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COMING UP ON EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING.....A CONTROVERSIAL BAR OWNER FOUND OUT HOW SERIOUS IGNORING THE KANAWHA COUNTY SMOKING BAN COULD BE.
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THEN, FIND OUT HOW TOYOTA IS GOING TO HELP DEALERSHIPS COVER THE COSTS TO REPAIR THE CARS IN THE RECALL.
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ANCHOR 2 AND, SOME BIG VEHICLES ARE INVADING THE CAPTIAL CITY THIS WEEKEND...
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WE'LL TELL YOU HOW YOU CAN GET UP CLOSE TO THE MONSTER TRUCKS...
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GOOD MORNING, ( )
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WELCOME TO EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING.
IT'S WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 3RD.
DOUG HARLOW JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THIS MORNINGS FORECAST.
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BLACK HAWK SHUT DOWN
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MONTHS OF FIGHTING THE KANAWHA COUNTY SMOKING BAN HAVE COME TO AN END FOR ONE LOCAL BAR.
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER ELIZABETH NOREIKA HAS MORE ON THE CLOSING OF THE BLACKHAWK SALOON.
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25;58 'IT DID HAVE MY LICESNE IN IT BUT IT'S GONE NOW AS YOU CAN SEE."
AN EMPTY FRAME...AND AN EMPTY BAR.
29:01 "I PRETTY MUCH DON'T KNOW WHAT I'N GOING TO DO IN THE MORNING"
BLACK HAWK SALOON OWNER KERRY ELLISON ISN'T SURE OF HIS NEXT MOVE.
THE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL ADMINISTRATION SUSPENDED HIS LICENSE.
26:05 "RIGHT NOW I'M PRETTY MUICH AT THE MERCY OF THE COMISSION."
WHILE HIS BUSINESS IS IN LIMBO....ELLISON SAYS HE'S HAD A GOOD RUN.
SINCE THE KANAWHA COUNTY SMOKING BAN TOOK AFFECT IN 2008, ELLISON HAS OPENLY DEFIED IT.
EVEN HOLDING SMOKING NIGHTS AT HIS BAR...ENCOURAGING PATRONS TO LIGHT UP.
FROM SMOKING NIGHTS TO CITATIONS....ELLISON MAY HAVE ALLOWED HIS BUSINESS TO GO UP IN SMOKE.
G 44:09 "WE VIEW IT AS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE AND IT IS ALLOWING CRIMINAL ACITIVY TO OCCUR."
G 43:47 'THE WEST VIRGINIA ABCA SUSPENDED THE LICENSE TO BLACK HAWK AS A RESULT OF AN UNDERVOCER OPERATION OCCURING THIS PAST FIRDAY."
G 43:53 "IT WAS FOUND THAT NOT ONLY PATRONS BUT EMPLOYEES WERE SMOKING IN THE PROPERTY."
SINCE THE ABCA DIDNT' REVOKE ELLISON'S LICENSE..HE COULD STILL GET IT BACK...BUT IF NOT....
29:42 "I MAY HAVE TO REINVENT MYSELF...I MAY NOT...I MAY STILLBE ABLE TO BE ME....JUST IN A MORE SUBSUDE WAY.'
ELLISON WILL FIND OUT SOMETIME THIS WEEK WHETHER OR NOT HE'LL GET HIS LICENSE BACK.
BOONE COAL TRUCK
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ROUTE 26 IN BOONE COUNTY IS BACK OPEN AFTER A COAL TRUCK CRASH.
IT REOPENED AROUND 1:30 THIS MORNING.
EMERGENCY CREWS CLEANED UP ABOUT 200 GALLONS OF DIESEL THAT LEAKED ONTO THE ROAD AFTER A COAL TRUCK TIPPED OVER INTO A PERSON'S YARD.
THE DRIVER WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH INJURIES THAT DO NOT APPEAR TO BE LIFE THREATENING.
ST. ALBANS STABBING
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A WOMAN IS RECOVERING IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER A MAN STABBED HER WHILE SHE WAS WALKING TO PICK UP HER CHILD.
IT HAPPENED MONDAY NIGHT JUST AFTER 6 P.M. ON CLAREMONT AVENUE IN ST. ALBANS. 22-YEAR OLD AMBER MORGAN TOLD POLICE THAT A BLACK MAN DRESSED ALL IN BLACK APROACHED HER AND ASKED HER FOR A CIGARETTE.
MORGAN SAYS SHE FELT A PAIN IN HER STOMACH, LOST CONSCIOUSNESS, AND WHEN SHE WOKE UP SHE FOUND HER DEBIT CARD AND CASH WERE MISSING..
SHE WAS TAKEN TO THOMAS HOSPITAL... HER INJURIES ARE NOT LIFE THREATENING.
TOYOTA COSTS
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TOYOTA DEALERS ARE GETTING MONEY FROM THE AUTOMAKER TO HELP WITH THE COST OF FIXING THE FAULTY GAS PEDAL.
EACH DEALER WILL GET UP TO 75 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO COVER THE COSTS TO FIX THE RECALLED VEHICLES.
THE AMOUNT DEPENDS ON THE NUMBER OF CARS IT SOLD LAST YEAR.
IN A LETTER FROM TOYOTA VICE PRESIDENT BOB CARTER TO TOYOTA DEALERS...HE SAYS
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"YOU WILL RECIEVE A CHECK FROM US...NO STRINGS ATTACHED...WITH A SIMPLE REQUEST...'DO THE RIGHT THING ON BEHALF OF TOYOTA CUSTOMERS." - END QUOTE.
THE COMPANY HAS RECALLED MILLIONS OF CARS AND HALTED PRODUCTION OF EIGHT MODELS BECAUSE OF THE STICKY GAS PEDAL.
GOVERNOR SERVICE AWARD
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THE GOVERNOR IS LOOKING FOR A FEW OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEERS...
THE GOVERNOR'S SERVICE AWARDS HONORS THOSE WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEIR TIME TO THIER COMMUNITIES...
NOMINATIONS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE VOLUNTEER WEST VIRGINIA WEBSITE OR BY CALLING THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN...
ENTRIES MUST BE IN BY MARCH 2
TEASE TWO/LUNCH MENUS
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IT MAY BE HARDER TO GET A RESERVATION AT YOUR FAVORITE RESTAURANT THIS VALENTINE'S DAY...AND MORE BAD NEWS FOR TOYOTA-- THIS TIME INVOLVING THE 2010 PRIUS...
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IT'S ALL COMING UP, IN THE BLOOMBERG BUSINESS REPORT.
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