Faber Allows Church to Sell Assets in Keystone Case
U.S. District Judge David A. Faber approved Terry Lee Church's motion to sell select assets not tied to her $2 million bond after a 20 minute Bluefield hearing. Church, ex senior VP of the failed First National Bank of Keystone, was convicted on three obstruction counts. sentencing for Church and co defendant Michael H Graham was set for July 31.
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McDowell County
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David A. Faber
West Virginia
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Keystone
First National Bank of Keystone
Faber
Susan Arnold
Charles M. Love III
Kenneth Webb
Arnold
Princeton
Love
Jeffrey Church
Michael H. Graham
Graham
Federal
Keystone Mortgage Co
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Webb
West Virginia ranks 17th in education spending per pupil
A Census report shows West Virginia spent 54.35 per 1000 of personal income on education in 1997, ranking 17th in per pupil and instructional spending. New Jersey led with 9,641 per student. state total education spending reached about 2 billion with 63 percent from state government.
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Harleston
West
Mezzatesta
D-Hampshire
New Jersey
Virginia
David Haney
West Virginia Education Association
Haney
Judy Hale
West Virginia Federation of Teachers
Hale
Census Bureau
Virtual reality tour maps Mercer Street future in Blacksburg
West Virginia Governor Cecil Underwood toured Virginia Tech’s Cave system to preview a computer generated future for Princeton’s lower Mercer Street. The project by Virtual Prototyping and Simulation Technologies includes plans for a Mathena Center, a Rail Yard Industrial Park, a new City Hall, and the Princeton Railway Museum.
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Blacksburg
Princeton
West Virginia
Cecil Underwood
Virginia Tech
Mercer Street
Underwood
Virtual
Todd Boggess
Virtual Prototyping and Simulation Technologies, Inc
Scott R. Macrae
Lower Mercer Street
Mathena Center
Princeton Railway Museum
Mercer County
Doug Freeman
Dewey Russell
Bluefield celebrates highway project ties past to future
Representative praise and regional leaders hailed the I-73/74 Coalfields Expressway and King Coal Highway efforts as a turning point for Mercer County. K A Ammar Jr called the day red letter and noted five percent of the project is done. Attendees listed supporters and thanked officials who helped over the years.
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Nick Rahall
D-W.va
Congress
Underwood
King Coal Highway
K.A. Ammar Jr
King Coal Highway Authority
Geneses
Bluefield
Ammar
Leonard Anderson
Mercer
Summers
Mercer County
Lab program study on small‑diameter trees for forest products
A new U S Forest Service program continuation explores using small diameter trees as a forest product. The Princeton facility’s mission aims to promote natural resource conservation and help sustain forest based businesses and economies through research and development for efficient northern forest use, per Byrd's Washington office spokesman.
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U.S. Forest Service
Princeton
Byrd
Washington
Wellness center to transition operations in Bluefield
Downtown Bluefield will see a seamless transfer of operation for the Wellness Center from BRMC to a member group calling itself the Wellness Center. The move follows the 1997 Federal Balanced Budget Act reducing hospital subsidies and will occur this summer with no break in management continuity.
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BRMC
Pawlowski
Bluefield
Halsey
Wellness Center
Lower Mercer Street Ready to Rebuild Says Residents
After Governor led presentations and with support from the Hunnicutt Foundation, residents express optimism for Mercer Street’s revival. Connie Wheby and Betty Jones note decades of change but believe new development can bring back activity. Princeton Railroad Museum and Coal heritage Trail are cited as tourism engines to draw visitors to West Virginia.
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Lower Mercer Street
Wheleyville
Connie Wheby
Wheby
Betty Jones
Lower
Mercer Street
Underwood
Princeton
West Virginia
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