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West Virginia Lawmaker Proposes Hotel-Motel Tax to Support Tourism Needs.

By Phil Kabler, The Charleston Gazette, W.Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 22--A Kanawha County senator said Monday he's trying to draft a hotel-motel tax bill that will provide additional revenue for cities and counties while addressing concerns raised by the industry. Sen. Larry Rowe,

Publication: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Teen to be tried as adult in slaying at West Chester motel ; Virginia girl indicted on aggravated murder, robbery and burglary and kidnapping charges in November case.

HAMILTON -- A female teen accused with two men in the stabbing death of a Florida man at a West Chester Twp. motel in November has been indicted as an adult by a Butler County grand jury. Amber Rodriguez, 16, of Parksly, Va., was indicted Wednesday on charges of aggravated murder, aggravated

Publication: Dayton Daily News

AN IN-TENTS VACATION NOT EVERYONE WHO VACATIONS IN VIRGINIA BEACH STAYS IN A MOTEL ROOM. TAKE THE MCKEES, WHO PACKED THEIR TRUCK AND CAMPER AND LEFT MEMORIES OF AN OHIO WINTER BEHIND.(REAL LIFE)

Byline: KRYS STEFANSKY, STAFF WRITER AT CAMPSITE number 486, the McKee family is waking up to yet another day at the beach. But even here, 14 hours and 40 minutes and 624 miles from home in Beavercreek, Ohio, 10-year-old Dan is not safe from his little sister. Halfway through a week in close

Publication: The Virginian Pilot

West Virginia Municipal League Wants Hotel-Motel Tax Uses Restricted.

By Phil Kabler, The Charleston Gazette, W.Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 28--West Virginia Municipal League members hope that legislation introduced this week to raise the ceiling on the state's hotel-motel tax will answer objections raised by the hospitality industry. "We want to

Publication: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Girl, 16, gets 31 years in slaying at a West Chester Twp. motel ; The Virginia runaway's brother is to be tried in August. Another co- defendant was sentenced Wednesday.

HAMILTON -- A 16-yearold runaway from Virginia was sentenced Thursday, June 12, to 31 years to life in prison for her part in the slaying of a man in a West Chester Twp. motel last fall. Amber Rodriguez, found guilty last month by a Butler County Common Pleas jury, is the second of three people

Publication: Dayton Daily News

THIS MOTEL COULD GIVE BATES A RUN FOR ITS MONEY.(LOCAL)

Byline: KERRY DOUGHERTY A cheesy motel is an art form. If you've ever found yourself in a room with a rug you wouldn't think of walking on in bare feet, you know exactly what I mean. One clean sheet, one fluffy towel, one thin mint on the pillow and the whole effect is blown. These places don't

Publication: The Virginian Pilot

Group backs off hotel-motel tax: Bill would let Charleston raise taxes for ballpark

DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER The West Virginia Hospitality and Travel Association has decided not to stand in the way of a proposed hotel-motel tax increase in Charleston even though it remains generally opposed to any increase in the tax. Carol Fulks, executive director, said the association wants

Publication: Charleston Daily Mail

Smoking may be prohibited in motels: Facilities are currently exempt under a proposal to expand the county's smoking ban

Under a proposal to expand the county's smoking ban, hotels and motels will be exempt. But the Kanawha-Charleston health board hasn't ruled out adding hotel and motel rooms to the list of places where smoking would be prohibited."It's a discussion that may come up in subsequent meetings," said

Publication: Charleston Daily Mail

Microtel plans expansion in W.Va.: Company wants to build 12 more motels in state by next year

DAILY MAIL BUSINESS EDITOR Microtel Inns & Suites, which has three motels in West Virginia, wants to build 12 more in the state by next year. Chris Burdette, Microtel's regional director of franchise development, said the company has signed license agreements for motels in Moundsville, Morgantown,

Publication: Charleston Daily Mail

Hotel-motel tax factions have same goal: The CAPITOL REPORT; 2005 Legislature

philk@wvgazette.com Both sides in the debate over legislation to raise the state's 3 percent cap on hotel-motel taxes say they are trying to promote convention and group tour business in the state. Charleston Mayor Danny Jones has been urging lawmakers to increase the 20-year-old cap on the

Publication: Charleston Gazette