Road funds postponed not stopped in West Virginia
Transportation Secretary Fred Vankirk told the Senate panel he would have used the word rescheduled instead of canceled when halting 94 million dollars in highway design contracts. He cited stiff legislature pushback and outlined planned spending on the Coalfields Expressway and King Coal Highway projects in Raleigh County and beyond.
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Fred Vankirk
West Virginia
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King Coal Highway
Bob Wise
Division of Highways
Raleigh County
Sophia
Slab Fork
McDowell County Board closes 24 school positions plan
Facing continued enrollment loss the McDowell County Board of Education considers terminating 24 professional and service personnel. Notices went to 12 professionals and 12 service staff with 16 and 13 transfer notices issued respectively. Hearings continue with three sessions next week ahead of a special meeting on March 28 to decide eliminations and consolidations.
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WELCH
McDowell County Board of Education
Ings
Kenneth Roberts
Roberts
Census data shows Buchanan County population decline
Buchanan County Administrator W J Caudill cited a U S Census Bureau figure placing the county population at 26978, down from 31333 in 1990, a loss of about 4355 people between 1990 and 2000, as plans for redis tricting move forward.
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W J. Caudill
U.S. Census Bureau
Buchanan County
Caudill
Buchanan County to redraw districts after population shifts
Buchanan County plans redistricting based on 2000 population counts shared by County Administrator W J Caudill. Readouts show Prater 4338 Garden 4571 Knox 3781 South Grundy 4309 North Grundy 4284 Rocklick 3991 Hurricane 3705.
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Yeager presses Sunday hunting bill amid farm opposition
Charleston lawmakers debated a boat safety measure while a Sunday hunting bill faced strong resistance from the West Virginia Farm Bureau. Delegate Emily Yeager, D McDowell, said she has not given up and the bill remains alive, though votes to move it out of the House Natural Resources Committee are unclear. Yeager chairs a seven member committee with many farmers, a core opposition bloc.
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