Charities face rising needs as fuel costs bite donations
United Way of the Virginias battles rising demand amid a $275,000 2008 campaign while more than 20 agencies rely on fuel-intensive transportation. Bluefield Union Mission reports a 20 percent summer surge in needs, with food pantry stocks, gas and electric aid, and transportation costs stressing budgets even as gifts rise.
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Sheets
United Way of
Craig Hammond
Bluefield
Williams
United Way
Bluefield Union Mission
Hammond
Bluefield Union
Charles Owens
Cowens
Bottonline
Carlin Delivers Sharp Set At Concord Campus Show
Carlins onstage performance before a mixed student body at Centennial Hall drew laughs as he discussed language and culture with his usual satirical bite. The controversial figure had drawn debate over his past material but performed as the spring semesters big-name entertainer amid a lineup that included Sinbad and Vanilla Ice. He closed with his famous seven words routine after a long night of observational humor.
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Carlin
U.S. Supreme Court
Concord
Jefferson Starship
Taylor Dayne
Vanilla Ice
FALCON Operation FALCON 2008 roundup details
The fifth US Marshals Service led fugitives sweep, FALCON 2008, targeted violent offenders and narcotics violators in the Southern District of West Virginia. Local agencies aided the week long operation, with 36,500 fugitives captured in prior campaigns. A Beckley press conference announced arrests as officials stressed ongoing daily law enforcement efforts for community safety.
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Corrections
Lair
Mercer County
Falcon
West Virginia
Enforcement
John F. Clark
U.S. Marshals Service
Kaine proposes tax hikes to fund Virginia roads plan
Governor Kaine pushed a transportation tax package to lawmakers, raising car sales to 4 percent, boosting home sale and vehicle registration levies, and adding a 1 percent sales tax for Hampton Roads and northern Virginia road projects. He defended the plan amid GOP criticism and anti tax protests.
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Hampton Roads
Virginia
Stat
Cox
Jill Holtzman Vogel
Vogel
R-Fauquier
State Supreme Court
Manchin cites tax hike, education subsidy in budget plan
West Virginia Governor Manchin proposes including a 6-cent rise in the state gasoline tax plus a 20.5 cent base rate and 18.4 cent federal gas tax. He also seeks a $25 million subsidy to fund transfers from the Teachers Defined Contribution plan to the Teachers Retirement System amid many educators moving into the hybrid system.
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TDC
Dus
Marion County
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