Former CWV official to enter guilty plea
John R. Maestas, ex vice president of institutional advancement at College of West Virginia, set to plead guilty in federal court to fraud and swindles. He faces one count tied to Hazmat program contracts, with plea scheduled April 20 before Judge Charles Haden II in Charleston.
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College of West Virginia
U.S
John R. Maestas
Charles H. Haden II
Charleston
Maestas
Beckley College
University of Southern Maine
CWV
James Higgins
CWU
Hazmat
Higgins
Portland
Maine
Todd Twyman
Charles Polk
Hazmat program funded by federal grant in 1995
The $9.8 million federal cooperative agreement with the International Union of Operating Engineers Haz mat program was announced in 1995 with fanfare. The deal cited in Byrd's office included union president Jnk Hanley and assistant U.S. secretaries for environmental management and labor. It funds a five year program to test new environmental technology and includes a $1.2 million complex at the National Mine Safety and Health Academy in Beaver.
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International Union of Operating Engineers
Rt C. Byrd
Ed Byrd
D-W.va
Jnk Hanley
U.S
Environmental Management
Department of Labor
Department of Is National Mine Safety and Health Academy
Beaver
Emergency director steps down in Greenbrier County
Emergency Services director Rudy Holbrook of Greenbrier County resigns after 10 years citing the hiring of Steve Malcomb as E-911 director. The commission says E-911 has no authority over emergency services. Holbrook, who joined in 1977 as a volunteer, also leaves most of the 15 volunteers.
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Lewisburg
Rudy Holbrook
Greenbrier
Greenbrier County
Steve Malcomb
County Commission
Holbrook
County Emergency Services
Lurabell Smith, longtime light display pioneer, dies at 74
Lurabell Smith known for the annual Lacy’s Lights on Paint Creek near Mossy and Pax died at age 74. She started the family Christmas light tradition in 1967 after her husband Lacy died, kept it up for decades, and was helped by friends like Homer Aliff. Her daughter Adona Pugh recalls the hard work and greeting visitors each night. Richard Winston of Fairview United Methodist Church notes her caring nature.
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Lurabell
Paint Creek
Mossy
Pax
Lurabell Smith
Larabell
Homer Aliff
Smith
Aliff
Adona Pugh
Oak Hill
Pugh
Richard Winston
Fairview United Methodist Church
Cleanup begins after deadly storms in Alabama
Rescue crews scoured wrecked homes while a heat-sensing helicopter aided search efforts in central Alabama after a tornado killed at least 32 people. Sheriff Jim Woodward said responders would work through the night, driven to account for all victims as a 9 month old baby was found alive in the aftermath. The storm, with winds up to 250 mph, struck a Bible Belt region.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Jim Woodward
Bible Belt
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