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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Tuesday, March 4, 2014 INCIDENTS New River Gorge NR Rangers Capture Hit And Run Suspect On Tuesday, February 25th, a 58-year-old man crossed into the oncoming lane of Gatewood Road in Fayette County and hit a utility company truck. He then fled the scene and drove into New River Gorge National River, where he abandoned his badly damaged truck in the driveway of a park neighbor. The man continued on foot and headed into the extensive trail system around Fayetteville. The park neighbor dialed 911 to report the wrecked truck; this was relayed by a 911 operator to NPS rangers and the Fayette County Sheriff's Office. Rangers began working the trail system and monitoring roads between the last known location and the suspect's house. They intercepted the man near the New River Gorge Bridge and turned him over to the sheriff's office without further incident. [Jeff West, Chief Ranger] OTHER NEWS The following stories are among those in today's webpage editions of InsideNPS (available to NPS employees only) and the Morning Report (available to all readers): Office of Communications - According to a report released yesterday, national parks across the country continued to be important economic engines in 2012, generating $26.75 billion in economic activity and supporting 243,000 jobs, most of them in gateway communities. African Burial Ground NM - Nobel peace prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu visited African Burial Ground National Monument on February 25th. He toured the site and recorded a message about his experience. Office of the Comptroller - The FBMS training team has rolled out the fourth of five computer-based training courses that address various elements of Master Data from an NPS perspective. Office of the Comptroller - Jason Gibson has been selected as the program lead for the Service's Business Management Group. He will oversee BMG operations, including the national parks business plan initiative, the NPS Scorecard, and other special assignments from the comptroller Harpers Ferry Center - Lisa Sullivan, employee development program manager at Harpers Ferry Center, has received the American Society for Training & Development West Virginia Chapter 2013 Workplace Learning Professional of the Year Award. To see the full text of these stories, readers should go to one or the other of the following sites: NPS employees - HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index Non-NPS employees - HYPERLINK "http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/" http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/ The Morning Report is produced by the Office of Communications with the support of the Office of the Associate Director for Information Resources. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@contractor.nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@contractor.nps.gov). --- ### --- |