Kessler names top leadership team in West Virginia senate
Sen. Jeff Kessler, as acting Senate leader, announced a leadership slate including Sen. John Unger as majority leader, Sen. Richard Browning as majority whip, and Sen. Brooks McCabe as president pro tempore. The group spans counties and signals unity ahead of a 60 day session beginning Jan. 12 under acting governor Earl Ray Tomblin.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Senate
Jeff Kessler
Associated Press
Berkeley County
John Unger
Richard Browning
Wyoming County
Brooks McCabe
Kanawha County
Kessler
Earl Ray Tomblin
Panhandle
McCabe
Unger
Tomblin
Joe Manchin
U.S. Senate
Logan
Judiciary Committee
Chamber
Truman Chafin
D-Mingo
Wetzel County
Larry Edgell
Joe Minard
Minard
D-Harrison
Bugs join effort to curb hemlock pest in New England
A beetle Laricobius nigrinus is being released across New England to eat woolly adelgids that threaten eastern hemlock trees. Entomologists note early signs of progress in New York Finger Lakes and parts of Massachusetts and Vermont, with cautious optimism about stabilizing the pest.
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Oncord
N.H
Georgia
Maine
New England
Asia
Virginia
Idaho
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Vermont
New York
Mike Bohne
U.S. Forest Service
Durham
Finger Lakes
Brattleboro
Bohne
Washington State
Brad Oaken
Forest Service
Morgantown
W.va
Pacific Northwest
Mark Whitmore
Cornell University Forest
West Virginia revenue up for eighth straight month
West Virginia posted December general revenues ahead of its $305 million estimate by 38 million, 12.5 percent, marking the eighth monthly beat and boosting 2010-2011 budget prospects. Through July December revenues totaled 1.9 billion, 9 percent above forecast, aiding lawmakers and Gov. Tomblin as they prepare a new spending plan for 2011-2012.
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Charleston
Tomblin
West Virginia
Mark Muchow
Machow
Earl Ray Tomblin
Pennsylvania
Storm Expected From Upslope Snow Showers This Week
Chenard notes a storm likely to pass south with upslope snow showers possible Thursday night into Friday. Forecasters will monitor the system for updates on track. La Nina remains in a slow start state, with a potential warming trend by late January into February despite current pattern.
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Tainty
Chenard
Pacific
Spring Photo Gallery Reminder Seeks Cheerful Submissions
Bluefield Daily Telegraph invites readers to submit cheerful spring photos for a special page. Photos should include photographer name date and location, subject details, and a contact number. Submissions preferred by email to bluefieldspring gmail com or by mail to Bluefield Daily Telegraph Attn Spring photo gallery PO Box 1599 Bluefield WV 24741.
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Perry
Bluefield
Bluefieldspring
Gmail
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Spring
Kate Coil
Kcoitl
Navy fires USS Enterprise captain over old lewd videos
The Navy dismissed Capt Owen Honors, commander of the USS Enterprise, after videos he made years earlier resurfaced. The move comes as Defense leaders face questions about who knew of the clips, which included lewd and explicit scenes and a cameo by Glenn Close. Honors will serve in administrative duties ashore, while Capt Dee Mewbourne becomes the new Enterprise commander.
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Washington
Navy
U.S. Fleet Forces Command
Norfolk
Owen Honors
Stephen Saltzburg
National Institute of Military Justice
George Washington University
Marine Corps
Dave Lapan
Pentagon
Honors
Glenn Close
Sive
Defense
Robert Gates
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Adm
Mike Mullen
Chief of Naval Operations
Gary Roughead
Ray Mabus
Harvey
U.S
Las Vegas
Abu Ghraib
Iraq
Mullen
Joint Chiefs
Naval Operations
Elaine Donnelly
Center For Military Readiness
John Kirby
Lapan
Gates
Barack Obama
Congress
Dee Mewbourne
Enterprise
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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