Congress clears balanced budget and tax cut agreement
Congress approved bills to balance the budget by 2002 and cut taxes for families students and investors. The Senate voted 92 to 8 and the House 389 to 43 in passing the measures tied to Medicare savings and airline and cigarette tax hikes as part of a bipartisan push before the summer recess.
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Wisconsin
John Glenn
Ohio
Ernest Hollings
South Carolina
Charles Robb
Virginia
Paul Sarbanes
Maryland
Paul Wellstone
Minnesota
Budget Committee
Pete Domenici
Rn.m
Good Samaritan Food Pantry opens in Richlands VA
Volunteers celebrated the ribbon cutting for the Good Samaritan Food Pantry on Veterans Drive in Richlands. Howard Overbay received the first Good Samaritan Award for electrical work and hours donated. The facility, a RAMA project, aims to serve about a thousand people monthly and will include a clothing center and space for furniture or appliance aid.
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Virginia
Kelli Quick
Good Samaritan Food Pantry
Gene Heart
Pam Irvine
Southwest Virginia
Second Harvest Food Bank
Richlands
Howard Overbay
Quick
Irvine
Bob Wade
Wilma Sayers
Heart
Veterans Drive
Richlands Area
RAMA
Abingdon
Tri-County
Tazewell
Buchanan
Russell
Hear
Hinton fair features magic music and fireworks
The West Virginia State Water Festival Fun and Food Fair runs in downtown Hinton at Memorial Park with magic shows, country and bluegrass concerts, train rides, crafts and food. Saturday features Magic with Keith Adkins, country with Keith Adkins and Alice Stacy, Dinah Adkins and others, plus a Soapbox Derby canceled for Aug 2. Ethan Howard of Bluefield could win if his racer passes criteria. he would receive the trophy and display the racer in Saturday’s grand parade.
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Memorial Park
Hinton
Steve Stiefer
Second Baptist Church
Keith Adkins
Alice Stacy
Dinah Adkins
West Virginia Bluegrass Connections
Ethan Howard
Bluefield
al Stone
Daily Record Police Blotters Disturbances and arrests spill across towns
Multiple incidents reported across Union Drive Glenwood Lashmeet and Princeton area include an intoxicated man threatening with a 2x4, an altercation settled over money, two suspects arrested after a disturbance on Tab ernacle Hill, revoked probation for Donald Elliott, forgery and uttering charges against Larry Patrick, second offense DUI for Ronald Christian, vandalism auto theft at Eads Mills Road, tire and wheel theft at Ramey Chevrolet, battery and property destruction charges for Gary Hubbard Jr, possession and driving suspended charges for Brian Dodson, cable cut on Martin Luther King Avenue, a stray bicycle found on College Avenue, a runaway teen on Mercer Street, and a burglary at Quality Mobile Home Park with cash and firearms stolen.
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Glenwood
Tabernacle Hill
Lashmeet
D.B. Rogers
R.A. Maddy
Donald Ray Elliott
Princeton
J.C. Miller
Larry Stevenson Patrick
DAI
Ronald Jackson Christian Jr
Christian
Route 19
M.D. Ash
Princeton Community Hospital
Eads Mills
Ramey Chevrolet
U.S. Route 460
William Gearhart
Gary Wayne Hubbard Jr
Lusk Hollow Road
Brian E. Dodson
Maybeury
Seniors take center stage at area fair
TAZEWELL Virginia area celebrates Senior Citizens Day with about 200 seniors joining activities at the Tazewell County Fair. Danny Hill and a 57 member Bristol Parks and Recreation group led a show with singing dancing and acting while a cross country vacation theme unfolded. deputies demonstrated canine drug search techniques and health organizations offered free blood pressure checks and giveaways.
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Tazewell County Fair
Jackie Cecil
Danny Hill
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the Carter Family
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Lantern Rehabilitation
Ballard man charged with cultivating pot
Robert Lee Martinez, 38, of Ballard, faces felony counts of possession with intent to deliver manufacture and cultivate a controlled substance plus a misdemeanor felon in possession of a firearm. Bond set at $200,000 by Mercer County Magistrate Dan ny Falkiner after arrest by West Virginia State Police. He is to appear for a preliminary hearing August 5 before Monroe County Magistrate Ken Miller and is imprisoned in Southern Regional Jail.
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Michael Gravely
Martinez
Ken Miller
Southern
Beaver
Rabies Warning After Raccoon Case In Mercer County
Mercer County health officials warn residents to beware after a raccoon in the Athens area tested positive for rabies. The animal scratched the family dog, is suspected of acting unusually, and was killed for testing. Health officials urge vaccination, avoidance of wild animals, medical consultation if exposed, and to contact the Mercer County Health Department for guidance.
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Stanley Walls
Walls
Mercer County Health Department
Magistrate Denies Plea in Mercer County Destruction Case
Athens man Eric A Griffith faced over 20 counts for destruction of property as prosecutor and defense offered a plea to admit guilt on five counts with 16 dismissed. Each count carried six months with two years probation, but Magistrate Roy Compton rejected the bargain and rescheduled the case. Griffith remains free on an $8,000 bond for damage to signs across Mercer County.
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Athens
Eric A. Griffith
Raleigh County
Griffith
Roy Compton
Mercer County
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Giddles
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Winter Place
Douglas Sporting Goods
Douglas Dive Center
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