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. . Rockefeller 202-224-6472
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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
eanders1@mail.wvnet.edu
sargento@mail.wvnet.edu
timarmstead@att.net
bashley@mail.wvnet.edu
tazinger@mail.wvnet.edu
lbarker@mail.wvnet.edu
rbeach@mail.wvnet.edu
jdbeane@mail.wvnet.edu
cblair@delegatecraigblair.com
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bordel@mail.wvnet.edu
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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
Governor & executive branch 888-438-2731
Secretary of State 866-767-8683
State Auditor 877-982-9148
Insurance Commissioner 800-642-9004 or 304-558-3354
Complaints about Utilities (Public Service Commission) 800-344-5113 or fax
to 304-240-0325
Environmental Advocate 800-654-5227
Environmental Quality Board 800-480-4598
Division of Highways
. . . Maintenance: potholes, snow, mowing, etc. 725-5821 Leetown
. . . Construction: 800-642-9292
or 304-558-3505
Charleston
. . . Re-design: lights, lanes, speed
limits304-289-3521 Burlington
Other state phone numbers Abandoned Mine Lands 800-634-5227 Acordia 888-440-7342 AIDS/STD Hotline 800-642-8244 Air Quality Board 888-568-6699 Alcohol Beverage Control Administration 800-642-8208 Alcoholics' Anonymous 800-333-5051 Arson Hotline 800-233-3473 Attorney General's Office Consumer Protection/Antitrust Division 800-368-8808 Auditor's Office 877-982-9148 Banking 800-642-9056 Bar 888-989-8227 Black Lung Programs 877-422-7398 Breast & Cervical Cancer Screening Program 800-642-8522 Cancer Registry 800-423-1271 Center for Professional Development 800-982-7348 Child and Adult Abuse Hotline 800-352-6513 Child Support Enforcement 800-249-3778 Children with Special Health Care Needs Hotline 800-642-9704 Children's Dental Health Services Hotline 800-642-8522 Children's Health Insurance Agency 877-982-2447 Child's Specialty Care Director 800-642-8522 Client Services Hotline 800-642-8589 Consolidated Public Retirement Board 800-654-4406 Corrections 800-525-5381 Dam Emergency 800-642-3074 Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing 877-461-3578 Dietitians 800-293-9832 Domestic Violence Hotline 800-352-6513 Early & Periodic Screening, Diagnosis & Treatment 800-642-9704 Early Intervention/Part H Hotline 800-642-9704 Ed, GED 800-596-9729 Ed, Special Education 800-642-8541 Ed, Teacher Certification 800-982-2378 Ed, West Virginia Network-Education Telecomputing 800-253-1558 Education & State Employees Grievance Board 866-747-6743 Education Broadcasting Authority 888-596-9729 Environmental Advocate 800-654-5227 Environmental Emergency 800-642-3074 Environmental Health Hotline 800-368-4358 Environmental Protection 866-568-6649 Environmental Quality Board 800-654-5227 Epidemiology Surveillance Hotline 800-423-1271 Ethics Commission 866-558-0664 Express Scripts 877-256-4680 Family Matters Hotline 800-558-2357 Fraud Line 888-368-9507 Fringe Benefits Management Company 800-342-8017 General Assistance Program-OWM 800-307-8710 Geologic and Economic Survey 800-984-3656 Governor's Office 888-438-2731 Health & Human Services Client Services 800-642-8589 Health Care Authority 888-558-7002 Health Care Authority Hotline 888-558-7002 Health Facility Licensure & Certification 800-442-2888 Home Health Agency Hotline 800-442-2888 Housing Development Fund 800-933-1272 Human Rights Commission 888-676-5546 Immunization Program Hotline 800-642-3634 Insurance Commission 888-879-9842 Intracorp 888-853-2954 Labor 877-558-5143 Library Commission 800-642-9021 Lottery Commission 800-982-2274 Maternal and Child Health 800-642-8522 or call 800-642-9704 Military Affairs & Public Safety Motor Vehicles 800-642-9066 Pediatric Health Services Hotline 800-642-9704 Poison Center Hotline 800-642-3625 Pollution Prevention & Open Dump 800-322-5530 Pollution Spills, Response 800-642-3074 Public Employees Insurance Agency 888-680-7342 Public Service Commission 800-344-5113 Purchasing Division Surplus Property Unit 800-576-7587 Radiation, Toxins, and Indoor Air Quality Hotline 800-922-1255 Radiologic Technologists 877-609-9869 Recruitment Hotline 888-442-3456 Rehabilitation Services 800-642-8207 Right From The Start 800-642-8522 Risk and Insurance Management 800-345-4669 Safe Schools Hotline 866-723-3982 Secretary of State 866-767-8683 Securities Division 888-368-9507 Senior Services 877-987-3646 Solid Waste Management Board 866-568-6649 Speech Pathology Audiology 877-462-5460 Surveillance & Disease Control 800-423-1271 Tax Department 800-982-8297 Tax Payers Service 800-982-8297 Tourism 800-225-5982 Transportation 800-642-9292 Treasurer's Office 800-422-7498 Unclaimed Property 800-642-8687 Utility Complaints 800-642-8544 Veteran Affairs 888-838-2332 WIC (Women's, Infants, Children) Hotline 877-982-2447 Women's Services Director 800-642-8522 Workforce Investment Board 877-967-5498
WorkForce West Virginia 800-252-5627
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