West Virginia consolidates environmental agencies
Gov. Gaston Caperton signs an executive order consolidating environmental duties into the Division of Environmental Protection at a July 1 start. The new agency will run coal, oil, natural gas, air, water resources, and waste programs with about 700 employees and an advisory board to refine operations.
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NITRO
Division of Environmental Protection
Gaston Caperton
Caperton
Division of Energy
Air Pollution Control Commission
Division of Natural Resources
Solid Waste Management Commission
West
MacDonald seeks rehearing in 1970s murder case
Lawyers for former Army doctor Jeffrey MacDonald asked the 4th U S Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider his innocence claims in the Fort Bragg murders. The three-judge panel previously refused to reopen his 1979 conviction of his pregnant wife and two daughters, saying fiber evidence withheld did not support his theory nor discredit the prosecution.
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Richmond
Jeffrey MacDonald
MacDonald
4Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Fort Bragg
N.C
Goode denies wrongdoing in child custody case
Wyoming County Prosecutor Paul Goode faced ethics complaints over handling both a child custody dispute and a separate child neglect case involving the Townsends. Goode and Assistant Prosecutor Harlan Tiller, who also served as Townsend’s lawyer, denied any conflict, arguing the matters were unrelated. A family law master later disqualified both from the custody case.
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Charleston
Wyoming
Paul “Butch” Goode
Norman Googel
State Bar
Committee On Legal Ethics
Goode
Googel
Harlan Tiller
Mark Townsend
Gloria Townsend
Tiller
Wyoming County
Townsends
Townsend
Circuit Court
John Polak
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