Culture agency is boon to arts in West Virginia
West Virginia forms the Department of Culture and History by merging five agencies to boost arts and preservation. Norman Fagan and Sally Richardson praise cabinet status, larger budgets, and expanded programs while noting omitted Library Commission concerns.
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Fagan
State Arts Council
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Connecticut
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Commerce Department
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New Weather Warning Devices Aimed at WV Forecasts
West Virginia prepares to deploy personal weather alert devices costing about 40 dollars to trigger a warning and direct listeners to NWS bulletins. Re transmitters on hilltops will extend coverage from Huntington, Pittsburgh, and Charleston with plans to add Charleston and Clarksburg stations in August.
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UPI
West Virginia
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Pittsburgh
Clarksburg
Doyle Cook
NWS
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Wayland
Louisville
Lexington
Weather Service
Williamson
Two Held After Threat to Blow Mine in West Virginia
Ezra Johnson and Oakley Lester, both held on armed robbery charges in Logan County, were arrested in Wyoming County after allegedly forcing a coal truck driver to abandon his rig at gunpoint. Authorities tie the incident to wildcat strikes idling about 15,000 miners amid United Mine Workers Health and Retirement Funds cutbacks.
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Logan County
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Davin
Oakley A. Lester
Accoville
Jackie Sturgeson
Carman Industries
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Island Creek Coal Co
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Lester
Steve Trent
West Virginia
United Mine Workers Health and Retirement
Mingo County Elderly After Flood Seek Outreach Aid
West Virginia officials warn long term flood damage to Mingo County seniors includes isolation and poverty. A $40 000 federal grant funds counseling referrals and services across Mingo McDowell and Wyoming counties while senior centers provide meals and social contact to displaced and local elderly residents.
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UPI
Mingo County
Louise Gerrard
West Virginia Commission On Aging
Gerrard
Mingo
McDowell
Wyoming
Dr. Gerrard
U.S
Commission
Matewan
Marshall special education program gets $60,000 grant
The U.S. Office of Education awarded Marshall University's Special Education Program a 60 000 grant, a 9 000 increase over last year. Dr Daryll Bauer said the funds will support staff development and student aid. Earlier, the WV Department of Education gave 5 000 for learning disabilities efforts.
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W.va
UPI
U.S. Office of Education
Marshall University
Daryll Bauer
Bauer
West Virginia Department of Education
Mountain State Forest Festival honors 42 young women
Elizabeth Hill Rector, an 18-year-old from Elkins, named to the court of Queen Silvia XLI for the 41st Mountain State Forest Festival. She is among 42 honorees at the Oct. 29 event, with Rector a former 1977 Strawberry Festival Princess.
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UPI
Elizabeth Hill
Silvia XLI
Jack Cross
Marshall University
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