Police chief doubles as egg seller in Jefferson County
Police Chief Charles Cole handles duty in Charles Town and delivers eggs from 300 to 400 Sexlink chickens to about 60 steady customers at $1 a dozen. He serves four police departments and the Bardane 911 center, taking orders from the prosecutor and circuit clerk offices. In Charleston, Supreme Court Justice Warren McGraw recalls a fall on his son’s Beckley area farm while riding an ATV. He says no injuries required treatment, though he did not wear a helmet.
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Shepherdstown
Charles Cole
Cole
Charles Town
Jefferson County
Circuit Clerk
Bardane
Charleston
Supreme Court
Warren McGraw
Beckley
House of Delegates
Randolph McGraw
McGraw
Rebecca
Harless named one of Bush's top donors
West Virginia coal and timber baron James H. Buck Harless is listed among 14 Bush supporters called Pioneers by Common Cause for raising at least 100,000 for the president. The report cites his 355,000 total contributions, early 1999 meetings at the White House, and West Virginia electoral votes cast for Bush.
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Huntington
West Virginia
James H. “Buck
Harless
Bush
George W. Bush
Florida
James Benton
Common Cause
Washington, D.C
Benton
Associated Press
Gilbert
International Industries
Massey Energy
Richmond
Massey
Kentucky
Big Sandy River
US Environmental Protection Agency
United States
Wall Street Journal
al Gore
West
County faces methadone clinic plan in Roanoke Valley
U S Attorney John Brownlee warned a Roanoke County board that a proposed methadone clinic could attract drug dealers and raise crime and trafficking risks, though officials note no similar issues near other clinics. Critics fear crime, traffic, and lower property values while advocates stress treatment.
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Roanoke
Roanoke County
U.S
John Brownlee
County Board of Supervisors
Brownlee
Roanoke Valley
Phil Herschman
CRC Health Corp
Possible slave cabin found at Poplar Forest site
Archaeologists at Poplar Forest in Forest Virginia uncover the remains of a cabin on land once owned by Thomas Jefferson's family that may have housed enslaved people. Researchers will examine nearby artifacts to determine if slaves lived there and how their lives changed during the era.
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Slave Home Forest
Poplar Forest
Thomas Jefferson
Barbara Heath
Judge orders stay. pupil barred from class during suit
A federal judge declined to force Pulaski County School Board to readmit Meredith Martin, a 12 year old, while Amy Kirk pursues a lawsuit over her daughter’s one year expulsion for bringing insomnia medication to school. The suit, filed Oct 3, seeks school reentry pending resolution.
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Roanoke
Pulaski County
Amy Kirk
Meredith Martin
Jury selection moves steadily in Muhammad case in Virginia Beach
Jurors were qualified one by one in the John Allen Muhammad sniper trial in Virginia Beach as prosecutors and defense teams prepare for a 12 jurors plus three alternates panel. The process focused on death penalty views and exposure to pretrial publicity with opening arguments eyed for late Thursday or Friday.
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Virginia Beach
John Allen Muhammad
Washington, D.C
LeRoy F Millette Jr
Muhammad
Virginia
Lee Boyd Malvo
Ings
Jonathan Shapiro
Shapiro
Millette
Mike Davy
Virginia Beach Circuit Court
Dean Harold Meyers
Gaithersburg
Meyers
Manassas
Bluefield Sanitary Board weighs unified water sewer bill plan
Bluefield officials discuss a plan to have West Virginia American Water Company handle billing for sanitation and water customers next year. If adopted, customers could see dual bills for one month and new payment options including credit card debit card and automatic bank withdrawal.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Sanitary Board
Sanitary Board
Terry Honaker
West Virginia American Water Company
Sanitation Department
Honaker
Board
R.E
Bob” Perkinson Jr
Water Company
Perkinson
Charles Owens
Cowens
Bottonline
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Sccmer
Danner & Lacrosse
Goretex Super Sale
O.D. Green
Spitfire
PSE & Hoyt
Walls
Browning
Whitewater
HSK 8S
Sporting Goods Mente
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Lime
Yeats
Athens Road
Melrose Square
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