Buchanan seeks Coalfields Expressway to save county economy
Virginia officials heard Buchanan County leaders plea at Preallocation Hearings at Virginia Highlands Community College. Testimony from Tazewell, Buchanan, Dickenson and Russell counties highlighted the Coalfields Expressway as vital to local economic survival as about 891 million dollars are slated for statewide projects. Del. Jackie Stump compared southern Virginia to a patient needing a doctor.
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Abingdon
Virginia
Buchanan County
Transportation
Robert E. Martinez
Nual
Virginia Department of Transportation
Virginia Highlands Community College
VDOT
Tazewell
Buchanan
Dickenson
Russell
Del
Jackie Stump
Oakwood
Beckley
Welch
Oeeney
Stump
Virginia Supreme Court backs current school funding formula
The Virginia Supreme Court ruled the state’s education funding formula constitutional, denying that the constitution requires equal or substantially equal funding. Justice Roscoe B. Stephenson Jr. authored the opinion, and critics from Russell, Buchanan, Pulaski, Halifax counties and several cities vow to press on with reform efforts despite the setback.
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Richmond
Virginia
Virginia Supreme Court
Roscoe B. Stephenson Jr
Commonwealth
Larry Massie
Russell County
Russell
Buchanan
Pulaski
Halifax
Petersburg
Radford
Boston
Massie
General Assembly
Del
Ford Quillen
Jackson E
Jack” Reasor Jr
Bluefield
Jack
Reasor
Rob Jones
Virginia Education Association
Self- Development Seminar for Single Parents and Career Women
Saturday event at Mercer County Technical Education Center Princeton features Barbara Pagano as keynote on self leadership credibility and gender differences. Pre registration five dollars includes breakfast lunch and sessions. Further details via 425-9551.
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Mercer County
Princeton
Barbara Pagano
Ed.s
Roswell
Technical Education Center
DeGraw Admissibility Debate in Mercer Murder Case
Mercer County jurors hear testimony on a jailhouse remark by DeGraw about preferring two butcher knives over one in the September 1993 stabbing death of Sonkee Vaught. The judge previously suppressed another statement as rights violations, while prosecutors argue Thornton was not prompted by police to obtain the interview.
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Princeton
Floyd Lee DeGraw
James Thornton
Mercer County
DeGraw
Sonkee Vaught
Mercer Street
Thornton
Alvin Gurganus
Vaught
John R. Frazier
Mic
Weather showers and storms with cooler night forecast
A 40 percent chance of showers or thunderstorms today with highs in the low 60s. Tonight will be clear and cold with lows in the mid-30s.
Man to Run Across United States for Fitness Message
Darrell Mann, 51, of Peterstown, plans a 3 000mile run from Cape Henlopen Delaware to the Pacific beyond Portland Oregon starting May 2. Unemployed and told he was too old, he seeks to inspire others to improve health and promote an overweight friendly shoe concept.
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Peterstown
Edmund Hillary
Darrell Mann
United States
Mann
Cape Henlopen
Del
Atlantic Ocean
U.S
Pacific
Portland
Ore
Women's Prison
Oakvale High Alumni Tour Gives Last Look Before Consolidation
Oakvale High School in Mercer County hosted an alumni tour before its consolidation into the PikeView facility. Almost 100 visitors arrived by 5 p.m. with tours led by Honor Society members. Alumni recalled old features, from a wraparound balcony to a former boys restroom, while sharing memories with current students.
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Oakvale
Oakvale High School
Mercer County
PikeView
Ates
Elizabeth Turner
Larry Johnson
Bessie Cordrill Devar
W.D. Dodrill
Devar
Kenneth Hall
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Todd Stringer
Sam
Paul Thompson
Nick Caney
Uncle Sam
North Street
Hillary Keister
Bill Goodman
Bluefield State College
Goodman
Tazewell County
Princeton Public Library
Craft Memorial Library
Tazewell County Public Room
Tazewell County Administration Building
Main Street
Abby
Eli
Nike Cor
Chuck Carter
Oakvale High
Kalvin Kress
Kress
Shirley Hill Brown
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