Wheeling-Pitt wins loan approval
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp wins a 250 million loan on its second try after the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Board rejected the first application. CEO James Bradley says the funds will back a new manufacturing configuration and preserve steelmaking in the Upper Ohio Valley for years.
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Morgantown
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp
Federal Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Board
Wheeling- Pitt
James Bradley
Upper
Ohio Valley
Volunteers to fill PCH chaplain role
Princeton Community Hospital moves to add volunteer chaplains after a year without a full-time chaplain. CEO Dan Dunmyer says three volunteers with clinical pastoral education credentials are sought, led by Father Bill Armstrong and two laypeople. The ministerial association on call program remains, but cannot cover all needs.
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Princeton Community Hospital
Neil Jackson
Dan Dunmyer
Dunmyer
Ing
Bill Armstrong
Church of the Heavenly Rest
Princeton Ministerial Association
Scott Catron
Association
Catron
Cornerstone Family Church
First Christian Church
PCH
Armstrong
Kenna Amos
Kamos
Bottonline
Ostrich on the Loose Near Tazewell Virginia Route 631
Ostrich named Superchicken remains at large in Baptist Valley near Tazewell, seen twice Tuesday afternoon but not again by early Wednesday. Dispatchers warn the bird risks roadkill as Special Police cannot chase it full time. Contact 276 988 1211 with sightings.
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Azewell
Tostren
Baptist Valley
Tazewell
Tazewell County
Norfolk
Georgia
Adrian O’neill Robinson
Philomena Fogarty
Lucie Kristofik
Robinson
Fogarty
Warner amends two abortion related bills in Virginia
Virginia Governor Mark R Warner has amended two abortion bills before the General Assembly's return on April 10 and vetoed a bill for a special Choose Life license plate. He adds a health exception to late term abortion limits and trims parental consent and notice requirements for minors.
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Richmond
Virginia
Mark R. Warner
General Assembly
Warner
Supreme Court
Mutual aid plan eyed between Cedar Bluff and Richlands police
Cedar Bluff and Richlands may adopt a mutual aid agreement allowing officers from either town to assist across borders in emergencies and special cases while remaining within their home jurisdiction. The proposal, tentatively approved by Richlands council, awaits Cedar Bluff action and would not deploy officers into the neighboring town for routine patrols.
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Richlands
Cedar Bluff
William Puckett
Puckett
Jim McGlothlin
McGlothlin
Tazewell
Bluefield
Mike Mosley
B.K
Bnecessary
Rockefeller presses for more local emergency funds for first responders
U S Senator Jay Rockefeller criticized President Bush's request for 2 billion in local anti-terrorism and emergency aid, saying the funding is insufficient. He notes West Virginia has received 17 million so far and cites needs for radio communications, protective gear, evacuation training, vaccines, and lab tests. A Charleston meeting was planned with Homeland Security directors. Rockefeller also secured 20 million in the 2004 budget to boost radio communication among first responders.
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Washington
Bush
U.S
Jay Rockefeller
Dw.va
Congress
Rockefeller
West Virginia
Charleston
Homeland Security
Tors
Boissevain Mobile Home Fire Quickly Doused
An electrical stove fire in a mobile home on Route 644 Boissevain Road Abbs Valley extinguished before firefighters arrived. 12 Abbs Valley volunteers and a Pocahontas team aided with equipment. no injuries reported.
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Boissevain
Tazewell
Boissevain Road
Abbs Valley Volunteer Fire Department
Kenneth Buchanan
Buchanan
Pocahontas Volunteer Fire Company
Abbs Valley
Wal-Mart to Build $55 Million Center in Virginia
Gov. Mark Warner announced Wal-Mart Stores Inc will create 1,000 jobs with a $55 million regional distribution center in Rockingham County Shenandoah Valley. The 1.2 million square foot facility is slated to start in spring 2004 and open by spring 2005.
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