Caperton says final state tax refunds mailed today
Governor Gaston Caperton announced that all but one state tax refunds have been mailed and the final one would go out today at a Capitol press conference. He defended speedy refunds against former Gov Arch Moore and tied the issue to a balanced budget this fiscal year. Caperton urged support for constitutional amendments for education reform and promoted them during Capitol For a Day stops in Martinsburg Hedgersville and Berkeley Springs.
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Martinsburg
Gaston Caperton
Capitol
Caperton
Arch Moore
Panhandle
Air National Guard
James Rumsey Vo-Tech
Hedgesville
Morgan County Senior Citizens Center
Berkeley Springs
Aluminum recycling grows fast across West Virginia
Reynolds Aluminum Recycling Co officials visiting Bluefield Plaza say aluminum recovery has surged over three years from 400 to 700 locations nationwide. In Bluefield Princeton area last year over 160 000 pounds were collected aiding landfill diversion. Nationwide 433 million pounds were gathered with 173 million dollars paid out.
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Reynolds Aluminum Recycling Co
Bluefield Plaza
West Virginia
Charles Lee Hicks
Jpin
Henry J. Amann Jr
Richmond
Amann
Bluefield
Princeton
Reynolds Recycling
Seven Mountain State
Reynolds
Lawmakers Across Virginias Back Flag Desecration Ban
All 12 Virginia House members back efforts to ban flag desecration with most endorsing a constitutional amendment. Some lawmakers favor action by legislation first, while senators Warner and Robb back an amendment. West Virginia delegation opposes the Supreme Court ruling and supports an amendment exempting flag burning from First Amendment protection.
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Washington
Virginia
House of Representatives
U.S
Texas
Frederick C. Boucher
D-9th
House Judiciary Committee
Boucher
Robert Byrd
High Court
Byrd
Congress
Sen
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Bass blasting ring leader fined and jailed in Franklin County
In Franklin County Circuit Court Johnny H. O'Neal 45 pleaded guilty to transporting explosives during six weekend fishing trips with undercover wardens last summer and fall. He was fined 300 dollars and sentenced to 60 days in jail. As he was led from the courtroom his mother in law fainted and roughly a dozen relatives wailed. court was adjourned as paramedics attended to her.
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Rocky Mount
Johnny H. O'Neal
Smith Mountain Lake
Franklin County
O'Neal
B.A. Davis
Landfill Ordered to Halt Pollution by Federal Judge
U S District Judge Robert Merhige Jr blocked the Kim Stan landfill in Alleghany County from releasing polluted leachate into streams and barred the State Water Control Board from pursuing court action elsewhere. The ruling stays a separate Alleghany County suit seeking to force stop pollution. The company reopened under a federal magistrate’s order after a two week shutdown over leaks and seeks more than 25 million dollars in damages. A hearing is set for 10 am Monday.
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Richmond
Alleghany County
U.S
Robert R. Merhige Jr
State Water Control Board
Kim Stan
Virginia Attorney General's Office
Merhige
Ashland Oil Seeks Early EPA Air Report Response
The Tri State Environmental Impact Group and Kentucky officials oppose Ashland Oil Inc receiving an advance copy of a $123 000 EPA air quality report. Ashland Oil sought it to respond immediately, as area pollution concerns surface in Huntington.
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Ashland Oil Huntington
Tri-State
Kentucky
Ashland Oil Inc
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Ashland Oil
Park Inn layoffs trigger union complaint in Princeton
United Food & Commercial Workers Local 278 filed a National Labor Relations Board complaint on Thursday over 11 Park Inn housekeepers and maids laid off as of 8 p.m. June 28. The Park Inn, sold at auction to One Valley Bank for 950000, plans to stay open and evaluate staff while temporary workers remain on site. The union seeks job security and rehire under the contract terms the new management would have to honor.
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Princeton
Princeton Park Inn
National Labor Relations Board
Robert H. Nissley
United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 278
Nissley
One Valley Bank
Charleston
Ken Summers
Summers
Bank
Park Inn
Margaret Lacy
Bull riders head to Frontier Days rodeo in Claypool Hill
Michael Brown of Maiden Spring Road joins seven local riders in the Coors Frontier Days Championship Rodeo weekend. He describes bull riding as thrilling and not overly dangerous, noting 12 years in circuits across North Carolina South Carolina and Kentucky.
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Claypool Hill
Michael Brown
Maiden Spring Road
Here
Brown
Tazewell County
Southern Rodeo Association
Mid Atlantic Rodeo Association
North Carolina
South Carolina
Kentucky
Carol Reese
Mike
Charolette
N.C
Court rejects exception for jobless aid
A divided 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Barbara Austin is not entitled to Virginia unemployment compensation after leaving her Salem job to follow her husband to Castlewood in 1985. The court overturned a lower finding, emphasizing geography and the couple’s Holiness Church beliefs.
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Richmond
Virginia
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. District
Glen M. Williams
Abingdon
Barbara Austin
Salem
Castlewood
Austins
Holiness Church
Austin
Virginia Employment Commission
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State Board of Education
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Call City
Charles Boothe
Bob Pepalis
Union
Phil Farmer
Bluefield Arts and Crafts Center
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