Appointments Time for West Virginia Boards and Commissions
Gov. Jay Rockefeller faces a wave of term expirations and new openings as incumbents must be reappointed or replaced. Key posts include the Board of Regents, Air Pollution Control Commission, Public Service Commission, Economic Development Authority, and a new Public Legal Services Council. Also pending are nine Lending and Credit Rate Board members and an advisory panel on judicial appointments.
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Charleston
W.va
Jay Rockefeller
West Virginia
Rockefeller
Board of Regents
Forrest L. Blair
Walker
Parkersburg
Albert M. Morgan
Morgantown
Edward H. Greene
Huntington
Blair
Morgan
Air Pollution Control Commission
APCC
Crede D. Douglass Jr
New Martinsville
Douglass
Allen T. Hamner III
Buckhannon
West Virginia Wesleyan
Elwin J. Bresette
Public Service Commission
William Rice
Ervin S. Queen of
Logan
Economic Development Authority
Bresette
PSC
Paul Bromley
State Senate
Public Legal Services Council
Legal Services Council
West Virginia State Bar
Public Defender
Lending and Credit Rate Board
Coal Fraud Indictments Target WV Executive and CT Agent
A federal grand jury indicted William A. Barringer and John S. Routh Jr. on conspiracy and multiple mail fraud counts related to a six year coal fraud scheme totaling 2.25 million dollars. Barringer, former Carbon Fuel Sales Co. president, and Routh, owner of Manhattan Coal Co. and West Fork Coal Co. representative, allegedly received kickbacks for coal sales from mines in West Virginia and Kentucky. The Greenwich headquartered firms operated through Carbon Fuel Sales, Carbon Fuel Co., and Kentucky Carbon Corp. The case spans 1974 to 1980 with indictments filed in the Charleston, West Virginia area.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
William A. Barringer
Newport
N.C
John S. Routh Jr
Boca Raton
Fla
Carbon Fuel Sales Co
Carbon Fuel Co
Kentucky Carbon Corp
Barringer
Routh
West Fork Coal
Mahattan Coal
Rich
Carbon Fuse Sales Co
Carbon Fuel
Kentuck Carbon
Kentucky
Public hearing may decide fate of coal facility
Edenton North Carolina AP report notes the Coastal Resources Commission postponed a decision on designating Radio Island for a $70 million coal operation. A July 22 public hearing in Carteret County will consider changing the island from rural to a residential and light industry port designation.
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Edenton
N.C
Radio Island
North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission
CRC
Gulf Interstate Inc
Houston
Texas
Morehead City
Carteret
Beaufort
Air Force won t ground seven radar jets after crash
CAMP SPRINGS Md AP The Air Force says it will not ground seven EC 135N radar jets due to a strong safety record. Brig Gen Peter W Odgers said investigators will issue recommendations to prevent similar tragedies after the May 6 crash that killed 21 aboard.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Air Force
Camp Springs
Maryland
Peter W. Odgers
Air Force Base
Odgers
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Ohio
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