Early winter could boost West Virginia tourism in 2002
Charleston AP report cites Tourism Commissioner Alisa Bailey hopeful for a banner year if an early winter arrives. State resorts delayed last season due to warmth, with Snowshoe and others opening late. indicators like 22 million visitors in 2001, $3.1 billion in tourism revenue, 83,000 jobs, and rising turnpike traffic suggest vitality.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Alisa Bailey
Bailey
Mother Nature
Division of
Tourism
West Virginia Turnpike
State Park
ExxonMobil settles asbestos claims leaving Union Carbide lone defendant
ExxonMobil agrees to pay 264000 to settle asbestos claims in Kanawha Circuit Court, about 132 claimants receiving roughly 2000 each. Union Carbide remains the sole remaining defendant as the mass trial narrows, with Dow Chemical and Amchem mentioned in the proceedings. Supreme Court actions and ongoing settlement talks color the timeline in West Virginia’s mass litigation landscape.
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Charleston
ExxonMobil
Union Carbide
Kanawha Circuit Court
Farmer
Dow
West Virginia
Plan to refill shrinking Mountain Lake in Virginia
Officials from the Mary Moody Northen Endowment announced a plan to revive Mountain Lake by digging a downstream well and pumping water uphill into the basin. The lake sits at 47 percent capacity and has shrunk multiple times in 6,000 years due to a bedrock hole that drains water underground and resurfaces downstream.
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Embroke
Mountain Lake
Giles County
Mary Moody Northen Endowment
Mountaintop
Endowment
Betty Massey
Virginia
Roanoke College
Jon Cawley
Virginia Tech
Bruce Parker
Cawley
Rescue Disaster Near Monroe Health Center Construction
A ditch collapse trapped two workers near Princeton Community Hospital site as a five foot deep excavation caved in during a misty rain. Lee Roy Ballard was rescued after hours under mud and is in stable condition, while Kenneth Vess's employee was briefly trapped and later transported. neighbors and family aided the operation using a large vacuum and emergency crews. Ballard, originally from Monroe County and a Lexington retiree, had recently moved back to care for his new home in Wikes. his wife Sue and grandson Michael witnessed the rescue with relief and emotion.
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Lee Roy
Vess
Connie
Wess
Ballard
Sue Ballard
Michael
Betty Comer
Catherine Lively
Sue
PCH
Monroe County
Lexington
Wikes
Kenneth
Him
Oscar ‘Lee Roy’ Ballard
Michael Wait
Mr. Ballard
West Virginia Book Festival Opens in Charleston
Gov. Bob Wise and WVU officials kick off the second West Virginia Book Festival at the Capitol. Four new WVU Press titles are launched, including Oradell at Sea and Transitional West Virginia. Authors present inscribed copies as Vandalia Press is highlighted. Dr. Patrick Conner notes WVU Press mission and future imprint. Kenneth Bailey invites attendance at the Charleston Civic Center festival.
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Charleston
Bob Wise
Sandy
West Virginia University
Kanawha County
West Virginia
Governor’s Office
Capitol
WVU Press
WVU
Patrick Conner
Wise
Conner
West
Kanawha County Library
Charleston Civic Center
Lawrence Messina
Associated Press
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bill Archer
First National Bank of Keystone
Barcher
Bdtonline
Correction on PROMISE plan expansion to accredited colleges
Charleston AP reports a corrected statement from Higher Education Policy Commission spokeswoman Allison Adler. The proposal would extend the PROMISE tuition program only to students at accredited community and technical colleges, not to unaccredited institutions as previously stated.
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Charleston
Associated Press
Promise
Higher Education Policy Commission
Allison Adler
Teenage driver sentenced in Arlington crash
Ray L. Bynum, 18, of Arlington, was sentenced to 11 1/2 years for involuntary manslaughter after fleeing police in a stolen car that flipped and ignited, killing three of his high school friends. He pleaded guilty and faced families as he spoke of remorse.
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Arlington
Ray L. Bynum
Bynum
Kirkwood Road
Eckerd
Paul Sheridan
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