Trail hikers and dog Trooper accompany a hiking trio
Lisa Hauptmann of Rochester travels the Appalachian Trail with Teddy a 85 pound Labrador who carries his own 15 pound pack. Two friends Todd Dietrich and J R Roth meet an abused stray dog named Trooper and spend 150 to rent a car to return him to New Jersey. The story follows their trek from Springer Mountain Georgia toward Baxter Peak Maine and notes Bland County Virginia as a rest stop at the Corner Diner where hikers stay in a free cabin.
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Bastian
Lisa Hauptmann
Rochester
N.Y
Teddy
Wheaton
Roth
Dietrich
Trooper
Flemington
N.J
Bland
Jan
Levi Long
Mrs. Long
Pearlsburg
Hauptmann
Springer Mountain
Baxter Peak
Maine
Virginia
Damascus
Brushy Mountain
Pearsburg
Giles County
Akron
Ohio
Ohio State
J.R
Tennessee
New Jersey
WV unemployment falls as diversification and outmigration rise
West Virginia, tied with Wyoming for fourth in the nation at 10.8 percent, lowers jobless figures by expanding beyond energy with gains in finance, real estate, construction, and services while 10,000 fewer workers and 21,000 fewer unemployed reflect outmigration. Wyoming also suffers from oil cutbacks as drilling stalls and coal demand shrinks, prompting a special session to bolster the unemployment fund. Louisiana trims the budget and eyes a lottery as oil trades near 14 dollars a barrel.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Ralph Halstead
Wyoming
Louisiana
Alaska
Mississippi
Halstead
Bill Davis
Wyoming Employment Security Commission
Davis
Louisiana Senate
West Virginia waste report stalled by governor’s office delay
The completed task force report on wasted government effort and money sits awaiting a meeting with Gov. Moore after a month of red tape. Roundtable chair Tom Burns says the report is ready and the group will present it once a time and place are set. Buck Harless led the 45 member panel, which faced a $325000 study cost and aimed to save the state up to $100 million.
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Charleston
Moore
Gilbert Coal and Timber Industry
James ‘‘Buck
Harless
Burns
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
Tom Tinder
Paperwork heads list of complaints
Richmond hearing on efficiency in state government heard that current procedures burden agencies and stifle initiative. Eugene Goode warned sudden efficiency could trigger chaos, while advocates urged paperwork reform and questioned state competition with the private sector. A four day work week proposal was floated with pay preserved if productivity remained, and lobbyists urged simplification of expense-report rules.
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Richmond
Commission On
Eugene T. Goode
Bureau of Environmental Health
State Health Department
Goode
Mark I. Singer
General Assembly
Ase
Four riders enjoy Musolin's Magic Mountain Water Slide
In Brushfork, Ernie Groseclose, Michael Lane, Crystal Lusk and Eddie Belcher pose after using Jim Musolin's Magic Mountain Water Slide. The 253 foot ride runs 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily, with birthday parties 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., lasting about 15 seconds at speeds of 11.5 to 15 mph, making the slide a local tourist draw.
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Jim Musolin
Magic Mountain
Brushfork
Ernie Groseclose
Michael Lane
Crystal Lusk
Eddie Belcher
Musolin
Bridge repair long process on East End Bridge
PAT CECIL reports the East End Bridge on Route 25 near Bluefield, also Grassy Branch Bridge, will stay closed for more than a year as state officials say steel girder bids won’t be let until fall. A tree fell Tuesday night blocking the road and cutting power to about 130 customers until early Wednesday. Rescue vehicles at the city garage gas pumps were delayed.
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East End
State Department of Highways
Bluefield
Grassy Branch Bridge
John Gallagher
Public Information
Davy Teen Pleads For Justice In Handicap Case
In Davy two years after a fatal gun accident involving siblings Robyn and Kirt Martin, Robyn, then 13, survived with severe chest injury and spinal damage after a .38 pistol fired by a father. Mrs. Jane Martin, a Welch Emergency Hospital secretary, faced grim prognosis and ongoing medical concerns.
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Davy
Mrs. Jane Martin
Robyn
Kirt
Martin
Welch Emergency Hospital
Accused kidnapping accessory may enter plea in Mercer
Prosecuting Attorney David W. Knight said in Mercer County that Donna Crigger may plead guilty in Mercer County circuit court to charges tied to the kidnapping and wounding of a deputy. If a plea is entered, the Fayette County trial could be cancelled. Crigger, 38, of Bluefield, was indicted last December along with Christopher Le—.
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Mercer
Princeton
David W. Knight
Donna Crigger
Bluefield
Fayette County
Mercer County
Crigger
Knight
Christopher le
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Mark Shelton
Appalachian Power
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