Teachers consider pay hike range in Tazewell County
AZEWELL Va The school board reviews proposed raises from 2.26 percent cost of living to a 6 percent five year restructuring. Superintendent Mullins cites a 1997-2001 plan and notes last year’s 5 percent rise for teachers and non classified staff. Board member Steele seeks itemized individual salaries before voting.
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Azewell
Tazewell County
Woodrow Mullins Jr
Mullins
New School Board
Robert “Spot” Steele
Steele
Judge lifts home confinement for Keystone bank official
U.S. District Judge David Faber in Beckley granted a motion by lawyer Charles M. Love III to lift the home confinement portion of the bond for Terry L. Church of Keystone, allowing her to move a little more freely after months of near-constant household restriction.
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Beckley
McDowell County
U.S
David Faber
West Virginia
Charles M. Love III
Terry L. Church
Keystone
Love
Charleston
Bowles, Rice, McDavid, Graff & Love
Church
Blaze Blocks Traffic From Oakvale To Bluestone
A small brush fire near Oakvale disrupted traffic along U S Highway 460 to the Bluestone Travel Plaza on Tuesday. The fire cut power to Oakvale School and the plaza, forcing a nearly hourlong highway closure. Oakvale School Principal Albert Clark said power was out from 11 40 a m to 1 40 p m affecting 286 students.
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U.S. Highway 460
Oakvale
Bluestone Travel Plaza
Oakvale School
Albert Clark
Shelter helps man gain control of the Shelter helps man gain control of the Editor's note
Three Beckley Register-Herald reporters spent over a month examining how families in southern West Virginia cope in a changing economy. Public and private programs assist, while at Pine Haven in Raleigh County a court-ordered stay reshapes one man’s outlook, with Judge John Hatcher noted.
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Beckley Register-Herald
West Virginia
Onnie Hall
Pine Haven
Raleigh
Hall
Fayette County
John
Hatcher
Homelessness Program Help Changes Life Says Hall
Hall, a Florida native who has lived in West Virginia, recalls a difficult youth marked by his father's mining death at age 12 and early alcohol and marijuana use. After entering a program, he feels his life has begun to improve despite past wreckage.
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Hall
Florida
West Virginia
Shelter
Aircrane helicopter sets rooftop AC unit for Wal-Mart
An Aircrane of Atlanta helicopter lowers and hooks a roof top air conditioning unit onto the Wal-Mart under construction at Claypool Hill in Tazewell County. One of about 30 units dropped on the roof Tuesday morning. The installation is handled by a subcontractor, with J A Fielden Co Inc of Knoxville as general contractor for the new Wal-Mart.
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Aircrane
Atlanta
Wal-Mart
Claypool Hill
Tazewell County
Colvin and Son
J.A. Fielden Co., Inc
Knoxville, Tenn
Finances to dominate 2000 session in West Virginia
Finances and the 2001 budget will dominate the 60 day 2000 session of the West Virginia Legislature after Gov Cecil H Underwood's State of the State address. The budget tax dollars and revenue issues are certain to be central as lawmakers convene. The address will be broadcast live on the Internet.
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Charleston
Cecil H. Underwood
Underwood
Legislators start tobacco settlement
Legislators from southwestern Virginia were already engaging with the tobacco settlement as the 2000 General Assembly session opened. While many lawmakers prepared for the session, several representatives from the Far Southwest were active in early discussions and activities related to the settlement.
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Richmond
Virginia
General Assembly
Tobacco Indemnification Commission meeting noted at 9 30 a m
Proceedings by the Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission opened with a 9 30 a m convened session in Settlement A 3 as part of the ongoing oversight and revocation review process.
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