Fire marshal investigates 79 fires in April in West Virginia
West Virginia saw a rise in deadly fires with 84 fires investigated since July 1, 2002 and 51 fire deaths. The fire marshal cites arson to cover crimes and insurance fraud as a growing problem. In April 79 fires were probed, eight arson cases causing 14 deaths. A Ravenswood murder case involves Yvonne Miller and Ethel Matheny. In Mercer County, two deaths outside a burning house are ruled homicide by own action after a domestic dispute.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Sterling Lewis
State Fire Marshal’s
Lewis
Yvonne Miller
Ravenswood
Jackson County Sheriff’s Department
Miller
Ethel Matheny
A.J. Boggs
Matheny
Mercer County
First responders get smallpox vaccines in Virginia
Virginia health officials expand a smallpox vaccination program to include first responders. In Prince William County about a dozen police and firefighters received shots amid cautious optimism from officials.
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Manassas
Prince William County
Tim Rudy
Bill Anzenberger
Pepsi Bottling to shut three plants in move to Wytheville
The Pepsi Bottling Group will cease production at plants in Huntington Princeton and Marion Virginia eliminating about 40 jobs at Huntington where 94 workers are employed. Production will shift to a new Wytheville facility costing 65 million and slated to open late this year or early 2004 with around 200 employees. Goodwin said affected staff can seek positions at the new plant as capacity expands.
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Huntington
Pepsi
Princeton
Marion, Va
Michael Goodwin
Somers
N.Y
Goodwin
Marion
Wytheville
Herald- Dispatch of
Pepsi Bottling Group
U.S
Canada
Greece
Mexico
Russia
Spain
Turkey
Warner urges creative fundraising for Virginia research
Governor Mark Warner urged Virginia colleges and universities to raise 1 billion dollars annually for research by decade's end to boost national rankings. He called for more private public partnerships and collaboration to exploit federal and private funds, citing Virginia’s 16th national rank in 2000 and only two schools in the top 100.
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Newport News
Mark R. Warner
Virginia
Warner
Virginia Tech
University of Virginia
Charles Steger
Institute For Defense and Homeland Security
Tom Ridge
Homeland Security
Department of Defense
F-14 squadron returns to Virginia from war
Virginia Beach scene as 20 Virginia based aviators return from nearly 10 months aboard USS Abraham Lincoln. Landing at Oceana Naval Air Station, families greet pilots including Lt. Michael Nordeen. The crowd of about 1,000 gathers for a hangar party with decorations, food, and beer as support personnel arrive on three military transports.
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Virginia Beach
David Nordeen
Oceana Naval Air Station
Michael Nordeen
Nordeen
Sally
Fighter Squadron 31
Sailors Prepare to Disembark Lincoln at San Diego
War weary sailors from the USS Abraham Lincoln line up inside its hangar bay at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego. The 1,100 foot nuclear powered carrier has been away from home port for nearly 10 months, one of the longest deployments for a carrier in recent military history.
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Naval Air Station North Island
San Diego
Calif
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