing teen mothers, and WVU and the state Bureau of Public Health fund follow up care for high risk babies, with Medicaid coverage for about 84 percent.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Morgantown
Paul Jakubec
Jakubec
West Virginia University
State Bureau of Public Health
WVU
City Hospital of
Martinsburg
Wheeling Hospital
Princeton Community Hospital and the shift to preventive care
Since opening in 1970 Princeton Community Hospital reflects on evolving health care. The article notes a move toward preventive care and health promotion driven by research pressures and costs.
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Princeton Community Hospital
Princeton
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Stafford Drive
First Century Bank
Bluefield
Pineville
Oceana
Food Guide
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