Welfare clichés challenged in Southern West Virginia
Beckley reporters explore how families in southern West Virginia sustain themselves amid changing economies and aid programs. Officials say most recipients are hardworking while some misuse benefits, and social dysfunction influences reliance on assistance. DHHR veteran notes younger, shorter-term clients now predominate.
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Mike McDaniel
OASIS
Beckley
Brad Eagle
Summers County
Community Action of
Southeastern West Virginia
Case-Wv
Beckley Register-Herald
West Virginia
Randy Housh
Raleigh County Community Action Association
Jack Tanner
Bureau For Children and Families
State Department of Health and Human Resources
Raleigh County
Tanner
Judge delays ruling on mountaintop removal plan in mining case
U S District Judge Charles Haden postponed final judgment on a proposed settlement addressing mountaintop removal mining in West Virginia. The agreement, urged by Highlands Conservancy, 10 residents, and various agencies and companies, would alter land reclamation and post mining use. A key issue is whether the court should retain jurisdiction over Arch Coal Spruce No 1 mine in Logan County.
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Charleston
U.S
Charles Haden
The
Highlands Conservancy
Conservancy
State Division of Environmental Protection
Arch Coal Inc
United Mine Workers and Coal Industry
Haden
Arch
Bluefield lawmakers discuss mountaintop mining growth
Bluefield chambers host a legislative breakfast with lawmakers from both Virginias and West Virginia. Del Eustace Frederick calls mountaintop mining one of the biggest state issues as senators and delegates from Mercer and surrounding districts share views and face discussion from about 80 attendees.
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Bluefield
Del
Eustace Frederick
Frederick
Virginias
Greater
Richard Flanigan
D-Mercer
Mark Wills
Dmercer
James H. “Smokey” Shott III
Ernie Hays
Bluefield Holiday Inn
Homer Ball
Eustice Frederick
December 1999 Ends With Best Jobless Rate Since Vietnam War
A surge in hiring at department stores and construction firms lifted payrolls by 315,000 in December, keeping unemployment at 4.1 percent the same as November and marking a 30 year low. The year 1999 posted an average unemployment rate of 4.2 percent with strong growth.
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Washington
Wall Street
First Union
David Orr
Labor Department
Ken Mayland
KeyCorp
Bronx man wins New Yorks biggest lottery jackpot
Short order cook Johnnie Ely, 66, from the South Bronx, arrived at The Java Shop in Manhattan at 4 a.m. on New Year’s Eve and told his boss he had just won a $100 million New York Millennium Millions jackpot, the state’s largest ever.
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Johnnie Ely
New York City
South Bronx
New York
Winston Willer
Manhattan
Ride and road. Tazewell installs magazine racks on buses
Tazewell County schools pilot a program fitting magazine racks on about ten school buses to promote after-school reading. Superintendent Woodrow Mullins Jr. says early results show increased student reading during rides home, with racks added across multiple buses.
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Tazewell
Bazewell
Tazewell County
Woodrow Mullins Jr
Mullins
Bluefield man charged in bomb threat
Thomas Gratton Seabolt, 35, was charged after falsely telling FBI agents that bombs had been placed on the grounds of a U S Army base in South Korea, triggering an evacuation of Camp Edwards and prompting a military search of the base. He allegedly claimed devices would detonate Wednesday.
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Bluefield
FBI
South Korea
Thomas Gratton Seabolt
Camp Edwards
Seabolt
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ARS
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