Board votes to cut 15 Mercer County teaching and staff positions
Mercer County Board of Education voted to terminate eight teaching and seven service positions due to declining enrollment. Terminations take effect by end of the school year in June. Remaining staff can apply for new openings. The board also approved the FY2000 2001 levy rates to stay flat.
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Princeton
Mercer County Board of Education
County Boards of Education
Deborah Akers
Board of Education
Roger Daniels
Akers
Officials locate downed plane near Renick after crash
An emergency signal from a Cessna 177RG helped Greenbrier County officials locate the crashed aircraft on Parker Mountain near Renick. Pilot John Kerr, 53, of Wheeling, suffered fractures and head injuries and was in critical condition at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. The plane was en route from Wheeling to Savannah when contact was lost about 11:15 a.m.
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Lewisburg
USS. Marine Corps
Greenbrier
Parker Mountain
Renick
Wheeling
Savannah
Jim Peters
Federal Aviation Administration
New York
John Edward Kerr
John Amos
Kerr
Roanoke
Va.) Memorial Hospital
FAA
Washington Center
Peters
Garnette Haynes
Greenbrier Valley
Capehart calls for equitable tax reform to balance budget
Robin Capehart, secretary of tax and revenue, told the Bluefield Rotary Club that gambling and tobacco funds are unreliable for steady revenue. He cited Powerball and liquor license sales as stopgap measures and urged a broader tax system after a study flagged future revenue concerns. He warned West Virginia relies too much on narrow taxes and must develop a more stable, equitable approach.
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Capehart
Luefield
West Siena
Robin Capehart
Tax and Revenue
Bluefield
Cecil Underwood
Never give an abusive partner a third chance says Holroyd
Pam Hawkins Foundation attorney Robert Holroyd spoke to Life Management Skills students at Bluefield State College about domestic violence. He urged leaving abusive relationships and cited a federal firearms ban for offenders, urging prevention and awareness through new shelters like Pam's Place in Mercer County.
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West Virginia
Cheryl Ware
Ceres
Green Valley
Ware
Orchard Books
New York
Alderson-Broaddus College
Holroyd
BSC
Bluefield
Pam Hawkin
Robert Holroyd
Bluefield State College
United States
Mercer County
Barbara Hawkins
Princeton Community Hospital
Dottie Speroni
Olroyd
Archeologists seek Clay homestead artifacts near Bluestone
University of Kentucky archaeologists dig for evidence of the 1774 to 1983 Clay home site at Clay Memorial Park near the Bluestone River. Dan Davis and teammates flag hits, probe and sift while noting disturbed land may scatter artifacts. They found prehistoric chert flakes and plan to study the Clay Cemetery, funded by a $25,000 total grant from state and local bodies.
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OCK — University of Kentucky
Mitchell
Phoebe Clay
Clay Memorial Park
Dan Davis
Dwight Cropper
Dave Wolfe
Davis
Clay
Cropper
Clay Homestead
Bluestone River
Wolfe
Donald Linebaugh
Darrell McPherson
West Virginia
Governor’s Digest
Convention and Visitor’s Bureau
William Sanders
University of Kentucky
Mitchell Clay
Spanishburg
Pull-off planned to boost Sandstone Mountain safety
State officials reviewed plans for a mandatory pull-off on Interstate 64 at the Bragg interchange to curb crashes on Sandstone Mountain. The stop will require truckers to halt before the grade, with $240,000 allocated to begin in late spring or early summer. ITS signs will advise speed based on load, aiming to reduce high speed descents and truck braking issues.
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Beckley
Sandstone Mountain
Bragg
Sam Beverage
Beverage
Barry Warhoftig
Division of Highways
Warhoftig
Cheat Lake Mountain
ITS
DOH
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