California farmers fear deeper labor shortage after immigration action
Fresno based growers warn the 15 to 20 percent farmworker shortfall could worsen as Obama immigration orders shield families and slow new worker entry. Officials and farmers urge Congress to craft a guest worker program while predict impacts on crops, wages, and year round jobs.
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Fresno
Calif
California
Barack Obama
Jason Resnick
Western Growers
Resnick
Congress
Karen Ross
California Department of Food and Agriculture
Obama
U.S
Manuel Cunha
Nisei Farmers League
Cunha
Armando Elenes
The
United Farm Workers
Elenes
Ed Kissam
WKF Giving Fund
University of California, Davis
Mexico
United States
Taylor
Central Valley
Harold McClarty
HMC Farms
Greek ferry disaster leaves one dead in Adriatic rescue effort
A burning Italian ferry Norman Atlantic adrift between Italy and Albania forced hundreds to stay on deck as a heavy rescue operation unfolded. One person died and two were injured as 190 of 478 aboard were evacuated by late Sunday, with 49 more expected in Brindisi after a daylong ordeal.
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Athens
Greece
Italy
Albania
Patras
Ancona
Miltiadis Varvitsiotis
Varvitsiotis
Adriatic
Brindisi
Giorgos Stiliaras
Greek
Mega TV
Notable West Virginia figures remembered in obituaries
Hopkins a student athlete from Bluefield High School and UC Beckley campus, Oblinger a WHIS television host and educator, Copeland a Princeton businessman and WWII veteran, Virginia Clark Hebert a 101 year old Genoa High School alumna and educator, Raines Sr a coal executive and WV Coal Hall of Fame inductee, Bobby Womack the soul musician linked to McDowell County, James Gianato Kimball pillar, A Keith Wagner who brought WVU band to River View, Raymond Guard a Welch Miners and pro ball veteran, Linwood Custalow Virginia native physician, Chaplain Michael Forbes Bluefield area rescue worker, Andrew Wood Bluefield High standout and WVU star.
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Hopkins
Bluefield High School
University of Charleston-Beckley
Beckley
Jacqueline Oblinger
Wytheville
Oblinger
WHIS
Charleston
Bluefield College
Richard
Dick” Copeland
Princeton Community Hospital
Copeland
U.S. Navy
Pacific
Princeton
Grady Carper
Oakwood Motor Court
Princeton Town Square
the Square
Virginia
Clark) Hebert
Hebert
Genoa High School
Bluefield State College
Genoa
Park Central
Delta Sigma Theta
BSC
Scott Street
West Virginia University
Raines
Sam Huff
Pocahontas Land Company
West Virginia Coal Hall of Fame
Bobby Womack
Bobby
Cleveland
Womack
McDowell County
the Valentinoes
Sam Cooke
Harry Hippie
110Th Street
Kimball
James Gianato
Gianato
Keith Wagner
Pride of
West Virginia
WVU
River View High School
Bradshaw
Mount View
River View
Wagner
Big Creek
Raymond R “Lefty
Navy
Guard
Welch Miners
Boston Braves
U.S. Army
Michael Paul Forbes
Forbes
Andrew Pete Wood
Wood
BHS
City eyes monthly billing for city fees in Bluefield
City administrators weigh shifting to monthly billings to aid fixed income residents and improve payment collection. Examples show a $500 yearly charge dropping to $41.67 monthly, with online payments and Mindmixer engagement to boost community participation and ideas.
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Cline
John Smith
Davis
City of Bluefield Board of Directors
Bluefield Mindmixer
Asheville area land deal tied to polluted CTS site
In Buncombe County North Carolina developers pressed to build upscale homes next to a former CTS Corp plant despite TCE contamination. EPA and state regulators dispute claims of no action letters while residents fear unsafe conditions as a 2016 cleanup is planned.
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Sheville
N.C
Richard Green
Asheville
Board of Adjustment
Green
Stanley Greenberg
Greenberg
Southside Village
Associated Press
EPA
CTS Corp
Judy Selz
Skyland
Environmental Protection Agency
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Buncombe County
CTS
Elkhart
Indiana
Philip Anderson
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Southside
Agency For Toxic Substances & Disease Registry
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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Texas
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Barcher
Bottonline.com
Armstrong
Roanoke
Charlottesville
Cntr AM Dso Kore
SCM
David Do Armstrong
We Ae
West Virginia Press Association
WVPA
Wvpress.org
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