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Clerk 304-357-7800. WV Democratic Senators bwbailey@mail.wvnet.edu,jwazell1@mail.wvnet.edu, htchafin@mail.wvnet.edu,tracyd@mail.wvnet.edu, edgell@mail.wvnet.edu,spres@mail.wvnet.edu, kessler@mail.wvnet.edu,ejenkins@mail.wvnet.edu, graysa@mail.wvnet.edu More Democratic Senators dfoster@mail.wvnet.edu,shlove@mail.wvnet.edu, crwhite@mail.wvnet.edu,jminard@mail.wvnet.edu, cglagola@mail.wvnet.edu,senhunter@mountain.net, whelmick@mail.wvnet.edu,unger@mail.wvnet.edu, dfoster@mail.wvnet.edu WV Republican Senators cbarnes@mail.wvnet.edu,donnaboley@charter.net, dcaruth@mail.wvnet.edu,fdeem@mail.wvnet.edu, senatormckenzie@aol.com,kfacemyr@mail.wvnet.edu More Republican Senators stevehar@mail.wvnet.edu,srweeks@mail.wvnet.edu, jguills@mail.wvnet.edu,smminear@aol.com, senatoryoder@aol.com,vic@vicsprouse.com WV Delegates jamores@mail.wvnet.edu
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Toll-free numbers to state
government Telephone calls to the hard of hearing Newspapers Send letter to editors of all local NEWSPAPERS Spirit of Jefferson Farmer's Advocate doesn't take letters by email. Mail to Box 966 Charles Town WV 25414 or take to210 N. George St. Most newspapers let everyone read the most recent articles free online. They may charge for older articles: Worldwide Newspapers , Radio
Stations Shepherdstown . . Observer . . Chronicle Hagerstown . . Herald . . Picket News (unrelated to Shepherd's Picket above) Winchester Rules on Legal Ads in Newspapers 59-3-1.(a) (6)
"General circulation" means … the actual circulation of which
throughout the publication area is large enough to give basis for a
reasonable belief that publication of a legal advertisement in the newspaper
will give effective notice to the residents of the publication area. (b) ... meet the
following qualifications: (1) … published
regularly, as frequently as once a week, for at least fifty weeks during the
calendar year as prescribed by its mailing permit; and has been published for
at least one year … and is circulated to the general public at a definite
price or consideration. (2) Any newspaper
shall bear a title or name, consist of not less than four pages without a
cover, and be a newspaper to which the general public resorts for passing
events of a political, religious, commercial and social nature, and for
current happenings, announcements, miscellaneous reading matters,
advertisements and other notices. 59-3-2(a) A Class
I legal advertisement shall be published one time, a Class II legal
advertisement shall be published once a week for two successive weeks and a
Class III legal advertisement shall be published once a week for three
successive weeks in a qualified newspaper… (b) A Class I-0
legal advertisement shall be published one time, a Class II-0 legal
advertisement shall be published once a week for two successive weeks, and a
Class III-0 legal advertisement shall be published once a week for
three successive weeks, in two qualified newspapers of opposite politics
… (d) All legal
advertisements shall be published together in continuous columns on one page
of the newspaper publishing them under a general heading styled "Legal
Advertisements", unless the number or size of the legal advertisements
requires the use of more than one page, in which event the legal
advertisements shall be published as near as practicable in continuous
columns on as many pages as necessary under the same heading as above
required. Toll-free
calls Secretary of State 866-767-8683 Division of Highways Other state phone numbersAbandoned Mine Lands 800-634-5227Acordia 888-440-7342AIDS/STD Hotline 800-642-8244Air Quality Board 888-568-6699Alcohol Beverage Control Administration 800-642-8208Alcoholics' Anonymous 800-333-5051Arson Hotline 800-233-3473Attorney General's Office Consumer Protection/Antitrust Division 800-368-8808Auditor's Office 877-982-9148Banking 800-642-9056Bar 888-989-8227Black Lung Programs 877-422-7398Breast & Cervical Cancer Screening Program 800-642-8522Cancer Registry 800-423-1271Center for Professional Development 800-982-7348Child and Adult Abuse Hotline 800-352-6513Child Support Enforcement 800-249-3778Children with Special Health Care Needs Hotline 800-642-9704Children's Dental