Potency Drug Use for Sex Offenders Draws Fire
West Virginia Medicaid spent about five thousand dollars on Viagra and similar impotence drugs for fifteen sex offenders since 1998. The policy shift follows national scrutiny and CMS changes, amid broader Medicaid cuts and concerns over wasteful spending.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph Journalists Named Leadership Team
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph announces William Randy Deason as Publisher and Thomas A Colley as Executive Editor with Samantha Perry named Managing Editor and the News Editor and Senior Editor roles held by Samantha Perry and others as part of the leadership update.
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Endangered project stirs conflict over mussels and sewer line
In Tazewell County Virginia the Route 19 460 corridor sewer upgrade to prevent Bluestone River pollution faces opposition from environmentalists over habitat loss for the endangered Tennessee heelsplitter. County officials urge collaboration to balance cleaning rivers, jobs, and local growth while considering pipeline routes near schools.
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Pothole issues and voter voices in Bluefield notes
Letters discuss Bluefield pothole fixes by officials including the city manager and engineer. They question project completion on Oak Grove Avenue and call for public accountability, while also urging a ballot vote on a clean air act in Mercer County and thanking a local contractor for Route 460 pavement.
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Two presidents' grades show hope for students
Dale McFeatters notes Bush and Kerry faced past college grades publicized in campaigns. Kerry had a Yale transcript with a 76 average and four Ds in freshman year while Bush carried a 77 at Yale with a single D in astronomy. The piece argues for a statute of limitations on old grades and frames the leaders as enduring examples for students.
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