Economic development for Monroe County rural lifestyle
In Monroe County primary previews, Republican candidates Kathryn Garrison and incumbent Duane Miller frame growth as compatible with rural life. Garrison, a Gap Mills resident, urges tourism and small enterprises while opposing major highway upgrades. Miller highlights sewer, water, ADA, courthouse projects, and job growth as he seeks a second term. Democrat Franklin Campbell is unopposed.
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UNION
Monroe County
County Commission
Kathryn Garrison
Gap Mills
Duane Miller
Links Grove
Garrison
Monroe
New Jersey Shore
New Jersey
Devil’s Hollow
Vermont
New England
Miller
Hinton High School
Mercer Tech Center
Robert Irons
Mainte
Nance
Franklin G. Campbell
Minister duped in pigeon drop scam near Arby's
A Beckley pastor, Rev. Andrew Durgan Sr., 65, fell for a pigeon drop when two men posed as strangers and a partner claimed to have a $50,000 insurance claim. He handed over $1,200 cash and a diamond ring, then found only newspapers in a bag. Suspects fled in a tan Buick. police seek information.
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Beckley
Andrew Durgan Sr
Arby’s
Robert C. Byrd
Dave Cook
Durgan
Third Avenue
Cook
Little General
City Police Detective Bureau
Sam's Kids Egg Hunt Planned at Sylvia School
Sam's Kids will host an Easter egg hunt today at Sylvia School from 1 to 4 p.m. The Beckley nonprofit provides summer meals at community centers and will expand to serve Pine Haven Homeless Shelter. About 80 children joined last year. one gold egg carries a prize. Children 8 and under must be with an adult.
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Sam’s Kids
Sylvia School
Beckley
Pine Haven
Sam Amar
Amar
Resurrection Hoax talk at College of West Virginia
A Campus Crusade for Christ speaker from Virginia Tech will present an alternative Easter view at CWV. Todd Johnson of Blacksburg Va will speak Tuesday 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the CWV Convocation Center on The Resurrection Hoax. The event is free with a Q and A and interpretive movement to music.
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Campus Crusade For Christ
National
Organization of
Christian College Students
College of West Virginia
Todd Johnson
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
CWV
Johnson
CWV Christian Student Organization
Sandra McGann
Inmates graduate from federal drug treatment program
Thirty inmates at the satellite camp of the Federal Correctional Institution in Beckley graduated from a nine month residential drug abuse treatment program aimed at reducing recidivism. Prison officials note high success rates and ongoing support during a six month post release phase in a community correctional center.
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Federal Correctional Institution
Beckley
Bob Babineau
Babineau
Moropee
Cumberland
Bureau of
Thomas Cheung
Richard Harless
Girl in trouble for animal cruelty faces another charge
A 15 year old girl already facing animal cruelty charges earlier this week is charged again after allegedly stealing a pet hedgehog named Munchkin from Park Junior High School Beckley police said. The girl also faces petit larceny charges related to the hedgehog incident and the earlier dog abuse case where several dogs were found dead or starving after being taken to a wooded area.
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Park Junior High School
Beckley
J.D. Meadows
Park
Woodlawn Avenue
Peck
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Nerissa Young
Register-Herald
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University of Arizona
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Milier
Annette Z. Fox
Keith Olson
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Olson
Carrolton, Md
Cheung
MD Morgan
the Register-Herald
Tomi Peck
Meadows
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