Mansion items head to auction as Manchins redecorate
More than 75 items from the Governor's Mansion will be sold at the state surplus property warehouse in Dunbar along with over 1,000 other government items. Lamps chairs shelves dressers curtains and autographed books from the mansion library are among the items. State property surplus manager Ken Frye notes the sales help fund monthly auctions that typically bring in more than 40,000 and total about 1 million annually.
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Manchins
Dunbar
Ken Frye
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Chief Justice warns WV judiciary under strain from elections
Charleston AP reports Chief Justice Joseph Albright warned that West Virginia's judicial selection faces peril from party line elections and rising 527 funding. He cited a June 2002 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that bars strong ethical limits and argues candidates may speak on issues they will rule on, jeopardizing independence.
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Supreme Court
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West Virginia backs Blair Mountain site for National Register
State officials recommended adding the Spruce Fork Ridge site of the 1921 Battle of Blair Mountain to the National Register. The vote came amid protests from landowners and coal interests. Preservationists say designation would honor labor history while opponents warn of possible limits on mining and permitting.
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West Virginia Archives and History Commission
Spruce Fork
Blair Mountain
Frank Unger
Greg Wheoten
Dingess Rum Properties Inc
FDA finds squalor at Mexican farm in hepatitis probe
FDA inspectors found workers living in windowless metal shacks with no showers at a Mexican green onion farm linked to the 2003 hepatitis outbreak that sickened at least 650 people and killed four. The agency did not conclusively tie the farm to the outbreak, while lawsuits against Sysco and Castellini move forward.
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FDA
Chi-Chi’s
Beaver County
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Gordon
Marquette Receives Historic 28 Million Donation
A Milwaukee couple and Marquette University alumni from the 1950s donated 28 million dollars to the universitys communications college. William Diederich, journalism graduate in 1951, earned an MBA at Harvard and led Landmark Communications before retiring in 1990. Mary Diederich, arts graduate in 1952, played viola in symphonies. They have 13 children.
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Marquette University
Communications College
William Diederich
Marquette
Harvard
Landmark Communications Inc
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Landmark
Weather Channel
Virginia
Virginian Pilot
Roanoke Times
Mary Diederich
Mapping project aims to name rural West Virginia roads
West Virginia officials, led by Putnam County Emergency Services Director Frank Chapman, map rural roads to install 911 addresses. Using aerial imagery from earlier this decade, crews identify roads and assign names to reduce delays for emergencies. The same road shows two different names depending on direction, such as Lick Creek Road versus Riders Creek Road near Barbara Harbour's home.
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Putnam County Emergency Services
Frank Chapman
Harbour
West Virginia
Chapman
Lincoln County
Lick Creek Road
U.S. 60
Riders Creek Road
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