West Virginia Officials Target Mine Strike Probe and Public Lands Waste
West Virginia lawmakers call for a congressional review of the eight month United Mine Workers and Massey Coal strike after a regional request led by Representative Rahall. Meanwhile Charleston officials prioritize a Public Lands Corp. audit over Mont Chateau land swaps amid open-government concerns. The Kanawha County jail faces jail conditions critique, with praise for early improvements by the new sheriff and county leadership.
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Washington
West Virginia
U.S
Nick Rahall
D-W Va
United Mine Workers
A.T. Massey Coal Co
Bill Clay
D-Mo
U.S. House of Representatives
Charleston
W.va
Public Lands Corp
Stephen Cook
Monongalia
Cook
Mont Chateau Lodge
Monongalia County
Webster County
Public Land Corp
Mont Chateau
Kanawha County
Supreme Court
Juvenile Justice Committee
Arson, Baptists, and Virginia politics dominate regional AP copy
Arsonists account for about 60 percent of the Souths forest fires this year, with Bob James noting a long standing culture of arson in the region. In Virginia Norfolk delegates head to a Dallas meeting where theological conservatives and moderates clash over SBC leadership, abortion and women’s ordination. In Richmond Baliles faces debts but plans a vigorous governor race, aiming to raise 3 million for the general election after spending over 1 million in the primary.
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Roanoke
South
Bob James
Atlanta
U.S. Forest Service
James
Norfolk
Virginia
Southern Baptists
Dallas
Winfred Moore
Amarillo
Texas
Texas Baptist Convention
Charles Stanley
Stanley
SBC
Richmond
Gerald Baliles
Wyatt B. Durrette
Baliles
Darrel Martin
Richard J. Davis
Bramwell educator Griffith transferred by Mercer County Board
Mercer County Board of Education moved Bramwell Elementary assistant principal John R. Griffith Jr to Home Hospital Instruction teaching effective July 1 1985. He will serve in the Department of Pupil Services with no Bramwell AP replacement named. Other actions included JROTC staffing shifts and school facility deals.
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Princeton
Bramwell
John R. Griffith Jr
Mercer County Board of Education
Griffith
Bramwell School
Home Hospital
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Board of Education
Vernon L. Adkins
Mercer County
William Coburn
Arthur Steller
Mt. Zion Pentecostal Church
Clarence Moore Jr
Wayne Street
Bluefield
Bill Akers
Steller
Voter canvasses reveal numerous challenged ballots in two cities
Canvasses of Bluefield and Princeton votes from the June 4 municipal election found nearly 100 challenged ballots. Most were rejected for voters not listed in city registration books. In Bluefield 68 of 71 challenged ballots were discarded. in Princeton the council refused to count 28 challenges. Incumbents led in Bluefield while no change altered Princeton's results.
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Kelly Barth
Jim Gilreath
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
Princeton
Turner
John Feuchtenberger
Feuchtenberger
Greater Bluefield
Council
Princeton Athens bus route to be cut without funds
Gateway Regional Transit Authority will end the Princeton to Athens bus run on July 1 unless Princeton and Athens renew contributions. Ridership averages about 50 daily in school months and 10 in summer, with an estimated $16,000 yearly loss. Bluefield and Mercer County funds now cover the service.
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Bluewell
Gateway Regional Transit Authority
Princeton
Athens
GRTA
Authority
Cecil E. Spurgeon
Spurgeon
Princeton-Athens
Bluefield
Mercer County Commission
Gateway
Mercer County
Princeton-Bluefield
Public Transportation Division
West Virginia Department of Finance and Administration
Concord College
Princeton considers 232000 incubator generator grant
The Princeton City Council approved a 232000 Small Cities Block Grant application to support a regional incubator generator project. The plan will go to West Virginia’s Governor's Office for Economic and Community Development after deadline Friday. The nine county center would share office services to aid new and existing businesses.
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Princeton
Governor’s Office For Economic and Community Development
West Virginia
U. S. Office of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Jim Cannon
Steve Wolfe
Region I Planning and Development Council
Cannon
Princeton Task Force
Reinhard Named Interim WVU President in July
West Virginia University will appoint Diane L. Reinhard dean of the College of Human Resources and Education as interim president effective July 1, replacing E. Gordon Gee who departs to Colorado. A search committee will be formed to find a permanent successor.
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Charleston
W.va
State Board of Regents
Diane L. Reinhard
West Virginia University
Board of Regents
Gee
WVU
Reinhard
College of Education
University of Oregon
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Ohio State University
West Virginia
University of Colorado
Gene Budig
WVU Law School
Colorado
Elizabeth
Boulder
Shott Foundation approves $75,000 match for WV ARC plan
The Hugh I. Shott Jr. Foundation of Bluefield announced on Monday that it will provide a $75,000 local match to support a West Virginia grant application to the Appalachian Regional Commission for a manned tourist information center. Foundation Executive Director R. W. Buzzy Please see Grant, B2
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Hugh I. Shott Jr
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Umw-Massey
Review For Public Lands
Kanawha
Barbara Hawkins
Daily Telegraph City Editor
Department of Pupil Services
Matoaka High Spanish Club
Fort Mason
Beauforte
Marine Museum
South Carolina
Locker Doctors of
New York
Princeton Junior High School
Bluefield High School
June Turner
Paul Cole
Ben Paine
J. Peter Richardson
Paul Oliver
Don Keesling
Eric Brady
Darryl Gibson
Kira
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