WinterPlace loan discount to revert to state after bankruptcy
Charleston AP report: a $6 million TEDDI discount-interest loan for WinterPlace Ski Resort, backed by doctors, will revert to state use after bankruptcy. The program lowered loan interest by 3 percent, but the facility owed $800,000 to First Community Bank and went into liquidation.
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Charleston
WinterPlace
Raleigh County
Beckley
First Community Bank Inc
Winter Place
Jerry Simpson
Simpson
A. James Manchin
Proram
Thomas E. Loehr
Manchin
House of Delegates
State Consolidated Investment Fund
Loehr
Great American Chili Cookoff at Summerfest 90
The Flat Top National Bank of Bluefield and K-Lite 101 sponsor a Great American Chili Cookoff as part of Summerfest 90. The Chili Con Carnival starts at 9 a.m. on Saturday June 30 at Princeton High School. Sanctioned by the International Chili Society, winners advance to Huntington regional cookoffs. Entry fee is 35 dollars. early entry encouraged. Contact Mike Walters for forms.
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Flat Top National Bank of Bluefield
K-Lite 101
Princeton High School
International Chili Society
Huntington
Mike Walters
P.O. Box 800
Bluefield
W.va
Guard aids SVCC in building recreational complex in Wardell
Virginia Guard engineers from Tazewell Vansant and Richlands assist Southwest Virginia Community College in developing 20 acres behind the campus into a football field track parking and baseball complex valued at 880000. Volunteers expect monthly weekend work for four months with donations of gravel drain tile and other materials coordinated by the SVCC Foundation and Cumberland Plateau Planning District.
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Wardell
Southwest Virginia Community College
Richard Hudson
SVCC
Community College System
Cumberland Plateau
Hudson
The
National Guard
Howard Joyce
Tazewell
Vansant and
Richlands
Joyce
Svcc Foundation
Reward Offered for Theft of Paint Mare in Mercer County
The Mercer County Livestock Protective Association post a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the thief or thieves who stole a 10 year old black and white paint mare owned by Bruce Lewis Jr of Powell Mountain near Oakvale. Call Mercer County Sheriff’s Office WV State Police or John Scott Jr at 425 3079 Memorial Building Princeton.
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Mercer County Livestock Protective Association
Bruce Lewis, Jr
Powell Mountain
Oakvale
Mercer County Sheriffs Office
West Virginia
Correction distinguishes two Ronnie Harless records in Tazewell County
A correction notes that Ronnie Harless picked up in Tazewell County on a drunkenness charge is not the same individual as Ronnie Edward Harless of Rt. 2 Bluefield. The notice clarifies identity to prevent misattribution.
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Ronnie Harless
Tazewell County
Ronnie Edward Harless
Rt. 2
Bluefield
Pocahontas Waterworks Authority in Doubt Over Jurisdiction
Mercer County residents served by Pocahontas Waterworks face a decision on whether West Virginia will retake regulatory authority. Administrative Law Judge Ann Rodak said records are closed and a ruling within two weeks is likely. The PSC relinquished Mercer County customers in 1988, then reconsidered after citizen complaints.
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Mercer County
Pocahontas
West Virginia
State Public Service Commission
Administrative Law
Ann Rodak
PSC
Rodak
Bluefield Administration
EPA to Remove Drums From Cleanup Site in Wheeling
EPA will remove about four months of hazardous waste drums found overturned and vandalized near Wheeling. On-Scene Coordinator Jack Downie notes drums leaked none and will be sent to out of state disposal sites within a few weeks, as West Virginia lacks local commercial disposal.
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Jenkin Jones
Environmental Protection Agency
Jack Downie
EPA
Wheeling
Department of Natural Resources
Downie
Ing. Downie
West Virginia
Capitol dome gilding nears completion for West Virginia Day
The Tsitsilianos family finishes gilding the Capitol dome top and awaits Gov Caperton to remove the plastic covering next Wednesday during West Virginia Day events. The project, funded by private donations, aims to finish all visible panels and ribs by August amid prior debates over cost and approach.
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Capitol
Gaston Caperton
Tsitsilianos
Caperton
West Virginia
Bob Plantz
General Services
Plantz
Arch Moore
Cass Gilbert
Rachael Worby
Worby
Wood County
Conviction of Hinton officer overturned by appeals court
A federal appeals court reversed the conviction of Hinton West Virginia police officer Thomas Edward Cobb for beating a handcuffed suspect, ruling he was deprived of his Sixth Amendment right to counsel. The court upheld the other three officers in the case.
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Richmond
Keatin Kenneth Wayne Pack
Apri
Cobb
U.S
Elizabeth V. Hallanan
K.K. Hall
Republican to challenge Boucher write in candidate Counts to eliminate tax
Charles Counts a 75 year old Chilhowie Virginia farmer and radio preacher launched a write in bid against Democrat Rick Boucher in the 9th district race. He aims to end income tax and cut federal spending while promoting moral and spiritual renewal.
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Charles Counts
Congress
Rick Boucher
Counts
Chilhowie
Republican Committee
Boucher
Rep
D-Va
U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Senate
Smyth County
Virginia
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Mark Shelton
Montcalm Elementary
Jerry Perkins
Elizabeth Jones
Virginia Guard
Pocahontas Waterwork
Capitol Dome
Hinton
Eddie-Lee Isom
Daily Telegraph
Charles D. Counts
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