Extended weekend forecast and stream line numbers
The forecast calls for Friday night mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and lows in the mid to upper 30s. Saturday and Sunday show partial cloudiness with highs in the 50s and nightly lows in the 20s to 40s. Monday mixes sun and possible showers with thunder storms and cooler nights. Stream conditions numbers for Bluestone, Summersville, and R. D. Bailey lakes are provided.
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Luge star connects students with Olympic goals
Assistant principal Russell Manns praises a school program that links Olympic exposure to student motivation. Warren from Somerville, a U.S. luge athlete, explains daily training, past Olympic near miss, and drive for Nagano 1998 and Salt Lake 2002. Bell Atlantic backs the program reaching up to 11,000 students in six years.
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Perry Daniels
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Warren
Somerville
Mass
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Norway
Nagano
Salt Lake City
Massachusetts
U.S
Maine
Washington, D.C
Beckley Seeks 700000 for Rails to Trails Project
Beckley plans to convert 6.2 miles of abandoned CSX rail line from Mabscott to Cranberry into a 10 foot paved trail for walking jogging and bicycling. Mayor Emmett Pugh III says the project would be lit have rain shelters and require a 20 percent local match in labor.
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Beckley
Federal Department of Transportation
Emmett Pugh III
CSX
Mabscott
Cranberry
Pugh
Raleigh
West Virginia urged to curb out-of-state PAC money
Biel condemns 25th anniversary Endangered Species Act figure as a catalyst for industry donations to Congress. The PIRG report ranks Rockefeller 26th and Byrd 88th in PAC money from out-of-state sources, arguing reform is needed including $100 limits and in-district spending, with media access for candidates.
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Congress
West Virginia
Biel
Rockefeller
Byrd
West
PAC
Kempthorne
Law shifts drainages burden and backings on cable board
Legislation expands coal drainage burying to 480 acres per site with no set compensation and proposes a $225,000 per flowing stream acre cap. Health insurance for working poor children expands, teachers and service personnel get three years of raises, and a Cable Subscriber Protection Board revival bill is vetoed. Also vetoed a sewer connection mandate for outlying areas.
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McCabe
Underwood
Rahall to Launch Web Site With Constituent Services
West Virginia Representative Nick Rahall will open a new website soon to provide information for students and citizens. The site will detail legislative areas, constituent services, district offices in five counties, a mobile office schedule, and Rahall's legislative and project achievements and bills introduced and sponsored. It will host The Rahall Report and press releases and link to tourism and industrial site data.
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D-W.va
Kent Keyser
Keyser
Rahall
West Virginia
Nrahall
Mail
Disney World animal deaths spark federal probe at Animal Kingdom
The U S Department of Agriculture investigates Walt Disney World over the deaths of four cheetah cubs two rhinos two hippos and four other creatures at or en route to the parks new Animal Kingdom in Orlando Florida, raising questions about animal care.
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Orlando, Fla
Disney
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Walt Disney World
Animal Kingdom
Residents fear giant rats plague Mercer County
In Princeton Mercer County neighbors fear attacks by large rats after a 6 week old boy was gnawed on while sleeping. The infant required reconstructive surgery, parents Frank and Liz Taylor faced felony child neglect charges, and neighbors report rats chewing bottles and entering homes. Local health officials say overall rat bites are rare.
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Princeton
Kathy Peak
Peak
Charleston
Timothy Allen Taylor
Frank
Liz Taylor
Harold Buckner
D.B. Bailey
Connie Perkins
Mercer County Board of Health
Stanley Wallis
Mercer County
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