House OKsair bill to fund West Virginia airports
The U S House approved an FAA bill providing millions to West Virginia airports, including 150 000 direct federal support for Mercer and Raleigh County airports. The measure, bipartisan and backed by Sen. Rockefeller, moves toward law as Clinton considers signing.
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Rockefeller
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Mercer County Airport Authority
Owen Griffith
Transportation study underway in Mercer County
Charleston officials announce a comprehensive Mercer County transportation study led by Pflum Klausmeier and Grehrum Consultants. Division of Highways Commissioner Sam Beverage says the 18 month effort will gather public input, map growth driven needs, and feed a 25 year master plan into the DOH planning program. The prior study was the Princeton Bluefield effort in the late 1960s.
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Piano man shares insights through music
LUEFIELD VA Piano man Ken Medema performed at Harman Chapel Bluefield College delivering a spontaneous concert blending piano and synthesizers. Medema is blind since birth and, 56, hails from Grand Rapids Michigan now living in San Francisco. He spoke of a spring formal memory at Michigan State and described music therapy work since 1973. The show intertwined melodies as Medema improvised guided by audience cues, closing with a song titled Bound together and Finely Woven with Love.
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Michigan State University
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Medena
Legislators Tinker With Life Laws Across Health and Safety
AP reports the West Virginia Legislature considers measures affecting daily life. Proposals include banning cigarette sales to minors, restricting tobacco vending, raising penalties for clerks who sell to youths, and banning same sex marriage. Other bills aim to protect children from pornography and risky behavior.
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Cecil Underwood
Senate
Teens say buying booze is easy in Princeton
An underage sting in Mercer County shows 16 of 33 stores sold beer to a minor using a valid license. Teens describe easy access via fake IDs and proxy buyers as technology makes fake identities cheaper and more common.
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West Virginia Alcohol Control Administration
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Norman Baker
Jason Bowlick
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