Manchin promotes management style for WV governorship
In a wide interview Manchin argues for streamlined state government with customer service focus. He says the secretary of state's office reflects his plan to standardize accounting, cross-train staff, and reduce taxes or spending cuts, while boosting efficiency and technology integration.
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Byrd urges Bush to protest WTO steel ruling
U S Senator Robert Byrd calls on President Bush to appeal the World Trade Organization decision that ruled the Byrd Amendment illegal. Byrd argues the CDSOA protects U S firms and jobs and opposes foreign retaliation pressure to repeal or modify the law. Weirton Steel backs the legislation.
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America
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Gregg Warren
Roanoke to host O Winston Link Railroad Museum
A Roanoke museum will open January 10 in a former passenger station to honor photographer O Winston Link and his steam era railroad images. The exhibit, rooted in Link’s 1950s Appalachian railway work, showcases hundreds of photos once obscure, with curator Thomas Garver noting the personal, era defining nature of rail travel.
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O. Winston Link
Norfolk & Western
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Roanoke
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John Bradshaw
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Historical Museum of Western Virginia
New Virginia wine shipment law not helping local firms
Virginia's new wine shipment law, effective July 1, broadens direct shipping to homes for out of state wineries and Virginia consumers but offers little relief for local vineyards and shops. Confusion among about 80 Virginia brands limits growth, prompting calls to amend the law to address shipments out of state and expand access amid a fragmented liquor-law landscape.
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Virginia
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Maryland
Joe Manchin
Manassas
Napa Valley
Gordon W. Murchie
Virginia Wineries Association
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Neely Family Removes Christmas Decorations in Glenwood
Carla Neely and her six year old son Ethan take down decorations around their Glenwood home on a Saturday as weekend weather brings relief from winter’s bite. Photo by John Nelson.
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Nolan Toll Bridge to close cutting off two counties
The Nolan Toll Bridge over Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River connecting Mingo County West Virginia to Pike County Kentucky will close on December 31. Officials cited rising costs and falling traffic with 25 cent tolls per car and per truck axle, noting the bridge dates to 1942 and employs six people.
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