Parkersburg Half Marathon gets new sponsor
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel will lead sponsorship for the 16th annual Parkersburg Half Marathon now named in the paper’s honor. Aug 17 race date set amid ongoing sponsor outreach as the community preserves the event after earlier cancellations.
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Michael J. Christman
Virginia education SOL reform on 2002 assembly agenda
Virginia lawmakers will consider multiple criteria approaches to public education accountability and possible changes to end-of-course SOL tests as part of a broader budget and school funding push. Debates focus on test weight, pass thresholds, appeals for transition students, and possible sales tax measures for education funding amid looming budget shortfalls.
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Jim Dillard
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West Virginia sales tax holiday eyed for back to school
Charleston residents react to Gov Wise proposal for a three day sales tax holiday on school clothes and supplies under $100. The plan could bring shoppers from border states, cost about $1 million in state taxes, and face mixed legislative support while retailers anticipate a sales boost and potential checkout delays.
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Ron Burke
Burke
Katie Gibson
Woman offers free three bedroom house for movers in Virginia
WOODBRIDGE VA AP A Prince William County woman Nancy Acken Conatser offers a free three bedroom ranch house to anyone who can move it from her property The home sits on land she plans to sell to a developer and will be razed if no one accepts the unusual offer
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Nancy Acken Conatser
VMI Enacts Marriage and Parenthood Ban
Virginia Military Institute begins enforcing a ban on married cadets and those who are pregnant or cause a pregnancy. Effective with the winter term, cadets who marry or have children must leave the state-supported school.
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Virginia Military Institute Corps of Cadets
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