Weather forecast across the nation with sun and showers
The forecast calls for sunny skies across most of the nation today with the exception of the Southwest and Pacific Southwest where showers are expected. Rain is predicted in the Upper Great Lakes region.
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Pacific Southwest
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Great Lakes
West Virginia suit challenges 1971 stripping act and regulations
The case, brought by strip mining firms including Anderson & Anderson Contractors and Appalachian Coal Inc, argues the 1971 stripping act and new regulations deprive land use without due process. The second count attacks 31 reclamation commission rules as arbitrary and vague. The suit names multiple firms and cites ongoing court actions in West Virginia and Kentucky.
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Taylor
West Virginia
State Supreme Oma
Reclamation Commission
Anderson & Anderson Contractors Inc
Allegheny Mining Ee —iCorp
Appalachian Coal Inc
Eae
Hanng & Bon
West Virginia proposes kindergarten push amid budget debate
Taylor and Stone push a full kindergarten program arguing benefits for 10 200 children and 130 000 five year olds while funding shifts to retirement and education needs. Lawmakers also weigh a 1 9 million higher education request and several statewide projects including a children s day camp and Piney Creek Watershed work.
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Taylor
Early
Board of Education
Prince Wooandunder
Stone
Finance Committee
Billy Burke
D-Gilmer
Department of Education
Moanie
Panther State Forest
Piney Creek
Division of Water Resources
Del
Jackie Withrow
Raleigh
HOUSE
House Judiciary Committee
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Senate approves page apportionment bill with constitutional shift
McCourt urges senators to set aside disagreements and place the proposal on the ballot. He notes the bill does not meet his aims and would remove all constitutional restrictions on apportionment, allowing counties not to be bound by existing district lines.
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McCourt
Senate
Russell G. Beall
D-Wood
J. C. Dillon
D-Summers
Si Galperin
Kanawha
Brad Sayre
Roane
Beall
Kopperston
Glen Black
Hisln
Pine Small County
Ville
West Virginia
Ralph Williams
D-Greenbrier
Carl E. Gainer
Nicholas
Elkview Woman Injured in Wreck
Elkview resident inzapeth Batten, 60, was admitted to Charleston Memorial Hospital after a 46th Street Kanawha City crash. She suffered a broken wrist and was transported by Kanawha Valley Ambulance Service.
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Inzapeth Batten
Elkview
Charleston Memorial Hospital
46Th Street
Kanawha City
Car Cycle Crash Injures Youth in Bridge Road incident
Graham 16 of Beaumont Road was injured Wednesday in a car motorcycle crash in the 1500 block of Bridge Road. He was admitted to Charleston General Hospital for a knee injury.
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Whinen Graham
Beaumont, Rd
Bridge Road
Graham
Carleston General Hospital
W. T
Brotherton Jr
O-Kanawha
Crash on West Virginia Route 85 Involving Blackburn
State troopers report a two vehicle collision on W Va 85 involving a driver named Blackburn. No additional details on injuries or other parties were available at this time.
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W. Va
Blackburn
Loe Witnesses Point to Mine Official in Flood Tragedy
At a Washington hearing before the Senate Labor subcommittee testimony portrayed competing claims about the dam failure. Officials and workers including Dasovich and Doty disputed who bore responsibility as villagers recounted early morning flood observations and pump activity at the preparation plant.
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Doty
Accoville
Stawas
Stowe
Amherst
Coal Co
Amherstdale
Buffalo
Senate Labor Subcommittee
Washington
Dasovich Veri
Crouse
Lundale
Mason Blankenship
Commission
Las No Subpoena Power
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House Rules Committee
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House of Representatives
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Mario J. Palumbo
D-Kanawha
Loe
Kenneth Osborne
Saunders
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Sears
Bank OF ST. Albans
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Kanawha Valley
St. Alban
St. Albans
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