Health Services Hotline 800-642-8522Children's Health Insurance Agency 877-982-2447Child's Specialty Care Director 800-642-8522Client Services Hotline 800-642-8589Consolidated Public Retirement Board 800-654-4406Corrections 800-525-5381Dam Emergency 800-642-3074Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing 877-461-3578Dietitians 800-293-9832Domestic Violence Hotline 800-352-6513Early & Periodic Screening, Diagnosis & Treatment 800-642-9704Early Intervention/Part H Hotline 800-642-9704Ed, GED 800-596-9729Ed, Special Education 800-642-8541Ed, Teacher Certification 800-982-2378Ed, West Virginia Network-Education Telecomputing 800-253-1558Education & State Employees Grievance Board 866-747-6743Education Broadcasting Authority 888-596-9729Environmental Advocate 800-654-5227Environmental Emergency 800-642-3074Environmental Health Hotline 800-368-4358Environmental Protection 866-568-6649Environmental Quality Board 800-654-5227Epidemiology Surveillance Hotline 800-423-1271Ethics Commission 866-558-0664Express Scripts 877-256-4680Family Matters Hotline 800-558-2357Fraud Line 888-368-9507Fringe Benefits Management Company 800-342-8017General Assistance Program-OWM 800-307-8710Geologic and Economic Survey 800-984-3656Governor's Office 888-438-2731Health & Human Services Client Services 800-642-8589Health Care Authority 888-558-7002Health Care Authority Hotline 888-558-7002Health Facility Licensure & Certification 800-442-2888Home Health Agency Hotline 800-442-2888Housing Development Fund 800-933-1272Human Rights Commission 888-676-5546Immunization Program Hotline 800-642-3634Insurance Commission 888-879-9842Intracorp 888-853-2954Labor 877-558-5143Library Commission 800-642-9021Lottery Commission 800-982-2274Maternal and Child Health 800-642-8522 or call 800-642-9704Military Affairs & Public SafetyMotor Vehicles 800-642-9066Pediatric Health Services Hotline 800-642-9704Poison Center Hotline 800-642-3625Pollution Prevention & Open Dump 800-322-5530Pollution Spills, Response 800-642-3074Public Employees Insurance Agency 888-680-7342Public Service Commission 800-344-5113Purchasing Division Surplus Property Unit 800-576-7587Radiation, Toxins, and Indoor Air Quality Hotline 800-922-1255Radiologic Technologists 877-609-9869Recruitment Hotline 888-442-3456Rehabilitation Services 800-642-8207Right From The Start 800-642-8522Risk and Insurance Management 800-345-4669Safe Schools Hotline 866-723-3982Secretary of State 866-767-8683Securities Division 888-368-9507Senior Services 877-987-3646Solid Waste Management Board 866-568-6649Speech Pathology Audiology 877-462-5460Surveillance & Disease Control 800-423-1271Tax Department 800-982-8297Tax Payers Service 800-982-8297Tourism 800-225-5982Transportation 800-642-9292Treasurer's Office 800-422-7498Unclaimed Property 800-642-8687Utility Complaints 800-642-8544Veteran Affairs 888-838-2332WIC (Women's, Infants, Children) Hotline 877-982-2447Women's Services Director 800-642-8522Workforce Investment Board 877-967-5498
WorkForce West Virginia 800-252-5627 |
Helpful Associations
Outstanding List of Respectable Organizations http://governing.com/govlinks/glinks.htm
SELECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT GROUPS:
National Association of Counties http://www.naco.org/
National Rural Development Partnership http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/nrdp/
Appalachian Regional Commission http://www.arc.gov/
American Planning Association http://www.planning.org/
American Institute of Certified Planners http://www.planning.org/aicp/
American Public Works Association http://www.apwa.net/
American Society for Public Administration http://www.aspanet.org/
International City/County Management Association http://www1.icma.org/content/sc.asp?&t=0
National Association for County Community and Economic Developmenthttp://www.nacced.org/
National Association of Records & Archives Admin. http://www.nagara.org/
National Association of Local Government Auditors http://www.nalga.org/
Institute for Government Innovation http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/innovat/
U.S. Communities Purchasing & Finance Agency http://www.uscommunities.org/
Private Foundations that assist local governmenthttp://www.aspanet.org/solutionstemp/founds.html