Snow machines used as cold snap returns to Virginia
Winter resorts in Virginia report crowds as prolonged cold enables snow machines at Wintergreen Massanutten Bryce Mountain and The Homestead. The season’s start rides on reliable low temperatures while local boards explore consumer input in medicine and legal defense reforms across West Virginia and Virginia. The West Virginia Board of Medicine adds lay members to improve patient representation. The state Supreme Court joins the death penalty defense standards process in Virginia, replacing limited oversight by the Public Defender Commission. West Virginians of the Year recognize National Guard efforts during 2001 floods and fires, with troops delivering medicine water and debris removal in Southern and broader regions.
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Virginia executes two men in 2001 amid nationwide decline
In 2001 Virginia carried out two executions, the fewest since 1984, with only one death row inmate completing all appeals before execution. The drop mirrors a national trend of reduced executions from 1999 to 2001, amid broader debate over faster reviews and wrongful-conviction worries.
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Video poker law takes hold in West Virginia
In Wheeling a new state law legalizing 9 000 video poker machines statewide takes effect Tuesday illegal machines not licensed by the West Virginia Lottery Commission could be contraband Local and state law enforcement will collaborate with the Alcohol and Beverage Control Administration to seize any illegal devices The new law requires clear licensing and regulation for all machines with marked legality on each unit.
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Virginia lottery crackdown edges toward gray machines
Deputy security chief Alvin Rose says the Lottery Commission oversees limited and racetrack video lottery, with law enforcement to handle gray machines. Deputy Commissioner Keith Wagner notes 47 inspectors will check bars twice monthly, while Gov. Wise cites annual revenue goals and a 9,000 regulated machines base. Ohio County Sheriff Burgoyne outlines a lottery based probe to list noncompliant businesses after January 1.
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