Scout Reserve to Transform Southern West Virginia Economy
Greg Jordan reports on the Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve in Fayette County near Glen Jean and Mount Hope, as the 2013 launch of the National Jamboree and 2019 International Jamboree promise tens of thousands of scouts. The project, chosen over 28 states, spans 10,600 acres along the New River Gorge and aims to boost tourism, local employment, and community service with solar powered recharging and pedal generators.
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Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scouts
West Virginia
Steve McGowan
Princeton-Mercer County
Fayette County
Glen Jean
Mount Hope
McGowan
New River
Commu
Mercer
West
Virginia
New River Gorge
Chamber
Cluefield Daily Telegraph Staff Roles Listed
The Cluefield Daily Telegraph names Darryl Hudson publisher and news editor plus sports editor. Andy Patton is listed as rs Brian Woodson and Samantha Perry in senior editorial roles with city editing responsibilities. Bill Archer and Charles Owens are also named in staff listings.
Mercer/Summers Phase IV A Water Project faces state funding review
Oakvale and nearby communities may gain a drinking water system serving 350 customers moving from wells with contamination concerns. The project, valued around 7.2 million dollars, has partial funding from a 700 thousand dollar Army Corps grant and a 1.5 million Small Cities block grant, with final approval pending Acting Gov. Tomblin.
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Oakvale
Mercer County
Mercer
Poplar Grove
Goodwins Chapel
Possum Hollow
West Virginia
U.S Army Corps
Letters criticize health care repeal replace debate
A reader contests the health care law discussion, praising the Ambrose editorial while urging clearer GOP replacement ideas. They cite premium hikes, commission questions, constitutional concerns, immigration rollbacks, and calls for more disclosure of law contents beyond the highlighted 200 pages.
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Jay Ambrose
Ambrose
GOP
Budget summit echoes past as bipartisanship replays
Martin Schram recalls the 1982 Reagan O’Neill budget talks that collapsed amid political games, leaving both sides in silence before a planned shared exit. He compares this to today’s State of the Union Week discussions between Obama Boehner noting potential lessons from the famous Washington confrontation.
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America
Bill Clinton
Newt Gingrich
Hollywood
Potomac
Ronald Reagan
Tip O'Neill
Washington
Washington Post
Chris Matthews
Tucson
Matthews
Thomas
Tip” O'Neill
Barack Obama
John Boehner
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O'Neill
John F. Kennedy
David Steckman
Office of Management and Budget
O’neill
House
Jim Wright
James Baker
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Martin Schram
Scripps Howard News Service
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