Manchin backs 2.5 percent pay raise for teachers
Manchin plans pairing a 2.5 percent salary increase with state-funded boosts to the teacher salary schedule. The combined raises for the next school year would range from 634 dollars for starting teachers with bachelor degrees to 3473 dollars for teachers with doctoral degrees and 35 years of experience. The 2.5 percent raise alone would add 581 to 1068 dollars annually. House Education Committee favors 3.5 percent raises yielding 813 to 1707 dollars, not counting 2005 schedule increases. Teachers groups say they remain unsatisfied with the proposals.
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Manchin
Lara Ramsburg
House Education Committee
Senate revisits 1 percent table games share for racetrack counties
The Senate moved to reconsider the 1 percent share of table games proceeds designated for the four racetrack counties. Multiple amendments failed. If approved, the House must accept Senate changes or send both chambers to a conference committee. Delegate Porter amended a Senate bill to reconstitute the Hatfield McCoy Regional Recreation Authority board to include Mercer County.
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House
Mike Porter
R-Mercer
House of Delegates
Hatfield- McCoy Regional Recreation Authority
Boone
Logan
McDowell
Mingo
Wyoming
Mercer County
Porter
Mercer
Mountain road overhaul to add climbing lane and closures
The plan extends 1.5 miles from Route 629 near Shack Mills Road to Route 638 near Dismal River Road with a quarter mile climbing lane added on the north side. Route 680 will be routinely closed at times during construction, with signs to warn drivers and detours adding about 30 minutes travel. Officials cited safety and reduced travel time as major benefits, noting school buses and coal industry traffic on the mountain route.
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Shack Mills
Buchanan Board of Supervisors
County School Board
VDOT
Waters
Keen Mountain
Pilgrims Knob
Twin Valley High School
Twin Valley Elementary School
Conrad Hill
Buchanan
Russell
Charles Owens
Cowens
Bottonline.com
King Coal Highway moves closer to airport and equestrian park
Mitchem, director of the King Coal Highway Authority, says the project advances the I 73/74 corridor toward Mercer County’s proposed equestrian park and McDowell County. A March trip to Washington is planned to discuss funding with Byrd Rahall and Rockefeller. The 95 mile King Coal route spans Mingo, Wayne, Wyoming, McDowell and Mercer counties and interchanges with the Coalfields Expressway in Welch.
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King Coal Highway Authority
Mercer County
McDowell County
Mitchem
Washington
Sen. Byrd
Rahall
Sen
Rockefeller
Stoney Ridge Mountain
Stoney Ridge
Mingo
Wayne
Wyoming
McDowell
Mercer
Tolsia
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Huntington
Welch
Indian Ridge
King Coal
Telsia
West Virginia
Charles Owens
Cowens
Bottonline
Mercer County History Book 1837 Seal on Burgundy Cover
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Elizabeth’s
Mercer Street
Princeton
Mercer County Historical Society
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