West Virginia welfare reform delivers multi million bonus
Governor Cecil Underwood announced that West Virginia’s welfare reform program has moved people from welfare to work, earning the state a high performance bonus of more than $2 million from the federal Department of Health and Human Services. West Virginia is among 28 states receiving the award for superior reform results.
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Mountain State
Cecil Underwood
Department of Health and Human Resources
Department of Health and Human Services
Underwood
DHHS
West Virginia
Gator Bowl or Music City Bowl Draw Area Travelers
Bluefield travel officials report New Year holiday drivers juggle trips to Jacksonville for the Gator Bowl featuring Virginia Tech and Clemson and to Nashville for the Music City Bowl with West Virginia. Sue Brooks of AAA notes most residents head south for college bowl action as 2001 approaches.
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Dents
Florida
Jacksonville
Fla
Virginia Tech Hokies
Clemson Tigers
Sunshine State
Nashville
West Virginia Mountaineers
Sue Brooks
AAA Automobile Club
Bluefield
Brooks
Tennessee
Jefferson County Reports State's Lowest Unemployment
West Virginia's November unemployment stood at 5.5 percent, with Jefferson County at 2.1 percent the lowest. Roane County held the highest rate at 17.6 percent, followed by Calhoun 16.5 and Mason 12.3 percent, as statewide nonfarm joblessness rose 0.6 from October.
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Roane County
Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
State Bureau of Employment Programs
Monongalia County
Panhandle
Berkeley, Hardy and
Morgan
Roane
Calhoun
Mason
Barbour
Webster
McDowell
Logan
Boone
Lincoln
Wirt
Mingo
Wyoming
Nicholas
Ogan
Oming
Hatfield McCoy Trail boosts economy in Montgomery region
Hatfield McCoy Recreation Area opens across McDowell Wyoming and Mingo Counties with 130 and 60 miles of trails. Executive director Mark Whitt says hotels report no vacancy as riders come from 26 states. permits cost 25 dollars for West Virginia residents and 50 for out of state riders. By next spring two more sections open, with trails marketed as Trails Heaven and rated from easy to difficult.
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McDowell
Wyoming
Miler’s Creek
Mingo
Whitt
Logan Counties
Mark Whitt
Logan
West Virginia
Mercer County
Mercer
Bob Reintsema
Foundation to shield Civil War battlefields from development
The Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation was formed to preserve 10 battle sites across eight Virginia counties totaling over 20,000 acres. The plan, approved by Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, aims to protect fields from malls and subdivisions as Congress-funded effort preserves Jackson and Cedar Creek era landmarks.
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Foundation
EW Market
Virginia
Shenandoah Valley Battlefields
John Heatwole
Blue Ridge Community College
Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson
Cedar Creek
Washington
Shenandoah Valley
The
Winchester
Port Republic
Rockingham County
McDowell
Highland County
Jackson
Richmond
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Four Seasons
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Princeton
Hatfield-McCoy
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Harrisonburg
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