Optimistic outlook as Raleigh County trout farm gains new operators
LILLYBROOK AP A state agriculture official expresses high hopes for the new operators Pete Corteville and Tom Bandemer of Geneva Foods who signed a 90 day operating agreement for the Lillybrook Trout Farm and Processing Plant High Appalachian. The company sells trout to The Greenbrier Tamarack and Kroger. the operation has lost money since 1999 due to a fire fish disease and a backer’s death.
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Legislature advances work force investment reform plan
Legislators and state officials move to oversee more than 250 million in annual federal funds for work force investment. A 39 member council to coordinate state programs would report to Gov. Wise while an eight member legislative oversight panel could subpoena agency records to enforce transparency and accountability.
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John Unger
D-Berkeley
Bob Wise
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Virginia Development Office
Workforce Investment Board
Wise
David Lieving
State Development Office
Legislative Oversight Commission
Virginia budget shortfall dominates Virginia General Assembly session
Virginia faces a nearly 1.3 billion budget gap as 100 new delegates and 40 senators convene to draft two budgets. Leaders warn of painful cuts, tax relief limits, and rainy day fund draws while Gov. Gilmore hands to Gov.-elect Warner a grim fiscal landscape and prospects for teacher pay hikes and rural prosperity.
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Man charged in fatal wreck released on bond
ROCKY MOUNT Virginia AP a man charged with felony murder in a car wreck that killed a woman and severely injured her young son was released on 50000 bond William Robert Fitzgerald of Boones Mill also faces a felony driving under the influence charge in the November 2 collision that killed Ellen Schenker 43 Moneta store owner and mother of three Fitzgerald who suffered two broken legs and a severe head injury was discharged from the hospital December 31 and arrested Thursday
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William Robert Fitzgerald
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Ellen Schenker
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