Fayette County economy shifts toward services amid modest gains
Fayette County added 50 nonfarm jobs from 1996 to 1997, rising to 13,810, as service sectors strengthened while goods producing roles declined. Local officials eye new industrial and business parks near Mount Hope and Glen Jean to spur hiring, amid income lag versus state average and ongoing job shifts in the 4-C region.
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Fayette County
State Office of Labor and Economic Research
Long Airdox
Oak Hill
Blacksburg
4-C Economic Development Authority
Raleigh County
Nicholas County
Fayette
Central Appalachia
Mount Hope
Glen Jean
Truck Fire Destroys 18 Wheeler Near Ghent West Virginia
An 18 wheeler leased by Busby Lines of Litchfield Illinois burned near Ghent tollbooth on the West Virginia Turnpike. The driver Jesse Thurman of Missouri escaped unharmed as firefighters arrived to a fully engulfed truck and contained the blaze within 30 minutes. A second fire later involved a dumpster two miles outside Beckley with minor damage and no injuries. In White Sulphur Springs a Virginia woman, Angela Johnson, 23, died in a crash on Big Draft Road after speeding and not wearing a seat belt. The car veered off the road and overturned, Johnson being partially ejected and trapped beneath the vehicle. Authorities noted she was not wearing a seat belt.
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Ghent
West Virginia Turnpike
Busby Lines
Litchfield
Jesse Thurman
Missouri
Ghent Tollbooth
Beckley
Virginia
White Sulphur Springs
Angela Renae Johnson
Covington
Big Draft Road
Greenbrier County
J.W. Defibaugh
Johnson
Defibaugh
Man waives hearing in niece sex assault case in Raleigh County
Gregory Brandstetter, 25, waived preliminary hearing in Raleigh County Magistrate Court. The case heads to a May grand jury on charges including two counts of third degree sexual assault and two counts of incest. He is free on bond.
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Jonben
Raleigh
Gregory Brandstetter
Brandstetter
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