Heywood says tax loss will not jeopardize teacher pay raises
Gov. Gaston Caperton aide Tom Heywood said a potential 42 million state tax loss from a Supreme Court ruling will not derail planned teacher raises. Officials are reviewing options to meet the mandate, including credits, while August pay raises for teachers remain on track.
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Charleston
U.S. Supreme Court
Gaston Caperton
Tom Heywood
High Court
Supreme Court
West Virginia
Department of Tax and Revenue
State Ends Year With Seventy Million Surplus
State tax collections for 1989 90 topped projections by nearly 22 million reaching 1.746 billion and helping produce a year end surplus around 70 million. Despite gains in the last quarter the state faces Medicaid and health insurance funding hurdles amid refunds and other liabilities.
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Charleston
Department of Admini
Pam
Chuck Polan
Pecs
Polan
Gaston Caperton
House
George Farley
D-Wood
Tom Heywood
U.S. Supreme Court
Mercer County Tailgate Produce Market Opens Today
The Mercer County Tailgate Produce Market opens today in Princeton at the parking lot of Mercer County Vocational Technical School on Stafford Drive. Fresh home grown vegetables and fruit will be sold with most sellers arriving by 8 a.m.
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Mercer County
Mercer County Vocational Technical School
Stafford Drive
Princeton
Health Screening Fair Set by Mercer County Medical Society
Mercer County Medical Society and Auxiliary sponsor a Health Screening Fair on Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. at the ROTC Building on Princeton High School premises. It invites community members to receive basic health checks and related services.
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Mercer County Medical Society and Auxiliary
Princeton High School
Red Cross blood drive set for Bland Street church
The American Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit Bland Street United Methodist Church in Bluefield on Thursday from noon to 6 p.m. All blood types are needed and donations are encouraged.
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American Red Cross
Bland Street United Methodist Church
Bluefield
POW Chapter to Meet at Shatley Springs July Lunch
The Southwest Virginia Chapter of American Ex Prisoners of War will gather at Shatley Springs Restaurant in Shatley Springs North Carolina on July 14 at noon for lunch and sightseeing. For more information call Paul Frazier at 703 669 6796.
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Southwest Virginia
Shatley Springs
N.C
Paul Frazier
Head Injury Awareness Group Meeting Scheduled
The Head Injury Awareness Group will meet July 10 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the first floor conference room at Southern Hills Regional Rehabilitation Hospital in Princeton. For more information contact Bonnie Dorsey Shorter at 487-8000.
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Southern Hills Regional Rehabilitation Hospital
Princeton
Bonnie Dorsey Shorter
Free Blood Pressure Screening Set at New Graham Pharmacy
A free blood pressure screening is scheduled on July 5 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at New Graham Pharmacy in Bluefield Virginia.
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New Graham Pharmacy
Bluefield
Third Annual Music Day Camp Scheduled at Bluefield College
The Third Annual Music Day Camp runs August 6 to 10 from 9 a.m. to noon daily at Bluefield College. Sponsored by First Baptist Church Bland Street United Methodist Church Bluefield Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and Bluefield College. Registration through these sponsors with fees 12 for preschoolers and 15 for grades 1 to 6. Deadline to register is July 30.
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Bluefield College
First Baptist Church
Bland Street United Methodist Church
Bluefield
The
American Guild of Organists
APCo seeks rate cut to shave fuel portion by 700,000
Appalachian Power Company asks the West Virginia Public Service Commission for a fuel cost reduction of 700000. If approved, a 1000 kWh monthly bill would drop from 61.78 to 56.79 dollars, an over 8 percent cut. Ri chard Bowman cites spot market coal and tough negotiations as the reason for lower fuel costs. The hearing is set for September 5 with October 1 as the target effective date.
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Appalachian Power Company
West Virginia
Public Service Commission
Apco
Richard Bowman
Bowman
Preece
Darrell Preece
Virginia Tech fears more budget cuts threaten growth
Virginia Tech officials warn deeper lean times would hurt enrollment, education quality, and the local economy. Assistant to the president Darrel Martin calls it the most severe fiscal challenge in 25 years while state finance secretary Paul W. Timmreck asks agencies to prepare contingency plans for 1, 3, and 5 percent cuts over the next two years.
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Blacksburg
Virginia Tech
Darrel Martin
Assis
James McComas
Paul W. Timmreck
Appalachian South Folk Life Center Learning Day Camp Ends
The third annual Appalachian South Folk Life Center Learning Day Camp concludes, serving 28 area kids from age six to eleven. Center leaders highlight stress free learning combined with fun and individual instruction by staff and 12 volunteers from George School. Students report enjoying reading, math games, arts and crafts, and social activities as daily schedules mix academics with recreation.
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Appalachian South Folk Life Center
Jeanette Justice
Margaret Persinger
Kay Duncan
Cydi Richardson
George School
Newtown
Josh Burton
Sun Valley
Burton
Sara Justice
Athens
Nanna Hensley
Gilbert Leaders Back King Coal Highway Plan
Strong support emerged at a Gilbert dinner for a four lane King Coal Highway along U S 52 linking Bluefield and Huntington. Promoters pledged to push inclusion of the corridor in a new interstate study as state and federal officials prepare feasibility work.
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Gilbert
King Coal
Bluefield
Huntington
Gilbert Area
James H. “Buck” Harless
Gilbert Coal and Lumber
Road Association
K. A. Ammar Jr
The
Harless
Ammar
Keystone
Welch
Williamson
Kermit and
Charleston
Terry
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