Lawmakers seek feasibility study for Pinnacle Rock campground
West Virginia lawmakers push for a feasibility study to determine if a campground could be built at Pinnacle Rock State Park in Mercer County to serve ATV riders on the Pocahontas Trail. State Senator H Truman Chafin plans to seek funding during Budget Week with support from Hatfield McCoy Trail Authority and Mercer delegates. The effort notes riders desire lodging options and amenities near Bramwell and Bluewell.
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Bill) Cole
Mercer
West Virginia
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Bluewell
Bramwell
Hatfield-McCoy
Greg Jordan
Gjordan
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Public meeting on utility rate hikes in Bluefield
The South Bluefield Neighborhood Association will host a public forum on Tuesday March 11 at 7 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church to discuss high Bluefield utility rates, the Kanawha County chemical spill action, and ENEC rate requests by Appalachian Power. Members from Bluefield Princeton area WV American Water customers are urged to attend.
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Multiple church events and a Renaissance concert in Princeton
Briefs note the Northfork New Vision United Holiness Church Pastor's Aide program featuring Elder Reggie Hamlet and Anawalt Mt. Bethel United Holy Church Youth Day with Rev. Garry Moore. Princeton hosts Renaissance Rocks concert to benefit the Princeton Renaissance Project with admission 15 dollars, 10 for students, under 5 free.
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Princeton Renaissance
Princeton considers Dean Building renovation for city offices
Princeton officials released rough price estimates for converting the Dean Company site into a new municipal complex. Swope Construction put 2.6 million dollars as the total for police, fire, and maintenance renovations based on plans from city departments. The city intends to bid for more work and may relocate all city services to the site once studies and approvals proceed. New River Community College eyed buying the Dean site for a Mercer County campus.
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Mercer County
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Dove
Ellie Doom
Swope Construction
Doom
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Swope
Dean
Stafford Drive
New City
Patricia “Pat” Wilson
New River Community College
Wilson
Greg Jordan
Giordan
Bottonline.com
General Assembly braces for end of session in Virginia
Virginia lawmakers enter day 60 of a 60 day session with plans to adjourn today if all goes well. Senator Phillip Puckett says the House rejected extending the session without per diems and the Senate will begin with a page graduation before finishing conference bills. A return for a two week or later special session is planned to finalize the budget and appoint judges.
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General Assembly
Senate
Washington
West Virginia Senate OKs drilling waste in landfills
The West Virginia Senate unanimously approved the Horizontal Well Act of 2012 allowing drill cuttings from horizontal wells to be dumped in commercial landfills with lined cells and DEP monitoring. A $1 per ton charge funds DEP studies and $75,000 backs a leachate study, with landfills near porous limestone excluded.
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Charleston
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Department of Environmental Protection
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D-Jefferson
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House
Former DMV manager pleads guilty in embezzlement case
Rhonda Thomas of Princeton admitted embezzlement in Mercer County Circuit Court before Judge Derek Swope. Detected by state police in 2013, the former DMV regional office manager faced one count and faces probation upon restitution payment as recommended by the state.
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State Division of Motor Vehicles
Rhonda Thomas
Mercer County
Derek Swope
Thomas
West Virginia
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