Article: McDowell County voters approve school levy

Article: McDowell County voters renew school ...
Charleston Daily Mail;  February 9, 2004 ;     367 words ...WELCH - McDowell County voters showed overwhelming support for a school levy over the weekend ... superintendent for McDowell County Schools said. "It ... this county." The McDowell County school levy, which provides funding ...

Article: McDowell County Launches Online Business Incubator
The State Journal;  December 16, 2005 ;     700+ words ...WELCH - McDowell County now has an online business incubator ... every organization and citizen of McDowell County," said Rachel Lester, executive ... Authority (EDA). The EDA and McDowell County Commission fund the site www ...

Article: Time for change in McDowell County, Legislators ...
Charleston Daily Mail;  February 19, 2004 ;     658 words ... ... Education had no choice but to take over McDowell County schools. Questionable hiring practices ... students in danger. Simply put, McDowell County schools were not making the grade ... Most importantly, the children of McDowell County were finally given a fair chance ...

Article: HAMPSHIRE, MCDOWELL COUNTY SCHOOLS MAY SOON BE BACK ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 6, 2006 ;     642 words ... ... studying the potential for Hampshire and McDowell County Schools to regain local control within ... after an in depth report presented by McDowell County Schools staff to state board members ... s monthly meeting being held in McDowell County. "McDowell County Schools have ...

Article: Split decision: ; McDowell County is home to one of ...
Sunday Gazette-Mail;  April 8, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Claudia Via spins a story of old McDowell County, before integration. "When I was ... is smack in the middle of eastern McDowell County, which is one of West Virginia ... Here's the unusual thing about McDowell County: Drive 20 miles west of Via's house ...

Article: MCDOWELL COUNTY SCHOOLS RECEIVES $344,000 GRANT
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 29, 2006 ;     553 words ... ... issued the following news release: McDowell County schools have been awarded a $344 ... healthcare void in this area," said McDowell County Superintendent Mark Manchin. "Students ... Welch as a joint project between the McDowell County Board of Education and the Tug River ...

Article: McDowell County Prison Gets Closer to Reality
The State Journal;  December 17, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... planned minimumsecurity prison in McDowell County moved closer to construction when ... Gordon Lambert, president of the McDowell County Commission. The site being considered ... parcel of a 6,300-acre tract that McDowell County purchased in 1997 from the Berwind ...