Airports Rejected for FAA Service Boost Grants
BECKLEY AP The U S Department of Transportation rejected a 1 million proposal from Raleigh County Memorial Airport and Mercer County Airport for a joint project to add daily round trip US Air Express service to Charlotte North Carolina US Airways hub. Raleigh County currently flies to Pittsburgh and Washington Dulles. The Greenbrier Valley Airport Lewisburg also saw its 876 000 request rejected to subsidize a US Airways flight to Pittsburgh. After two years of subsidies officials hoped the route would become self sustaining. About 179 airports submitted proposals. only 40 were approved.
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Beckley
U.S. Department of Transportation
Raleigh County Memorial
Mercer County
US Air Express
Charlotte
N.C
US Airways
Tom Cochran
Raleigh County
Pittsburgh
Washington Dulles
Greenbrier Valley
Lewisburg
DOT
West Nile suspected in West Virginia man
A 55 year old Putnam County man has tested positive for the West Nile virus in initial lab results the first possible human case found in West Virginia. The man has recovered and returned to work. Blood samples were sent to the CDC for further testing with confirmation potentially taking up to three weeks.
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Charleston
Putnam County
West Virginia
State Department of Health and Human Resources
DHHR
John Law
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta
Law
Lawmakers open asbestos case in Charleston trial
West Virginia jurors hear claims against Union Carbide and other defendants over asbestos exposure and diseases. Plaintiffs say companies knew of harm for decades and supplied risky materials. defense argues companies stood by conduct. Remaining defendants include Amchem Graybar and Exxon Mobil. trial to determine liability before damages in a multi-defendant mass case.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Kanawha County
Paul Hulsey
South Carolina
Scott Segal
Segal
Union Carbide
Kanawha Valley
Dow Chemical
Peter Bicks
Amchem
Graybar Electric
Exxon Mobil
Hulsey
Halsey
Virginia experts urge first responders to stay vigilant
Virginia's homeland security chief told about 500 firefighters police officers and other emergency officials at the Virginia Hazardous Materials Conference to keep their heightened level of passion after a year since the attacks. He noted tighter security and more vigilant hazmat teams across Virginia Maryland North Carolina and Utah while emphasizing preparedness through Saturday.
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Virginia Beach
Virginia
Homeland Security
America
John Hager
Virginia Hazardous Materials Conference
Virginia Association of
Virginia Department of Emergency Management
Maryland
North Carolina
Utah
Remnants of Isidore feared in Virginia flood threat
Virginia emergency officials monitored Tropical Storm Isidore remnants from Giles through Buchanan counties as potential heavy rain loomed. County leaders reported standby operations with predictions of one to three inches of rain over 48 hours, urging drain and ditch checks while staying cautiously optimistic about avoiding major flooding.
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Tazewell
Giles County
Buchanan County
Isidore
Sandy Etter
Tazewell County
Etter
U.S. Mainland
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Appalachian
West Virginia
Southwest Virginia
B.G. Smith
McDowell County
Smith
Pearlsburg
Ken Wittum
Bluefield
J.C. Higginbotham
Church trial details emerge with witness testimony
In a federal case indicted December 15 2000 Church faces seven counts. Giorno notes inmate testimonies claim Church described Hopewell scene and fired the barrel. Assistant U.S. Attorney Bondurant outlines the government case while presenting crime scene photos.
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Ealy
Church
Giorno
Hopewell
Bondurant
Una Mae Davis
Jury Deliberates In Murders Ties To Pocahontas Family
Walter Lefight Church, 48, of Princeton, stands charged with the April 16, 1989, murders of three Pocahontas, Virginia family members. The jury began deliberations, with co-counsel asserting no evidence links Church and Ealy to a conspiracy with Gilmore.
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Walter Lefight
Pete’ Church
Princeton
Pocahontas, Va
Church
Ealy
Charlie Gilmore
Sam Ealy
Turk
Tion
Richard Laszczynski
Gilmore
Pete Church
Beverly Davis
Davis
Jones
Bill Archer
Barcher
Bottonline
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Grundy
Chuck Crabtree
Crabtree
A-1
Debra Myers- Nick
Bertha Ealy
Robert Davis
Ronald “Rocks
Flemming
James P Jones
Coal Heritage Rd
Bluewell
David S. Grouse
Aley-Davidso
Harley Davidson
S & Men
Harley-Davidson Buell
Harley
Bland St. Rt
Northlefield, WV
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