Baptist Valley loan plan OK'd
In Tazewell Virginia the Baptist Valley water project advanced after the PSA and County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a 500000 loan for pre planning. The plan funds engineering legal requests surveys and permits as the community debates a joint plant near Cavitt's Creek while a Bishop and Amonate water system upgrade nears completion.
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Tazewell
Baptist Valley
Tazewell County Public Service Authority
Board of Supervisors
PSA
Cavitt’s Creek
Don Dunford
Baptist Valley Water Project
Don Payne
Bluefield
Jimmy Jones
Bishop and
Amonate
Hess
Egg not found in railroad yard search in Norfolk Southern
Telegraph readers search for the Easter egg in Norfolk Southern's Bluefield yard proved fruitless. NS Police say several people entered the yard seeking the egg and one man even asked for permission to search. Authorities caution against searching railroad property to prevent injuries.
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Sever
Norfolk Southern
Bluefield
Telegraph
Bobby English
Kenny Young
NS Police
Bill Archer
Walesa returns to Gdansk docks for 650 zloty job
Lech Walesa, cut from salary and facing froze bank accounts, goes back to the Gdansk shipyard to repair battery powered carts for about 650 zlotys a month. He says he likes working despite his fall from Poland's president last year as a landmark week sees 12 ex-communist officials on trial for 1970 strikes deaths.
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Walesa
Lech Walesa
Gdansk
Poland
Ieader
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Associated Press
Cellular One Tip Line Prompts Local Dial Toll-Free Access
A tip service invites readers to call a toll-free number from Mercer Tazewell Bland Monroe Summers Fayette and Greenbrier counties to share news tips and information for local coverage. The advisory emphasizes ease of reporting from any supported area.
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Mercer, Tazewell
Bland
Monroe
Summers
Fayette
Greenbrier Counties
Council debates trash opt out law in Princeton vote
Princeton council, by a 4 to 3 tally, agrees to reconsider a garbage service opt out ordinance after Paul McManaway changes his vote and Mayor Anita Skeens Caldwell breaks the tie. Minutes and audience requests trigger review as Margo Abshire seeks revisions and a city attorney consideration.
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Princeton
Paul McManaway
Anita Skeens Caldwell
Margo Abshire
McManaway
John Conley
Ken Clay
Conley
Gar
Bage
Russia
Caldwell
Clay
Abshire
Earlie Moon
Supervisors scrap plan for Pocahontas prison site
In Tazewell County Virginia the board met in a recessed session to discuss the vacant economic development director position and a proposed state prison. Vice chairman Jerry Wood quit the closed session citing legal concerns while Don Payne questioned the process. Payne moved to remove the Big Vein maximum security prison plan from the agenda and noted state officials will decide medium versus maximum security.
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Tazewell
Jerry Wood
Don Payne
Wood
Rity Pesson
Big Vein
Payne
Tazewell County
Department of Corrections
Pocahontas
Boissevain
Buchanan County Board weighs school consolidation plan
Grundy Virginia. The Buchanan County School Board may vote today on building a consolidated Grundy area feeder school and closing six elementary schools and Grundy Junior High over four years. The 10 a.m. meeting follows a March 11 public hearing where about 100 people attended and many supported consolidation while opposing Bevins or Prater closures. A potential Appalachian Law School site in the Junior High building affects timing.
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Grundy
Buchanan County School Board
Grundy Area
J.M. Bevins
Russell Prater
Joe Gary Street
Appalachian Law School
Law School
Board of Supervisors
Supreme Court broadens age bias protections for workers
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that firing workers over 40 and replacing them with younger colleagues can violate the Age Discrimination in Employment Act even when replacements are also over 40. The decision, written by Justice Scalia, centers on the age of the replacement rather than the claimant’s age.
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Washington
Supreme Court
North Carolina
Antonin Scalia
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Greg Cruey
J.M. Bevins Elementary
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