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Eight McDowell County employees have been laid off as the county struggles to plug a budget hole.
The layoffs include Delegate Clif Moore, who is an assistant county administrator.
Moore tells the Bluefield Daily Telegraph that seven employees were laid off Friday. His layoff is effect June 13 so he can continue working with county administrator Jennifer Wimmer to balance the budget.
Moore says a recent decline in coal mining has hurt the county’s tax revenues. Wimmer says the County Commission also is trying to collect more than $2 million in unpaid taxes.
Moore says the County Commission employs about 220 people.
On this West Virginia Morning, working to safely dispose of trash as West Virginia’s black bear population bounces back and former head of the Mine Safety and Health Administration discusses impact of recent cuts.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA new pope, a new effort to save pets in the Mountain State and a new potato chip -- a lot to report on this West Virginia Week.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsCounty leaders in one of the areas hardest hit by February flooding are asking for help in preventing future floods.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsIn parts of Appalachia, coal mines have given way to a newer industry. Southwestern Virginia has two high-security, supermax prisons: Wallens Ridge State Prison, near Big Stone Gap, and Red Onion, not far from the town of Pound. Prisoners at Red Onion say they live in poor conditions and are often placed in solitary confinement for long stretches of time. Reporter Charlotte Rene Woods has been covering the story.
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