Grafton to reappraise taxes amid countywide review
County commissioners consider a full reappraisal of property for tax purposes after 15 years. If approved, a legal notice would announce equalization of taxes and trigger a comprehensive reassessment of commercial and industrial properties. The move aims to address inequities in current assessments amid mineral resource mapping efforts.
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Bill Byrd
Grafton
Glenn Sapp
J. Paul Murphy
Reappraisal Planned for Taylor County to Fairly Tax Coal
County officials outline state led reappraisal of personal property, coal and minerals, aiming to complete real estate reassessment by early February 1977 for the next fiscal year. Assessor Sevier says state assessors will conduct the reappraisal, with changes affecting coal holdings and equal treatment emphasized. Residents may appear before the Board of Equalization with questions.
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Donald Shaffer
County Commission
James Sevier
Shaffer
Richard L. Dailey
Taylor County
Sevier
Board of Equalization
Huntington
West Virginia
Hillman Coal Company
Nancy Fowler
John Waters
Edward T. Luff
Vocational school talks underway in Taylor County council
GRAFTON Taylor County School Board discussed budget tightness on a new vocational campus with architect Jim Rothschild negotiating with G A Brown Construction in Fairmont. The panel approved emergency personal leave policy changes, graduation dates for Grafton and Flemington, and a variety of facility use and community activities.
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Graton High School
Northern West Virginia Journalism Advisers’ Association
Fairmont State College
FSC
Chuck Savedge
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Pht Angelo
Grafton
Taylor County School Board
Ronald Dellinger
Jim Rothschild
G. A. Brown Construction Company
Fairmont
Dellinger
Ed Malone
Flemington
Salvation Army
West Virginia Department of Welfare
Grafton High School
Taylor County Parks and Recreation Commission
Amna Jarvis
Taylor County League
Harris murder case to get preliminary hearing soon
Attorney Joany Clarksburg says the delay in Harris Jr. murder case will have little consequence and a preliminary hearing will likely occur within a few days. Louis Avery Harris Jr., 24, is charged with killing John Renick, 18, in Taylor County on September 24.
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Clarksburg
Gerald Jones
John Renick
Louis Avery Harris, Jr
Mannington
Taylor County
Harris
Brownton
Lloyd Spring III
Spring
Jones
Marion
Barbour
Autopsy Held In Maples Run Slaying Case
Troy W. Mauller, 49, was shot to death at the William F. Runner residence after a family dispute. Runner, 62, is charged with the slaying. Mauller’s wife, Phyllis Mauller, 37, was wounded and listed in satisfactory condition. A Runner child witnessed the late afternoon shooting after a day of deer hunting.
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Grafton
Troy W. Mauller
Broaddus Hospital
Mauller
W. Boyd Street
William F. Runner
Maple Run
Runner
West Virginia University Medical
Phyllis Mauller
Thanksgiving closings and service in Grafton area
Grafton and Taylor County offices and the U S Post Office will close Thursday for Thanksgiving with limited postal services. schools close Thursday and Friday. A Union Thanksgiving Service at the Mother's Day Shrine features local ministers and the Grafton High School Choir. Paper will not publish tomorrow. regular issues resume Friday. Two-car and implied icy road accidents report damages across Preston and Barbour counties with several named drivers and locations.
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Grafton
Taylor County
U.S
Taylor County Ministerial Association
Virgil Sallee
Oak Grove Baptist Church
Jerry Bush
TCMA
Grafton High School
Kenneth Godwin, Jr
Calvin Morrison
Harry T. Rowe
West Virginia State Penitentiary
Moundsville
Robert Henson
The
Mountain Statesman
All Statesman
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Tax Commissioners
Charleston
Tatesman Piariierns
Commission
Jim Sevier
Sapp
ISSUE
William Cather
Charles E. Bennett Jr
Anna Jarvis
Flemington High School
Du-Rite CB Club
New Testament Community Church
Chip R. B. Ingram
Grafton Middle School
Avalain J. Luff
Theresa A. Holler
Betty P. Garner
Dorothy P. Garrett
Joseph Stevens
Gaylena Kline
Aide II
West Grafton
Dessie Rosiak
Arthur A. Haswell
Joany
Albright
Shirley Johnson
Tunnelton
Preston County
Evansville
Virginia
Here
Kingwood
Harley Hall
Virginia Beach
Lester Hardman
Hall
Hardman
Barbour County
Philippi
Edmund H. Warwick
Green Bay
Wisconsin
Charles E. Sanderson
Warwick
Sanderson
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