Monroe County Seeks 184000 for Courthouse and Schools
Region One Planning assists Monroe County in applying for Public Works Act funds to expand the county courthouse and renovate Gap Mills and Greenville Junior High Schools. McDowell County pursues 174000 for future projects. Jacobs notes HUD flood aid and transit upgrades plus a regional PSD discussion.
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Daily Telegraph Statt
Region One Planning and Development Council
Monroe County Commission
Region One
Mike Jacobs
McDowell County Commission
Jacobs
Gap Mills
Greenville
Congress
The
Economic Development Administration
EDA
Kimball
Keystone
Northfork
PSD
Environmental Protection Agency
Jenkin Jones
McDowell County
Gateway Regional Transit Authority
Bluefield
Urban Mass Transit Administration
U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
McDowell
Wyoming
HUD
Princeton
Small Business Association
Farmers Home Administration
SBA
Chamber of Commerce
Girls sports strain Mercer County high school funds
Mercer County Board of Education heard that the start of girls sports is draining athletic budgets. Directors reviewed school accounting reports and called for an administrative study to prevent future shortfalls while affirming plans for next year. Some members urged boosting girls programs to be self supporting with gate receipts.
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Mercer
Mercer County
Board of Education
Princeton
James Leslie
Thomas Honaker
Harold Tomchin
Tomehin
Jack Martin
Robert Walthall
Tomchin
Clinton D. Lilly
California
Honaker
Lois Hoskins
Memorial Elementary
Patricia A. Moore
Montcalm
Kathryn C. Lazenby
Bluefield High School
Audrey J. Bragg
Montcalm High School
Joyce Tedeer
Thorn Elementary
Patricia A. McGuire
Central Junior High
Princeton Junior High
Mary Feuchtenberger
Lawrence T. Helmandollar
Bramwell Elementary
Ramsey
Susan Martin
Hatfields and McCoys and Honey in the Rock Reopen at Grandview
Outdoor dramas Hatfields and McCoys and Honey in the Rock resume at Grandview State Park this weekend. Hatfields opens Saturday night at 8 30 and Honey in the Rock makes its 1977 debut Sunday. Producers report reservations 13 percent ahead of last year as state funds support the shows alongside gate receipts.
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Beckley
W.va
Hatfields & McCoys
Honey In the Rock
Grandview State Park
Hatfields
Ewel Cornett
Heavy Rains Drive Expected Minor Flooding in WV
The National Weather Service cautions southwestern West Virginia residents of possible minor flooding as moderate to heavy rain continues through Saturday. Rain totals across the region ranged from 4 to 14 inches in a 24 hour span, driven by a slow moving warm front. River levels were normal Friday afternoon but may rise as additional precipitation falls.
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Charleston
W.va
National Weather Service
West Virginia
Weather Service
Mercer County Real Estate Deeds and Marriages Recorded
Real estate transfers in Mercer County include Pendieton to Arrington for 6300 and Goings to Goodman for 5450. Bourne to Haynes for 12000 and Lovell family to Dent for 20000. multiple parcels and districts listed. Marriage licenses show Cary Christian to Morgan and Ware to Lounsbury. Armstead to Rozze and Walters Jr. to Ragan, all Princeton or nearby towns.
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Mercer County
Roy E. Pendieton
Mary L. Pendieton
Thomas Kent Arrington
Brenda Gayle Arrington
East River District
Jerry W. Goings
Sally Goings
William R. Goodman
Margaret L Goodman
Rolling Hills
Evelyn McIntortf Bourne
Carl Bourne
Robert L. Haynes
Nan C Harnes
Lot
Birefield
Hazel
Philip Cary Christian
Nemours
Donna Sue Morgan
Bramwell
Joan Giles Ware
D.C
Frances Lynn Lounsbury
O. C
Princeton
Gary Tremont Armstead
Worth
Michelle Stephanie Rozze
Biuefield
James Robert Walters Jr
Pavia Jane Ragan
Smoot Welcomes Legislative Probe Into Reprisals Claims
Employment Security Commissioner Carolyn Smoot says she welcomes a Senate probe into allegations she retaliated against employees who testified about her confirmation. A Senate resolution directs the president to name a select committee to investigate, with members likely from the confirmations panel. Smoot says she has nothing to hide and recalls assuring no reprisals as long as employees performed their duties.
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Charleston
W.va
Carolyn Smoot
Senate
Drought declaration extends aid to 22 West Virginia counties
The FDAA granted Gov. Rockefeller a drought disaster aid request covering 22 counties including Mercer and Wyoming. Widespread crop losses and a $33 million daily loss plus a late spring freeze prompted the action. Eligible farmers may receive SBA and federal department assistance for crop and livestock losses.
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Federal Disaster Assistance Administration
FDAA
Jay Rockefeller
Mercer
Wyoming
Carter
Berkeley
Clay
Fayette
Grant
Greenbrier
Hampshire
Hardy
Jackson
Jefferson
Kanawha
Mason
Mineral
Monroe
Morgan
Pendleton
Pocahontas
Putnam
Raleigh
Roane
Summers
Rockefeller
West Virginia
Small Business Administration
SBA
U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Interior, and Commerce
Hearing Granted in Convicted Killer Case in Mercer County
Gary L. Young, convicted last summer of first degree murder in the death of his former wife Pamela Young, filed a writ of habeas corpus seeking release or resentencing. A hearing is set before Judge William O. Bivens Jr within 30 days in Mercer County Circuit Court.
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Gary L. Young
Mercer County
Pamela Young
Bluefield
Young
Pauper
Circuit Court
Supreme Court of Appeals of
West Virginia
Romanian Prelude Choir and Youth Ensemble US tour
The Romanian Preludio Choir and Romanian Youth Folk Ensemble toured the United States for three weeks in May and June, starting in New York and traveling through 12 states and Washington DC. The concert series was part of a cultural exchange by the Friendship Ambassadors Foundation, which has helped over 12,000 American performers travel and perform in Eastern Europe since 1971.
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New York
Romanian Preludio Choir
United States
Washington, D.C
Friendship Ambassadors Foundation
Fetuses Found At Dump In West Virginia Ruled No Foul Play
Two fetuses were found floating in a plastic container at Morgantown city dump. Authorities say they were part of a shipment from West Virginia University Medical Center to a Cleveland hospital and mistakenly dumped. No foul play suspected. formaldehyde liquid confirmed.
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Morgantown
W.va
Morgantown City
Cleveland
Monongalia County
Monongalia
Andrew Fusco
West Virginia University Medical Center
Fusco
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