BSC professor lands $99,000 WV INBRE grant
Bluefield State College biology Associate Professor Dr. Tesfaye Belay received a $99,000 sub award from the West Virginia Idea Network for Biomedical Excellence to sustain and expand biomedical research at BSC. The college notes Belay has secured over $160,000 in WVMBRE funding in three years to build research capacity and involve undergraduates in biomedical studies.
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Bluefield State College
West Virginia Idea Network For Biomedical Excellence
Wv-Inbre
BSC
Tesfaye Belay
West Virginia
Wv-Ibre
Belay
Wvmbre
BSC School of Arts and Sciences
MBRE
NTSB cites low emergency brake in DC train crash
Federal investigators said the emergency brake button was found depressed in the Metrorail car involved in the deadly Washington crash. The striking train was under automatic control, and crews worked to dismantle wreckage a day after the collision that killed nine people, as focus turned to aging cars and possible causes.
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Washington
Metrorail
National Transportation Safety Board
Debbie Hersman
Toll hike looms for 88 mile West Virginia toll road
The authority plans the minimum toll increase to fund $238 million in deferred maintenance and ensure bond income. If approved, car tolls rise from 1.25 to 1.50 at barriers while other vehicles pay 2.00, with expected annual new revenue of at least 20 million. Local business leaders fear higher costs will raise consumer prices and hurt Georgia-Pacific’s West Virginia plant.
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Burns
Georgia-Pacific
West Virginia
Cam Lewis
Greg Barr
Hunter
Barr
Bill Seaver
Seaver
Mike Vinciguerra
West
New Teen Driving Rules Tighten Passenger Limits
Rules tighten Level 1 driver hours to 50 with 10 night hours and ban unrelated teen passengers for the first six months of Level 2, then allow one for six months. Officials cite 10 years of research linking teen fatalities to multiple unrelated teen riders. Separate notes call out adult drivers and texting as a rising DUI risk.
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Dale
West Virginia
Sgt. G.R
Stimulus road work progresses across Mercer and McDowell Counties
Camden described a $588000 road project near Lorton Lick Road now about halfway done with drainage shoulders widening and paving nearly finished. Paving expected by July 4 with minimal disruption from guardrails and temporary striping plus August completion. Other stimulus jobs include $1.3 million Route 460 repaving near Mercer Mall and bridge overlays in the Oakvale area.
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Camden
Mercer Mall
Oakvale
Mercer County
McDowell County
South Roselawn
Bear Town
Saeger
Interstate 77
John
Global aging trends warn of fiscal strain and pension stress
The piece projects aging populations across advanced economies and emerging nations, with 65 plus shares rising to 20 percent or more in Germany Italy Japan and Monaco and 13 percent in the U S rising to 88.5 million by mid century. It notes baby boomers turning 65 and debates Medicare Social Security reform, immigration effects, and varied regional aging patterns including Africa Europe Latin America and China.
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Japan
Monaco
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Developed World
Richard Jackson
Center For Strategic and International Studies
Jackson
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Obama
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Brookings Institution
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Pennsylvania
Missouri
Census Bureau
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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Austria
France
Russia
Latin America
Brazil
Mexico
Cuba
United Nations Population Division
Montcalm High student among Wesleyan scholarship finalists
Brooke Bailey of Montcalm High School is named among 12 finalists for a four year renewable scholarship at West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon. The online competition awards include a potential $1,000 annual scholarship with top runners receiving larger totals.
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West Virginia Wesleyan College
Brooke Bailey
MHS
Buckhannon
Ripley High School
Rachel White
Kenna
Brittany Martino
Wadestown
Clay-Battelle
Wirt County
Kelly Baldridge
Palestine
Brooke Baney
Wesleyan
West Virginia MetroNews
Energize West Virginia, Inc
Friends of Coal
The
West Virginia Health Care Association
West Virginia Directors of Senior and Community Services
Wesleyan College
Bailey
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