Raleigh County landfill tax exemption sparks funding clash
The Raleigh County Solid Waste Authority faces a tax dispute over an $8.25 per ton levy. The state DEP accuses misused funds from the Landfill Closure Assistance Program while the authority defends its pay as you go approach and contingency reserves. If exempted status ends, dumping fees may rise and impact customers.
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State Division of Environmental Protection
Raleigh County Solid Waste Authority
John Wooton
State
Raleigh County
Wooton
Solid Waste Authority
Paul Stewart
Public Service Commission
Motor Carrier
Ames to buy Hills Stores for 330 million and remodel
Ames Department Stores Inc will acquire Hills Stores Co for about 330 million and launch a 170 million remodeling program to convert Hills properties into Ames stores over nine months with staggered closings. Hills operates 155 stores in 12 states, while Ames has 301 in 14 states and Washington DC. Beckley operation faces uncertain fit.
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Connecticut
Massachusetts
Hills Stores Co
Ames Department Stores Inc
Ames
Hills
Beckley
Dis
Rural Acres Pharmacy Robbery In Becktley Two Days
Two men in ski masks robbed Rural Acres Pharmacy on Rural Acres Drive at about 5 55 PM taking two female workers at gunpoint. They forced staff into a back room and stole Tylox Valium and other controlled drugs along with some cash. The suspects fled on foot but were seen leaving in a vehicle. Local K 9 units were ready but not deployed.
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Thompson
Beckley Stratton Junior High Closed Over Carbon Monoxide Issue
Day seven with no classes at Beckley Stratton Junior High after tests confirmed carbon monoxide in the boiler room. Gates of Gates Calloway Moore West said duct work and sealing are underway and the boiler is being inspected for leaks. Officials push to resume classes within a day or two.
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Beckley- Stratton Junior High
L.A. Gates
Gates, Calloway, Moore and West
Gates
Raleigh County Schools
Dwight Dials
Beckley-Stratton
Ron Cantley
School Board
Pickets support Wal Mart manager amid disputed layoffs
In Beckley a small group of pickets protests outside the Wal Mart Supercenter praising manager Robert Belcher and his sister Aurora Walker amid claims they were terminated for a family relation policy. Wal Mart denies terminations while noting a policy against supervising relatives.
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Danny Barr
Sophia
Florine
Wal-Mart Supercenter
Beckley Wal-Mart Supercenter
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Florine Warden
Beckley
Warden
Wal- Mart
Robert Belcher
Belcher
Aurora Walker
Walker
Les Copeland
Wal
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Raleigh
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Oak Hill
Wal* Mar
W. Dayton Whittle
the Register-Herald
Paul Corbit Brown
the Register-Heraild
Toler
Kylene Sauer
State Farm Insurance Co
Kaitlin Brown
Rural Acres Pharmacy
By Annette Z. Fox
Wal-Mart
Sister
Lewis
Automotive Group
Agesy
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