Tazewell County schools abandon plan to extend day
Tazewell Va The school board will not extend the instructional day at the start of the new year after input from parents and teachers leaned against it. Officials cited past patterns and weather concerns, preferring a standard schedule as they anticipate better conditions this winter. Also discussed was the Pocahontas High School memorabilia project with a committee planning artifacts distribution and preservation.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Brenda Lawson
Lawson
David Woodard
Pocahontas High School
Woodard
Pocahontas
Abbs Valley Elementary
Collision injures two in Mercer County intersection crash
Two people were hospitalized after a two-vehicle collision at the Country Girl Road and U S Route 460 intersection in Mercer County. Albert Roland, 80, was ejected from a pickup and not buckled in. Lyde Powell, 67, was injured in the Jeep. Both were treated at local hospitals. injuries not life threatening. The crash remains under investigation.
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Country Girl Road
U.S. Route 460
Mercer County
Route 460
Bluefield
Princeton Road
S.R. Moore
West Virginia
Princeton
Moore
Albert Roland
Hurricane Ridge Road
Roland
Lyde Powell
Montcalm
Princeton Community Hospital
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Obama honors the fallen at Dover in solemn homecoming
President Barack Obama visits Dover Air Force Base to honor 30 American service members killed in Afghanistan. He consoles families, observes dignified transfer of remains, and notes the loss as a national tragedy while defense leaders join the ceremony.
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Obama
Afghanistan
Osama bin Laden
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Pakistan
bin Laden
Kansas
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7Th Battalion
158Th Aviation Regiment
White House
Defense
Leon Panetta
Joint Chiefs
Adm
Mike Mullen
West Virginia Civil War history explored by educator
Bluefield area talk highlights West Virginia campaigns in the New River Valley. Concord University's Dr. David Bard presents a Civil War guidebook and maps showing Confederate and Union movements, supply challenges, and the Battle of Lewisburg.
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Gettysburg
Chancellorsville
Lewisburg
Pigeons Roost
West Virginia
David Bard
Concord University
Rotary Club of
New River Valley
Virginia
Kanawha River
Bard
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Point B
West Point Military Academy
New River
Wytheville
Bluefield Rotary
Fincastle Country Club
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