West Virginia jobs to require little education by 2018
Georgetown University researchers project that 49 percent of West Virginia jobs will need more than high school by 2018, placing the state among the lowest in the nation. The study foresees growth in higher education fields, with Morgantown as a bright spot and WVU tied to job creation in health care and professional services.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Georgetown University
Georgetown
Center On Education and the Workforce
Anthony Carnevale
Center On Education
West Virginia University Bureau of Business and Economic Research
Bureau
WVU
George Hammond
Morgantown
Hammond
Monongalia County
Stimulus figures show Virginians received about 3 billion
A Richmond think tank finds the federal stimulus delivered roughly $3 billion to Virginians, with Martinsville receiving the highest per capita aid at $517 and unemployment near 20.8 percent. Petersburg and Danville followed, as Making Work Pay dominated the total with $1.9 billion and unemployment benefits added nearly $600 million despite state GOP rejection of extra UI benefits.
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Richmond, Va
Commonwealth Institute For Fiscal Analysis
Barack Obama
Michael Cassidy
Martinsville
Petersburg
Danville
House of Delegates
Mission aids families with solar lamps to lower bills
Bluefield Union Mission launches Project Green Light giving hundreds of yard solar lamps to reduce power use at night while keeping water and refrigeration on. The program prioritizes bills, helps fund other aid like Patients Help for cancer patients, and aims to assist elderly and disabled, with about 100 lights expected to be distributed next month.
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Hammond
Lowe’s
Coleman
Dropout rates in Mercer County schools discussed
Mercer County information specialist Kellan Sarles notes dropout rates are not fixed and cites a 3.4 percent rate for 2008 2009 and 3.5 percent for the previous year. She outlines primary causes such as missed school, class struggles, and personal conflicts. Programs like Second Chance, Plato software, summer school and mentoring aim to recover credits and keep students in school.
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Kellan Sarles
Mercer County Board of Education
Mercer County
Sarles
Plato
Indictments Across Bluefield Area Include Murders and Robberies
The grand jury charged multiple Bluefield residents with murder and related offenses. Cases include a fatal hit and run involving a woman walking near Goodykoontz Drug Store, a shooting death at the Economy Inn tied to narcotics, and the death of a six month old in Princeton linked to Katharine Boozer. Also indicted were former Bluefield Police Chief Blizzard on assault and harassment charges, plus several sex offender and robbery indictments.
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Moore
Goodykoontz Drug Store
Bluefield
Nicholas Lunsford
Clayton Dewey Mitchem
Economy Inn
Cumberland
Mitchem
Boggess
Katharine Janelle Boozer
Princeton
Joshua Isaiah Boozer
Princeton Community Hospital
Roanoke
C.N
Butch” Blizzard
Blizzard
Democratic Party
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Sugar Shak
Bland Street
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Bluefieldunionmission.net
Kate Coil
Kcoil
Bottonline.com
Bill Archer
Barcher
AEP Appalachian Power
Peay Ean
Wvstatepolice
Zip2save.com
Mys
Bluefield Baily Telegraph
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Yaboth
Bowligu
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