Wills aims to restore Mercer County redistricting focus
West Virginia Delegate Mark Wills attends the Southern Legislative Congress in Biloxi to press redistricting as the main issue for the 2001 session. He advocates restoring Mercer County to a single House district to improve representation and plans to study best practices for challenging district lines.
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Princeton
Mark Wills
Southern Legislative Congress
Wills
State House of Delegates
Biloxi
Miss
Mountain State
Bob Kiss
Raleigh
Rick Station
D-Wyoming
Jon Amores
Ohanawha
Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Group
West Virginia
Princeton-Athens
Mercer County
Princeton- Athens
Birding trail eyed to boost Tazewell tourism
Virginia officials plan a driving Virginia Birding and Wildlife Trail modeled after Texas Coastal trail. If approved, it could run through Tazewell County including Burkes Garden and the Cove, spurring tourism revenue as bird watching grows in Virginia.
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Tazewell
Commonwealth
Tazewell County
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
Burkes Garden
the Cove
Velma Conner
Conner
Virginia
Texas
Liessa Thomas
Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
Fredericksburg
Robb and Allen Trade In Feisty Virginia Senate Debate
Democrat Charles Robb and Republican George Allen clashed in a televised Virginia Senate debate at The Homestead. Robb accused Allen of rejecting $8.2 million in Goals 2000 funding for Virginia schools and cited proposed $100 million cuts to state education. Allen defended his conservative stance while stressing mainstream Virginia leadership.
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Hot Springs
Charles Robb
George Allen
U.S. Senate
Allen
Clinton
Robb
Virginia
Virginia Bar Association
Homestead Mountain Resort
Political clash over education funding and standards
Robb and Allen spar over federal aid used for classroom computers and the nature of state history standards. Allen criticizes the omission of historic figures while urging alignment with federal criteria. The abortion question shifts to scientific evidence on fetal development and rights.
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Robb
Allen
Albert Einstein
Paul Revere
Thomas Edison
Madonna
the Simpsons
Area firefighters host first Muscular Dystrophy Fun Day
Princeton and Bluefield firefighters held a Saturday picnic at Princeton City Park for children with muscular dystrophy in southern West Virginia. It aims to become an annual event, with Local 466 and Local 347 leading the effort and noting MD charities’ fundraising across the country.
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Princeton
Bluefield
Princeton City Park
West Virginia
Keith Gunnoe
United States
Roger Wright
Rick Aliff
Bluefield Fire Department
Shawn West
Princeton Fire Department
Sherri Jewell
Anna Wright
Susan Wright
Samuel Wright
West Virginia Press Women honor Daily Telegraph and Princeton Times writers
The West Virginia Press Women named Emilie Holroyd Barbara Hawkins and Princeton Times editor Sarah Pritchett Dalton plus Elizabeth Osborne winners in the 2000 communications contest. Holroyd won in cooking columns, Hawkins in multiple categories, Dalton earned top honors in LifeStyles and editing, with Osborne placing third in her Lifestyle column. Awards to be presented at the Fall WVPW meeting at Tamarack.
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Luefield
Virginia Press Women’s Organization
Daily Telegraph
Princeton Time
Lifestyle
Emilie Holroyd
Barbara Hawkins
Daily Newspaper
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Princeton Community Hospital
Hawkins
Pepper
Dr. Watson
Princeton Times
The
the Times
Sarah Pritchett Dalton
Elizabeth Osborne
Princeton
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Dakota White
Colt Mitchell
Barbara Mitchell
Tazewell County Fair
Mercer
Kayla Horton
Jill Carden
Spanishburg
Greg Jordan
West Virginia Press Women’s Organization
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