West Virginia receives 13 million in highway funds
Governor Rockefeller signed a law providing the Department of Highways with a 13 million supplemental appropriation for the next fiscal year and approved a bond revenue bill setting a 12 percent cap on interest rates and uniform public hearing notices. Construction activity through April fell 43 percent from 1980, with nonresidential building up over 100 percent in April while residential and nonbuilding work declined sharply.
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Charleston
W.va
State Department of Highways
Jay Rockefeller
West Virginia
F.W. Dodge
McGraw-Hill Information Systems Co
ABCC Faces Heavy Workload From Wine Retailer Applications
West Virginia ABCC Commissioner Norwood Bentley III reports staff are overworked as 70 potential distributors and 650 retailers apply for wine licenses after a grocery store sale allowance became law. He seeks eight more licensing staff while shelves are not stocked until mid summer. Bentley opposes the wine sale but enforces the law with careful, fair guidelines.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia Department of Labor
State Alcohol Beverage Control Commission
ABCC
Norwood Bentley III
Bentley
Jay Rockefeller
West Virginia
Special Prosecutor Watson Busy With Investigations
Wade T. Watson serves as McDowell County prosecutor and Wyoming County special prosecutor. He investigates alleged election code violations from last year's primary and continues a state police probe into the Aug 9 1980 shooting near Skin Fork Road. He notes no statute of limitations for felonies.
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Pineville
W.va
McDowell County
Wyoming County
Wade T. Watson
Watson
A.R. Kingdon
Brenton
Skin Fork Road
Clyde Richard Irick
Sheriff's Department
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