Mercer County Airport Wins FAA Grant for Environmental Study
Mercer County Airport near Bluefield will receive 69,161 to fund an airport related environmental assessment as part of FAA infrastructure grants totaling 511,427 announced by U S Senator Shelley Moore Capito. Other West Virginia grants include Upshur County 197,779 Braxton County 107,681 Grant County 79,219 and Logan County 57,587 for beacon, fencing and weather equipment upgrades.
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Mercer County
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
U.S
Shelley Moore Capito
R-W.va
West Virginia
Logan County
Capito
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
IIJA
Cus
Buckhannon
Braxton County
Sutton
Grant County
Petersburg
Coalfields Cookoff Returns in Welch WV BBQ Championship
Welch WV hosts Coalfields Cookoff and state BBQ Championship at Martha H. Moore Riverfront Park 141 McDowell Street. Events start Friday with vendors at 5 pm and music at 7 30 pm, Saturday features food music vendors beer garden BBQ tasting ATV shows pancake breakfast organ dedication and public BBQ. Pro teams include Bayou Poker Smokers D Qued Barbecue Good Googly Goo BBQ among others and backyard teams such as Bourbon & Blues BBQ Swine N Roses BBQ and Uncle Dubbys Backyard BBQ.
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Welch
Coalfields
West Virginia
Martha H. Moore
McDowell Street
Coal Town
USA
Kansas City Bbq Society
Last Chance
McDowell Chamber of Commerce
ATV
Pocahontas Theatre
Jason Grubb
Bayou Poker Smokers
ShawnBo
T&s
Uncle Dubby
Unsolved 2020 Bland County murder seeks tips
Virginia State Police urge public help in the death of Bruce M. Ritchie 57 of Hermine Pennsylvania, stabbed and found in a ditch beside his car off Wilderness Road near I 77 Exit 62. Investigators seek sightings of a 2019 white Nissan Sentra on May 22 2020 through May 23 2020 and any other information. Call Wytheville VSP at 276 228 8181 or email questions wsp virginia.gov.
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Wytheville
Virginia State Police
VSP
Bland County
Corinne Geller
VSA
Pennsylvania
Interstate 77
Wilderness Road
Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Geller
Bruce M. Ritchie
Hermine
South Gap
Ritchie
Wsp
Virginia.gov
Charles Boothe
Boothe
Bottonline
Shooting near VCU campus injures several people in Monroe Park
Police say several individuals were hurt in a shooting near Virginia Commonwealth University in downtown Richmond near Monroe Park. There was no active threat, and an online alert urged people to avoid the area after a high school graduation event was canceled out of caution.
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Richmond
Virginia Commonwealth University
Tracy Walker
Monroe Park
VCU
Matthew Stanley
Richmond Public Schools
Mother of 6 year old shooter faces federal drug and gun charges
Deja Taylor, 25, pleads guilty to federal counts accusing marijuana use while unlawfully possessing a gun and lying on a background check. The Newport News case follows state charges of felony child neglect and reckless storage after her 6 year old son used a 9 mm handgun to injure teacher Abby Zwerner.
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Virginia
U.S
Deja Taylor
Abby Zwerner
Newport News
Taylor
Fed
Eral Law
Gene Rossi
Carlton Fields
Hope Scholarship funds expand as applications rise in WV
State Treasurer Riley Moore announced the Hope Scholarship board approved 5,099 applications for the 2028-2024 year with hundreds more possible. The 2028-2024 award is $4,488.82, first funds disbursed by Aug 15 and remaining by Jan 15, 2024.
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Hope
Riley Moore
Hope Scholarship Board
West Virginia
Moore
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