Mister Rogers Remembered as Gentle Neighbor and Mentor
Mister Rogers died Thursday leaving a legacy of unconditional love and acceptance. The Presbyterian minister turned TV host created a calm, hopeful world on WQED in 1966 and through Mister Rogers Neighborhood offered lessons in respect, sharing, and dealing with fear for generations of children and adults.
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Mister Rogers
Fred Rogers
Rogers
Pittsburgh
WQED
Public Broadcasting Service
Robert F. Kennedy
Frazier Moore
Associated Press
Woman and serpent quote cited in local paper
The column presents a biblical exchange about temptation with quoted dialogue. It attributes the text to a page segment of the Bluefield Daily Telegraph style by editors Thomas A Colley and Samantha Perry with Barbara Hawkins listed as city county editor. The piece appears as a religious or literary excerpt rather than news.
West Virginia backs 120000-pound coal truck limit
Gov Wise Senate Finance Committee and many senators back a proposed 120000-pound weight limit for coal trucks. The coal industry supports it while United Mine Workers oppose. The legislature faces a likely hard battle as House Republicans and Democrats prepare for renewed debate amid safety, road repair costs, and economic impacts on haulers, banks, and the broader coal economy.
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Bob Wise
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House of Delegates
United Mine Workers of America
Earl Ray Tomblin
D-Logan
House
Bob Kiss
Raleigh
Gov. Wise
West Virginia
Letters Questioning war opposition and political views
A reader debates whether antiwar sentiment is purely political. She recalls Clinton’s Bosnia deployment without broad UN support, questions the writer’s motives, and argues the U S faced a need to act. She asserts personal war weariness yet family military ties and contends critics target Bush as president, not war itself.
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Clinton
Bosnia
Mr. Bush
West Virginia House races end week flurry of bills
West Virginia sixth district lawmakers pushed a late week rush of bills before the House deadline, with measures dying if not passed by originating chambers by Saturday. The Senate advanced 55 bills, including Gov. Bob Wise’s cost cutting plan to reorganize state administration cutting two cabinet posts and merging posts to save about 5 million in future years. The plan would eliminate 1500 jobs over time. The House unanimously backed a bill to boost survivor benefits for troopers’ spouses and children, trimming a provision to lower retirement age to 50 for Plan B troopers. The House also passed a Senate version making animal torture a felony, despite removing a related retirement-age change.
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West Virginia
Senate
Bob Wise
Commerce
Tax
House of Delegates
WV Legislature watch as tobacco tax faces Medicaid funds
CAMC and other health care providers monitor the WV Legislature over a proposed 55 cent cigarette tax to unlock federal Medicaid matching funds. CAMC reports a January loss of 75000 and a 2002 loss of 23 million for the CAMC Health System, with an estimated 6 million more in 2003 absent the tax. School districts have operated 622 makeup days due to severe winter weather, with all counties now past their four mandated catchup days and June 8 as the tentative calendar limit. The Promise Scholarship expands to link recipients with summer jobs to boost employment after graduation. Barbara Hawkins of the Daily Telegraph reports.
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Charleston Area Medical Center
West Virginia
CAMC
Charleston
Braxton Memorial Hospital
Camc Foundation
Integrated Health Care Providers, Inc
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City County Editor
Randy Deason
U.N
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Eco
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Virginia General Assembly
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West Virginia University
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