Greenbrier Valley GVEDC and WV Development Office clash over meeting
Officials from Greenbrier Valley Economic Development Corp and West Virginia Development Office held a private meeting in Charleston at the request of the Development Office after a failed 27 million Mullican Lumber Co project. The dispute centers on alleged delays and funding gaps that pushed the sawmill expansion to move to Virginia.
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Greenbrier Valley Economic Development Corp
West Virginia Development Office
Cecil Underwood
B.A. Mullican Lumber Co
Mullican
Sam Black Church
Tazewell
GVEDC
Bill Guy
West Virginia
Lewisburg
Charleston
Guy
Leslie Wickline
Richard Ellard
Maestas resigns from Utah heritage center post
John Maestas a former College of West Virginia official under federal indictment for 13 counts of defrauding invoices resigned as president of the American West Heritage Center in Logan Utah amid campus pressure. Utah State University officials confirmed the Friday resignation effective that day. Maestas had taken the post in January to fund raise for Jensen Historical Farm and had previously served as WVU institutional advancement VP before 1996.
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John Maestas
College of West Virginia
American West Heritage Center
Logan
Utah
Utah State
Maestas
Resig
Nation
Jensen Historical Farm
The
Maine
West Virginia deer, bear hunting plans seek population control
Charleston AP reports West Virginia proposes a broader deer season to add about 20 000 antlerless kills and expands bear hunting to 16 counties to curb rapid population growth in southern counties. DNR official Paul Johansen says the measures aim for a 100 000 deer harvest and 800 to 900 bears killed, with commission approval pending.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Division of Natural Resources
Paul Johansen
DNR
Natural Resources Commission
Twin Falls State Park
Johansen
Boone
Fayette
Kanawha
Nicholas
Raleigh
Beckley-Stratton Junior High Dedicated Ceremony
Beckley-Stratton Junior High held a dedication with Raleigh County officials and community leaders. State Superintendent Hank Marockie praised student progress on national tests, noted top three state status, and urged students to use new facilities to shape their futures. Principal Ron Cantley welcomed 815 students and thanked teachers and parents.
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Pann
Beckey-Stratton
Raleigh County
Hank Marockie
Alex Williams
Ron Cantley
Raleigh County School Board
Roscoe Plumley
Ockley Junior High
Stratton Junior High
New Beckley-Stratton Junior High School
Bluefield Man Kills Father Aunt Then Commits Suicide
Bluefield police report James Richard McGlothlin, 62, killed his father Sam McGlothlin, 89, in a dispute over money at Irene Hoops, 79, home. He then shot his aunt and killed himself, with a neighbor hearing gunshots and finding all three bodies on the living room floor. Relatives say father and son shared a home and had frequent fights. The suspect had been drinking.
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Bluefield
Sam McGlothlin
Irene Hoops
Ted Jones
James Richard McGlothlin
Jones
McGlothlin
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