Fuel crisis shows limited Morgantown impact to date
Morgantown's economy remains steady as energy shortages barely touch employment. About 750 people, or three percent of the workforce, are unemployed locally, with only gas stations reporting layoffs or order cancellations. Coal industry activity stays near peak. no new deep mines planned, and expansion hinges on price and capital.
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America
Morgantown
State Department of Employment Security
Linda Talbott
Consolidation Coal Co
Ralph E. Bailey
Consol
Monongahela Boulevard
State Department of Highways
DOH
Federal Highway Administration
FHWA
Nixon
Roger Wood
Woodsa
Wood
Beechurst Avenue
Eighth Street
West Virginia University Coliseum
Police seek KYC escapees for robbery
Two local residents were robbed of a truck $150 and identification papers at 425 am by two Kennedy Youth Center escapees. The victims Theodore Waller and Janis Groeschner tied up and robbed by escapees Robert Dale Jones and Robert Oicles, aided by two female escapees Millie Iley and Kim Vosper.
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Kennedy Youth Center
Morgantown
Theodore Waller
Janis Groeschner
College Ave
KYC
Robert Dale Jones
Philadelphia
Robert Oicles
Bridgewater
Mass
Jones
Oicles
Millie Iley
Gonzales
Texas
Kim Vosper
Milwaukee
Life School
Weller
Truckers To Resume Operation After Four Day Shutdown
Joseph Volk of the Preston Monongalia Truckers Association says the group will return to work Monday after a four day protest against high fuel prices and low speed limits. The association includes about 50 independent owners with around 100 trucks and reports broad support for the slowdown.
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Joseph Volk
Preston-Monongalia Truckers Association
Volk
Shortage of shopping bags hits Morgantown area stores
Local managers report a developing shortage of paper and plastic bags as packaging paper and pulp supply dwindle. Retailers like Thrift Drug and Phillips Grocery warn of tighter allocations and rising costs, with mills planning closures by December as plastic options also lag.
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John Blosser
Morgantown
John Chapman
Thrift Drug Co
Patteson Drive
Harry Stewart
Phillips Grocery
Third St
John P. Kennedy
Marion
Alling and Cory
Kennedy
New York Stock Exchange
Stewart
Morgantown Mayor Dorothy Comantzis A Lifelong Local Icon
Dororthy Comantzis, Morgantown’s mayor, blends public service with radio roots and a love for children and animals. A polio survivor, she credits a joyful outlook and work ethic from a West Virginia upbringing, and has led a career spanning radio, teaching, and city hall.
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Ann Swinkola
West Virginia
Morgantown
Dorothy Comantzis
Board to review Cheat Lake classroom move and grants
Monongalia County Board of Education plans actions at tomorrow's meeting including authorizing Dr. Derthick to negotiate relocation of a Cheat Lake portable classroom to Chestnut Ridge for up to 3000 dollars and approving five ESEA Title III grant proposals between 900 and 5000 dollars for Morgantown High career materials child care training math workshop and reading lab development.
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Cheat Lake
Monongalia County
Chestnut Ridge
Cheat
Oak Grove
Easton
Cheat Lake Church
Oak Grove School
Morgantown High School
Central School
Hungry robins brighten snowy yard in winter sighting
Mr and Mrs Frank Burchinal on Fairdance Road spotted 11 robins foraging for half frozen earthworms in their back yard beneath an apple tree. Mrs Burchinal notes the birds are seen this late in winter, usually in spring.
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Frank Burchinal
Fairdance Road
Burchinals
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Giles Hamm
Hills Department Store
Chapman
Oregon
Federal Institute of Banks
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Chicago
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Comuntz
Southark
Sherman Ave
Duke
Gus
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