Martinsburg TV Station Plans From Local Businessman
Ralph Albertazzie, longtime Martinsburg area entrepreneur, has a FCC construction permit for WEWV TV the only Martinsburg station. He expects a real estate deal to close and ground breaking within 30 days with completion by year end. The $3.1 million project will serve viewers in Pennsylvania Virginia Maryland and West Virginia.
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Marchysburg
Martinsburg
Federal Communications Commission
Ralph Albertazzie
Albertazzio
Wewv-Tv
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Maryland
West
Lindsay Confident In Bid To Unseat Rockefeller
Martinsburg native Richard Lindsay announces a 1980 bid to defeat Senator Jay Rockefeller. He urges voters to compare living standards now with 25 years ago and criticizes Rockefeller for a Panhandle Express tour that favored booming areas, urging focus on struggling regions.
Antiques theft suspect arraigned in Charlotte County
Arthur Ray Adkins, charged with three counts of statutory burglary and grand larceny for stealing 35 antiques from Mulberry Hill and additional items from Do Better, held on 100000 bond and to be arraigned in Charlotte County General District Court. Detectives tie seven thefts across three Southside counties to a possible single throttle.
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Charlotte Court House
Arman
Charlotte County General District Court
Vid M. Guill
Charlotte County Sheriff's Department
Arthur Ray Adkins
Mulberry Hill
Do Better
Southside
Sheriff's Department
Guill
Adkins
Revenues rise on West Virginia Turnpike 1988
The West Virginia Turnpike government reports toll revenues up 16.2 percent in 1988 with traffic rising 17.8 percent over 1987. The 88 mile Charleston to Princeton highway carried 8.9 million cars and 1.8 million commercial vehicles, boosting tolls to 36.2 million dollars. George McIntyre cited Interstate 64 completion as a key factor.
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West Virginia Turnpike
State Turnpike Commission
Charleston
Princeton
Commission
George McIntyre
Tralic
Ptoll
Turnpike earns strong year as WV tolls rise in 1988
The West Virginia Turnpike posted a solid 1988 with toll revenues up 16.2 percent and traffic up 17.8 percent from the prior year. About 8.9 million cars and a million commercial vehicles used the 88 mile highway, with revenues reaching 36.2 million dollars. Legislation dissolved the Turnpike Commission and created the state Economic Development and Tourism Authority which will refinance bonds, taking effect next week.
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Turnpike Commission
State Economic Development and Tourism Authority
Turnpike Authority
Bluefield Virginia council OKs 2.9 million budget
Bluefield Virginia town council approved a 2.93 million dollar budget for the 1989 90 fiscal year. The plan includes 16 700 from cemetery commissions 706 000 in sewer revenues 544 500 in water revenues and 1 665 950 in general fund revenues. City Manager Art Mead outlined upgrades for water plant and two new police cruisers per year. He urged safety improvements at Pine Hill Park and Depot Street playgrounds and noted plans to replace outdated equipment with safer models possibly arriving in August. Tax rates were set: Real Estate 25 cents per 100 value Mobile Home 25 cents per 100 Personal Property 60 cents per 100 Machinery Tools 60 cents per 100 and Business Furniture and Fixtures 60 cents per 100.
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Bluefield
Art Mead
Pine Hill Park
Depot Street
Mead
Antique car race kicks off in Norfolk Virginia
More racers line up at the starting line as the Great American Car Race begins in Norfolk on Monday. Competitors drive antique cars and will race across the country.
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Norfolk
Capitol for a Day program heads to Martinsburg on Thursday
West Virginia Governor Caperton and several top officials will travel to Martinsburg for a Capitol for a Day event. Transportation is the only cost. hosts will provide private accommodations. The schedule includes a Highway Department visit, a breakfast with the Martinsburg Chamber, a press conference, and community meetings.
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AP Ston
Caperton
Anhandle
Steve Cohen
Martinsburg
Cohen
Regional Partnership Council
State Highways Department
Berkeley County
Mariinsky Chamber of Commerce
Marsburg
Hedgesville
Morgan County
Silver Haired Legislature elects 16 Region 1 delegates
The June 13 election produced 16 Region 1 Silver Haired legislators to represent McDowell Mercer Monroe Raleigh Summers and Wyoming counties in the next session in Charleston. Four entries are needed to fill a vacancy plus three alternates to be chosen by drawing. Fred Bell of Princeton notes prior service and veteran presence as he explains training and bill topics for the lawmakers.
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Fred Bell
Princeton
McDowell
Mercer
Monroe
Raleigh
Summers
Wyoming
Charleston
House of Delegates
Bell
Servin
Senate
House O Delegates
West Virginia
Dell
Wythe County Supervisor Arrested for DUI
Wytheville police arrested David Wayne Blair 36 of Max Meadows on Lake View Drive at 2:15 a.m. for driving under the influence. Blair was released on personal recognizance with a hearing set for August 14.
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Wytheville
Wythe County Board of Supervisors
David Wayne Blair
Max Meadows
Lakeview Drive
Mark Farris
Jeffrey L. Wright
Wythe County
Blair
H.G. Colley
Jimmy Repassas
Wright
Farris
Mercer Airport Authority to negotiate master plan update
The Mercer County Airport Authority authorized its chairman to negotiate with Stafford Consultants of Princeton to draft a scope of services for updating the airport master plan over 10 to 20 years. FAA funding timing aims for end of September, with a six month update period. The authority also discussed employee health insurance, with family coverage rising to 180 dollars monthly from 96, and proposed hangar-rate increases for various aircraft.
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Bluewell
Mercer County Airport Authority
Stafford Consultants
Ing
Princeton
Airpor
Authority
Ron Satterfield
Satterfield
Federal Aviation Administration
Jim Juhl
Odell Huffman
Owen Sra
Juhl
FAA
Bluefield Hospital opens two new high tech patient care labs
Bluefield Community Hospital unveils a new wing housing a cardiac catheterization lab and a linear accelerator. The first patients treated include a 65 year old woman and a 77 year old man. Officials say the facilities will shorten procedures and expand local treatment options.
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Bluefield Community Hospital
Linear Accelerator
Terry Jones
BCH
Olmsted
Jones
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