Peabody mine named safest underground operation in WV
Peabody Energy designates Harris No. 1 in Boone County as the nation’s safest underground mine with an injury rate of 4.28 per 200000 hours April to December 2001. Lightfoot No. 2 and Federal No. 2 also posted low rates. Seneca Mine in Colorado tops surface mines with 0.00.
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Marion County
Lightfoot
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Bob Wise
West Virginia
State Office of Office of Miners
J. Davitt McAteer
MSHA
Peabody
Small business initiatives unveiled in Tazewell County
In Tazewell Va the Chamber of Commerce unveiled two programs the Silent Partner Program offering free confidential business advice and a CEO Roundtable for 10 to 12 local leaders to discuss topics. Executive Director Joe Hunnicutt said the aim is to reduce isolation for small owners and improve the local business climate through expert volunteers and monthly discussions. The first roundtable is planned by the end of April with sessions hosted by members and a final question on making the community a better place to live and work. For more information call (276) 988-5091.
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Tazewell Chamber
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Wood
Tom Bone
Tbone
Bottonline
Bell named 10th Hollins University president
Nora Kizer Bell of Wesleyan University in Macon Ga was chosen to lead Hollins University as its 10th president succeeding Janet Rasmussen who resigned in 2001. Bell will take office in July amid enrollment decline at the women’s college which hosts 818 undergraduates and is led by interim president Walter Rugaber. Portmouth Va AP A Norfolk sheriff's deputy Sean Kelley Kirshon was arraigned on felony cocaine possession misdemeanor marijuana possession and gun in possession of drugs charges and held without bond.
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Norfolk
Sean Kelley Kirshon
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West Virginia selects Express Scripts for drug pool
West Virginia Gov. Bob Wise announces the state will save about 25 million dollars over three years by outsourcing the Public Employee Insurance Agency prescription drug program to Express Scripts Inc. The plan follows months of multistate collaboration with New Mexico Missouri South Carolina Maryland Louisiana and Mississippi to build a pooled purchasing group.
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Bob Wise
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Missouri
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Maryland
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Mississippi
PESA
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Susman
Warner expects flood recovery funds soon in Southwest Virginia
U S Senator John Warner visits Southwest Virginia on a two day tour and says emergency funding for floods in 10 counties including Tazewell and Buchanan should be granted. He pressed the White House with an eyewitness letter and plans meetings with labor leaders to boost jobs while keeping existing workers.
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Virginia
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Warner
White House
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