The Virginian-Pilot
                            THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT  
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Monday, October 9, 1995                TAG: 9510070151
SECTION: BUSINESS WEEKLY          PAGE: 09   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: By Juanita Raisor 
                                             LENGTH: Medium:   53 lines

DIGEST

INTERNET LOCATIONS

WNIS-AM is one of the first Hampton Roads commercial radio stations to open a site on the Internet's World Wide Web. The news and information station has program schedules and photographs of its radio personalities. A number of other local commercial stations have Web sites under construction. WNIS can be viewed at http://www.exis.net/wnis/wnis.htm/

HONORS, AWARDS

James River Corp.'s Marathon, Ontario, pulp mill has received the Lake Superior Forum Award from the Lake Superior Binational Program in recognition of the mill's 77 percent reduction of adsorbable organic halides and greater than 99 percent reduction of dioxins and furans from its waste water discharge system. The Lake Superior Binational Program is a U.S.-Canada environmental improvement effort for Lake Superior conducted by Environmental Canada, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and the state environmental agencies of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

BANKRUPTCIES

Business bankruptcies filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Norfolk:

Hewbert Norris and Juanita Norris, doing business as Ed's Plumbing & Heating, filed Chapter 7 liquidation on Sept. 26 with assets of $1,437 and liabilities of $1,021.74.

James Wells Jr., Wells Commercial Interiors, filed Chapter 13 debt repayment plan on Sept. 28. Assets and liabilities were not available.

Snug Enterprises Inc., trading as Guns Unlimited, filed Chapter 7 liquidation on Sept. 29 with assets of $33,447.16 and liabilities of $714,435.41.

Frankie O. Lawrence and Flossie R. Lawrence, doing business as Lawrence Special Transportation, filed Chapter 13 debt repayment plan on Oct. 2 with assets of $90,271 and liabilities of $103,254.03. MEMO: Digest reports news of record about businesses in Hampton Roads. Items

accepted include reports of mergers, acquisitions, relocations,

significant expansions, substantial government contract awards, national

honors and awards. Digest reports news of record about businesses in

Hampton Roads. Items accepted include reports of mergers, acquisitions,

relocations, significant expansions, substantial government contract

awards, national honors and awards.

Information should be sent to Juanita Raisor, Business News, 150 W.

Brambleton Ave., Norfolk, VA 23510.

by CNB