Table games debate lingers with close Kanawha vote
Kanawha County narrowly approved table games in a tight 33 vote margin amid 45 055 counted ballots with scrutiny of about 500 provisional ballots. Canvass begins Friday and a potential recount could follow within 48 hours if pursued. Opponents and supporters cite campaign spending and mobilization in a county shaping West Virginia gambling expansion.
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Tri-State Racetrack & Gaming Center
Table Games
John Cavacini
Cavacini
West Virginia Racing Association
Dennis Sparks
State Council of Churches
Sparks
Mia Moran- Cooper
Moran-Cooper
Nitro
Tri-State
Cross Lanes
St. Albans
South Charleston
Charleston
Kanawha
Vote Yes
West Virginia NAACP names new president after two decades
Kenneth Hale as West Virginia NAACP president succeeds James Tolbert of Charles Town who led the state chapter for 20 years. Hale, a Charleston resident, has five years of active state work, 22 years in the military, and serves as an equal opportunity officer in the West Virginia Air National Guard. He notes the need for young role models and fair treatment across faiths.
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Virginia Air National Guard
Tuskegee
U.S. Army Air Corps
Hale
NAACP
Woman dies in Gauley River rafting mishap
An Indiana woman, 51, drowned after a raft pinned her underwater against a rock on the Gauley River near Iron Ring in Summersville. Authorities recovered her body about four hours later. Her name awaits next of kin notification. The accident involved multiple rafts on a challenging rapid. This is believed to be the Gauley’s first drowning of the year.
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Summersville
Indiana
Gauley River
National Park Service
Frank Sellers
Iron Ring
West Virginia
Sellers
Len Hanger
Hanger
Community events span health, recreation and faith in region
Princeton Diabetes Support Group led by Dr Harold D Linkous to discuss dental health for diabetics at 6 30 p m Thursday in classroom 3 Princeton Community Hospital The event is free and open to the public Call 487 7642 or 487 7283 for details A Princeton night swim runs Tuesday 7 10 p m at Princeton City Pool entry 6 season passes not valid A FMCNA Two Virginias picnic invites dialysis patients and families Sunday at Shelter 1 Graham Recreation Park Bluefield Va Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church hosts 106th homecoming and church anniversary with music from Pilgrim Tabernacle Baptist Choir Bluefield Mill Creek Coop ers and Unconditional Praise Singers Monday Parkinsons support group meets 2 p m Monday call 327 5434 for details
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Princeton
Harold D. Linkous
D.D.S
Princeton Community Hospital
Bluefield
FMCNA
Graham Recreation Park
Tabernacle Baptist Choir
Mill Creek Choir
Coopers
Unconditional Praise Singers
Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church
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Midway Church of Christ
VBS
Suzuki
Robert C. Byrd
Beckley
United-Cycle.com
Diabetes Group
Princeton City
Bdtonline
Bluefield State
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Bluefield State College
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