Byrd seeks 5 billion to finish Appalachian Highway System
Sen Robert Byrd urged Congress to allocate 5 billion dollars over six years for highway construction in 13 Appalachian states. The 3025 mile Corridor Highway System would span West Virginia and 12 others, already 80 percent complete in the region and 71 percent in West Virginia. Unfinished segments include Corridor H from Elkins to the Virginia line and Corridor D bypass around Parkersburg to the Ohio River.
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Charleston
Robert C. Byrd
Congress
Appalachian
West Virginia
Byrd
Washington, D.C
Elkins
Virginia
Parkersburg
Ohio River
West Virginia KIDS HEALTH DATA show progress but gaps remain
A 2003 Annie E Casey Kids Count Data Book ranks West Virginia 44th in child well being. Improvements occurred in infant mortality drop from 9.9 to 7.6 per 1000, teen deaths down to 58 per 100000, teen birth rate down to 23 per 1000, and rising single parent families to 28 percent amid poverty slight fall to 24 percent. School dropout dropped to 11 percent while low birth weight rose to 8.3 percent.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Margie Hale
Kids Count Fund
Virginia gains in child health on most measures
The Annie E Casey Foundation report shows Virginia improving on seven of ten health indicators from 1990 to 2000, with infant mortality dropping from 10.2 to 6.9 per 1000 live births. Teen mothers and child poverty declined, but low birth weight and single parent households rose, and high school dropouts stagnated.
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Irginia
Annie E. Casey
Virginia
Coast Guard crew returns from Iraq deployment to Norfolk
About 350 Coast Guard personnel who usually rescue boaters and enforce fishing rules arrived in Norfolk after supporting the war in Iraq. The group came ashore Wednesday aboard the 378-foot cutter Dallas and four 110-foot patrol boats, with the Dallas having deployed February 8 to join the Navy's Sixth Fleet in the Strait of Gibraltar.
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U.S. Coast Guard
Iraq
Dallas
Norfolk
Charleston
S.C
Navy
Strait of Gibraltar
Legislature Works To Rework Workers' Comp Bill
A Wheeling attorney seeks to block a 299 page deficit plan drafted by a 12 member committee over open meetings law concerns. Kanawha County Circuit Court denied a temporary restraining order while a Supreme Court petition challenges the ruling.
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Charleston
Wheeling
Bob ‘Wise
Sue Howard
Kanawha County
Howard
Charles King
Jason Huber
State Supreme Court
Huber
King
West Virginia teens smoke less says RAZE summit
At Concord College WV officials announced 1999 to 2002 smoking falls among high school students by 20 percent and junior high declines near 10 percent. RAZE organizers cite state wide youth campaigns funded by 70 groups and aim to further cut teen tobacco use through 2003 summit activities.
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West Virginia
Concord College
William Nicely
Nicely
Keith Dalton
West Virginia Division of Tobacco
To Raze
Department of Health and Human Resources
Coalition For A Tobacco Free
West Virginia Youth Tobacco Campaign
Department of Education
Nice Group
American Lung Association
Dalton
Raze
Center For Disease Control
Erica Given
John Law
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services
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