Library commission wins $50,000 grant for rural libraries
The West Virginia Library Commission receives a 50 000 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission to buy 63 computers with Word Excel Access Power Point and Internet support for 27 rural county libraries. Training for staff will accompany the equipment as part of the 148 000 Public Library Computer and Training project funded by the state and the Gates Foundation.
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Charleston
West Virginia Library Commission
The
Library Commission
Appalachian Regional Commission
West Virginia Public Library
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
WV seeks secret drug price deal to trim Medicaid costs
West Virginia's health secretary hints at hiring a consultant to negotiate a best price for a limited preferred drug list for Medicaid. Industry reps doubt success, noting existing rebates and potential patient harm from restricting physician choice. Negotiations and possible alternatives to a best-price list to be discussed within a week.
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Charleston
Paul Nusbaum
Department of Health and Human Resources
Nusbaum
John Brown
Pharmaceutical
Industry
National Conference of State Legislatures
Brown
National
West Virginia
National Steel bankruptcy mailings clarified by state Supreme Court
The Mass Litigation Panel in West Virginia will advise on flood related lawsuits against coal and timber firms after last summer's damage. About 489 plaintiffs across seven circuit cases name 78 defendants, with claims that mining and logging diverted waters. Also, WV Lottery fines four bars for video lottery ad violations and under 21 access. one bar fined for child presence. National Steel clarifies retirees need not file claims to keep pensions amid Chapter 11. notices warn creditors meeting, not pension loss. National Steel is based in Mishawaka Indiana. Weirton Steel split from National Steel in 1984.
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Charleston
State Supreme Court
Robin Davis
Davis
The
Lottery Commission
Tailgaters
MII
Morgantown
Elk Lunch Cafe Association
Gassaway
Tap Room
Buckhannon
Ridgeley
Weirton
National Steel Corp
National Steel
David Missner
Missner
Virginia sales tax report shows drink up and clothes down
Virginia shoppers spent more at hardware stores and on alcohol, but bought less clothing and furnishings. Total taxable sales rose 64 million to 68.7 billion, with alcohol up 14.6 percent to 342 million and building materials up 5.2 percent while clothing fell and autos dipped.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Department of Taxation
Kidnapping suspect denied access to trust
A Virginia court denied Mary Outlaw Fritts access to a $100,000 divorce settlement trust after she abducted her daughter Emily and fled for eight years. Rob Fritts argued the funds were owed for legal fees, while a temporary injunction blocked the withdrawal as Emily, now 15, remains with her father. The case followed Fritts turning herself in to Staunton police and a custody dispute.
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Staunton
Mary Outlaw Fritts
Fritts
Emily
Rob Fritts
Mary Fritts
Linda Jones
Augusta County
Thomas H. Wood
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