Ohio man dies in coal truck crash near Rowlesburg
An Ohio man, Phillip Monenteri, 41, of Cortland, crossed the center line in a curve and hit an empty coal truck on Route 72 near Rowlesburg. A passenger, Jennifer Knotts, 40, was hospitalized at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown. The coal truck driver, Bobby Martin of Tunnelton, was uninjured and not charged.
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Rowlesburg
Ohio
Phillip Monenteri
Cortland
Ruby Memorial Hospital
Morgantown
Jennifer Knotts
Bobby Martin
Tunnelton
State Police
J.D. Rogers
Martin
Lawmakers press cooperation on West Virginia workforce
In Charleston lawmakers warn agencies to boost work force development cooperation or lose spending power. Mezzatesta says about 250 million annually goes to programs and agencies must be able to spend it only if they cooperate. He urges a stronger college system within three years and accountability for colleges. In Huntington Marshall University secures a nearly 1 million five year federal grant to aid adults in Lincoln Mason and Wayne counties return to college.
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Charleston
West Virginia
House Education
Jerry Mezzatesta
Dampshire
Mezzatesta
Jim Skidmore
Higher Education Policy Commission
Marshall
Huntington
Marshall University
Lincoln
Mason
Wayne Counties
Nick J. Rahall
D-W.va
America
U.S. Department of Education
Appalachia lags in technology access and use study finds
A federal ARC study by two University of Texas professors shows Appalachia struggles with limited home computers Internet access and telecommunication skills. Findings cite high broadband costs limited DSL rollout and weak business tech adoption hindering regional economic growth in 11 states and rural areas.
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Charleston
Appalachia
University of Texas
Appalachian Regional Commission
Federal Communications Commission
Jesse L. White Jr
ARC
Congress
Tennessee
Donald Sundquist
United States
Appalachian
Virginia looks to revive exceptional waters program
Virginia aims to revive its long dormant exceptional waters initiative after only North Creek in Botetourt County earned the status since 1992. The State Water Control Board backed rules to allow the department to nominate streams on public land including Little Stony Creek in the Cascades area and Whitetop Laurel Creek on the Virginia Creeper Trail, with 13 Shenandoah National Park streams under consideration. Once approved, no new discharges will be allowed, though non point source pollution remains outside the designation. Burnley says public input will drive momentum to protect natural heritage.
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Roanoke
Virginia
State Water Control Board
Department of Environmental Quality
Robert Burnley
Botetourt County
North Creek
Burnley
Mark Warner
Giles County
Little Stony Creek
Cascades Recreation Area
Washington County
Whitetop
Laurel Creek
Shenandoah National Park
Virginia river quality unimproved by state report
Virginia DEQ found about 4 percent of the 9,700 miles of monitored rivers and streams fully support designated uses such as swimming and aquatic life. Roughly 4,400 miles were labeled impaired, up 1,568 miles since 1998, with tougher standards and method changes cited by Alan Pollock as key factors.
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Richmond
Virginia
Alan Pollock
Federal inmates leaving Virginia prisons
The U S Bureau of Prisons will not renew contracts to house federal inmates at Greensville Correctional Center and Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women, the last two prisons in Virginia under contract. About 1,200 inmates were moved from Sussex II State Prison last month as new facilities opened.
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Richmond
Federa
Virginia
U.S. Bureau of Prisons
State Department
O Corrections
Greensville Correctional Center
Fluvanna Correctional Center
Doc
Larry Traylor
Bureau of Prisons
Sussex II
Dan Dunne
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