Firefighters and seniors oppose 911 fee hike
About 100 people attended a Raleigh County hearing on doubling the E911 phone tax from $1 to $2 monthly. Proponents argued the extra dollar funds faster emergency responses. opponents cited a 100 percent rise and surplus concerns. Firefighters demanded money earmarked for dispatcher salaries and training, while seniors warned government surpluses vanish.
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Jack Bowden
Emergency Operations Center
EOC
Bill Yunker
Bowden
Yunker
Raleigh County Fire Fighters Association
Bruce James
Bradley Prosperity Volunteer Fire Department
Dispatco
Maestas Withdraws Guilty Plea In DOE Fraud Case
John R. Maestas former College of West Virginia vice president for institutional advancement changed course at a Monday hearing. He had signed a November 1997 agreement to plead guilty to an information alleging a scheme to defraud the Department of Energy with others. The government plans to proceed to trial.
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Charleston
College of West Virginia
U.S
John R. Maestas
Todd Twyman
Charles Haden
Twyman
Gary Collins
Haden
Collins
Maestas
Phil Combs
Department of Justice
Combs
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Department of Energy
Take Our Daughters to Work Day Faces School Opt Outs
Uproar over lost classroom time prompts several schools to skip the annual event. Runnells Iowa district keeps students in class citing only 180 instructional days while other districts including some girls schools in New York City and Texas weigh rescheduling, limiting participation, or advising parents to refrain.
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Runnells
Iowa
Joseph Drips
Texas
New York City
Convent of the Sacred Heart Girls’ School
Oak Hill woodworker crafts instruments and furniture
Pete Belcher of Princeton, 72, has spent a lifetime shaping wood into toys, furniture, and mountain music instruments. He built his own house in the 1950s, worked as an electrician for the Virginian Railway until 1986, and now sells handmade instruments at Hatcher's Music Store in Oak Hill.
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Oak Hill
Pete Belcher
Belcher
Princeton
Virginian Railway
Virginian
Norfolk and Southern
Hatcher
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