Article: Our views: ; W.Va. needs to build roads; Public-private partnerships would allow the state to move more quickly

Article: McDowell County voters renew school levy
Charleston Daily Mail;  February 9, 2004 ;     164 words ...WELCH - McDowell County voters showed overwhelming support...Mark Manchin superintendent for McDowell County Schools said. "It goes to show...education in this county." The McDowell County school levy, which provides funding...

Article: McDowell County voters approve school levy
Charleston Gazette;  February 9, 2004 ;     139 words ...WELCH - McDowell County voters showed overwhelming support...feel great," said Mark Manchin, McDowell County schools superintendent. "It goes...education in this county." The McDowell County school levy has provided funding...

Article: MCDOWELL COUNTY SCHOOLS RECEIVES $344,000 GRANT
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 29, 2006 ;     340 words ......issued the following news release: McDowell County schools have been awarded a $344,000...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: ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT IN MCDOWELL COUNTY COOK APPOINTED AS SUPERINTENDENT
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 29, 2007 ;     357 words ......Cook, assistant superintendent in McDowell County, has been named superintendent of McDowell County Schools, state Superintendent of Schools...that Mark Manchin started to keep McDowell County moving in the right direction." Cook...

Article: McDowell County Launches Online Business Incubator
The State Journal;  December 16, 2005 ;     536 words ...WELCH - McDowell County now has an online business incubator...every organization and citizen of McDowell County," said Rachel Lester, executive...Development Authority (EDA). The EDA and McDowell County Commission fund the site www.mcdowellbusiness...

Article: Dismal: McDowell County health
Charleston Gazette;  December 8, 2003 ;     383 words ......reprinted in Sunday's paper - features McDowell County, the land that coal forgot. Citing...the article says: "A boy born in McDowell County has a life expectancy lower than that...according to the Harvard and CDC study. McDowell County women live a decade longer, but even...

Article: Time for change in McDowell County, Legislators acted swiftly to help students
Charleston Daily Mail;  February 19, 2004 ;     446 words ......Education had no choice but to take over McDowell County schools. Questionable hiring practices...placing 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: Volume details McDowell County
Sunday Gazette-Mail;  January 10, 1999 ;     336 words ...McDowell County stars in native Jean Battlo's "McDowell County in West Virginia and American History," an attempt...1895 and 1929, the years of its greatest impact on McDowell County, composes nearly a third of the book. The writer...

Article: Our views: ; Education; Both McDowell County students and state taxpayers deserve better
Charleston Daily Mail;  November 8, 2001 ;     406 words ......Performance Audits recently found McDowell County schools "seriously impaired." In a...teacher lacked a college degree. At many McDowell County schools, principals and teachers were...lose. Much of the money spent by the McDowell County school system is not generated in...

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

Article: Study clears the way for development of McDowell County industrial park
The State Journal;  July 26, 1999 ;     529 words ...BLUEFIELD - A McDowell County development project that was...it's a very exciting time in McDowell County." In order to bring a positive...building sites are rare throughout McDowell County. Green and others seeking to...

Article: Concord College helping teachers at McDowell County schools
Charleston Daily Mail;  July 22, 2003 ;     193 words ...WELCH - Concord College and McDowell County schools have formed a partnership...quality. The weeklong Concord College-McDowell County Partners for Excellence Grant training...Board of Education took control of McDowell County's schools in 2001 after auditors found...

Article: Our views: Courage; The McDowell County war resulted in a crucial policy call
Charleston Daily Mail;  January 27, 2004 ;     341 words ...ONE member of the McDowell County Board of Education, interviewed...speed to do the right thing. The McDowell County school system has not downsized...offered. The plan is not popular. McDowell County has some of the most challenging...

Article: McDowell County's McArts Program Expands Into Movies, Plans Business
The State Journal;  November 25, 2005 ;     522 words ......McArts has brought arts and culture to McDowell County since its 1979 founding. This fall...West Virginia premier this week in McDowell County. Another potential fall activity in...Baldwin-Felts detectives on the steps of the McDowell County Courthouse. McArts was invited to...