West Virginia road study panel to hold six hearings
The Blue Ribbon Highways Commission will visit Beckley Wheeling Fairmont Martinsburg Parkersburg and Huntington this month to seek public input on highway needs. A seventh Mercer County hearing may be added. The panel aims to craft a long term plan with potential tax and fee funding options. CDM Smith reported over 1300 miles of state roads are deficient.
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Beckley
West Virginia
Highways Commission
Jason Pizatella
Wheeling
Fairmont
Martinsburg
Parkersburg
Huntington
Pizatella
The
Register- Herald
Earl Ray Tomblin
CDM Smith
Roadcheck 2013 aims to keep big rigs safe statewide
The West Virginia Public Service Commission Transportation Enforcement Division will run a 72 hour safety road check for commercial vehicles from 12:01 a.m. Tuesday to 11:59 p.m. Thursday. Roadcheck 2013, led by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, focuses on brake maintenance and driver hours of service to curb fatigue and fatalities. In 2012 inspectors evaluated 903 vehicles with 163 found unsafe and removed until compliant, a campaign spanning Mercer and other areas to raise safety awareness.
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Rinceton
Pa Bic Service Commission of
West Virginia
Transportation Enforcement Division
The
Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance
Gary Edgell
PSC Transportation Enforcement Division
Mercer
Former USNA instructor sentenced for indecent acts
ANNAPOLIS Md AP A former U S Naval Academy instructor Maj Mark Thompson was sentenced Monday to 60 days confinement in a Chesapeake Va military jail and fined 2500 a month for two years He also receives a reprimand affecting his record A jury acquitted him of aggravated sexual assault but found him guilty on lesser charges The academy will have Marine Corps review Thompson remains under evaluation after the superintendent reviews the record The charges stem from a 2011 incident when two female midshipmen visited his apartment after drinking and one alleged assault occurred
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Annapolis, Md
U.S. Naval Academy
Mark Thompson
Chesapeake
Thompson
Academy
Marine Corps
Storm chasing amid risk after Oklahoma tornado deaths
In Tornado Alley the hunt for video and data continues despite three respected storm researchers Tim Samaras Paul Samaras and Carl Young dying near El Reno Oklahoma. Experts warn chasing is dangerous while emphasizing safety and forecasting.
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Oklahoma City
Prairies
Michael Armstrong
KWTV
Tim Samaras
Paul
Carl Young
el Reno
Okla
National Weather Center
Oklahoma
National Geographic
Rick Smith
National Weather Service
Norman
University of Oklahoma
School of Meteorology
Melissa Bird
College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences
Armstrong
Grubb
McMillian
Caperton ends political run and eyes future in West Virginia
Former West Virginia governor Gaston Caperton says he has no interest in running for any office again, including the U.S. Senate. At almost 73, he plans to stay active, focus on education and economic development, and explore how he can help West Virginia without holding elected office.
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Charleston
Gaston Caperton
U.S. Senate
Jay Rockefeller
Caperton
Capitol Hill
United States Senate
Arch Moore
West Virginia
Harvard
Columbia University
College Board
Virginia
Mountain
State Board of Education
Earl Ray Tomblin
Tye
West
West Virginia taps ex speaker Kiss as revenue chief
Governor Earl Ray Tomblin names former House Speaker Bob Kiss as the new Revenue secretary, to start July 1, with Jason Pizatella acting interim. Kiss, 55, is a tax lawyer by training and former Senate president. the move reteams the two veterans who led fiscal reform in the 1990s and 2000s.
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Charleston
Earl Ray Tomblin
House
Bob Kiss
Raleigh County
Jason Pizatella
Kiss
Charles Sorensen
Tomblin
Rob Alsop
Senate
West Virginia
Bowles, Rice
Alsop
Bob
Cal
Department of Revenue
Lottery Commission
Alcohol Beverage Control Administration
Melinda
Rick Thompson
Thompson
Veterans’ Assistance
Keith Gwinn
Keith Burdette
Joe Manchin
U.S. Senate
Manchin
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