Tazewell cuts 3.9 million in budget requests and VISTA funding
Tazewell County plans a 2006 07 budget totaling 105 147 275 with no funding for Project VISTA or a long term school consolidation plan. Rasnick says requests exceed available funds by 3 962 937 and the board must approve on June 30. The budget adds 982 000 for the regional jail as inmate counts rise to 270 daily.
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Tazewell
VISTA
Tazewell County
Bill Rasnick
County Board of Supervisors
Rasnick
Manchin seeks 25 million for West Virginia paving projects
BLUEFIELD The proposed 25 million highway appropriation for West Virginia paving projects, part of a 216 million supplemental package, faces scrutiny over funding from general revenue and lottery surplus. Del. Marshall Long says southern lawmakers expect bipartisan support, while Sen. Don Caruth notes limited details and possible DOT priority allocation.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
Mercer County
Joe Manchin
del. Marshall Long
D-Mercer
Department of Transportation
Bluefield man named in federal superseding indictment
A federal grand jury in Beckley returned a superseding indictment naming Timothy Emanuel Teel of Bluefield, 27, in three counts of illegal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon and cocaine related charges. Counts allege possession of a Davis Industries P-380 on Nov 3, 2004, with prior felony conviction, possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, and the weapon plus cocaine. Teel faces trial set for June 21 before Chief Judge David A. Faber. representation by Gerald Hayden and AUSA Joanne Vella Kirby.
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Bluefield
Beckley
Mercer County
Timothy Emanuel Teel
Davis Industries
St. Lucie County
Fla
Teel
R. Clarke VanDervort
U.S
David A. Faber
West Virginia
Gerald Hayden
Joanne Vella Kirby
Bill Archer
Barcher
Bdtonline
West Virginia prepares aging care overhaul ahead of baby boomers
West Virginia moves to overhaul long term care with Medicaid Agec and Disabled Waiver. The program allows self directed care and in community living via cash and counseling. Last year four thousand six hundred thirty six people used the AD waiver at a cost of sixty million dollars. Nursing home care averaged thirty two thousand four hundred eighteen dollars per person with statewide expenditure of three hundred sixty six million for eleven thousand two hundred ninety six. Two Aged and Disabled Resource Centers aim to provide one stop health and social services as leaders warn the 2011 target may be unmet. The state ranks third in seniors with fifteen point three percent.
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Morgantown
West Virginia
Sally Richardson
West Virginia University Institute For Health Policy Research
Richardson
Pennsylvania
Florida
Panhandle
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Emily Ratliff
Abigail McComas
Alexis Rhody
Bluefield Center For the Arts
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