Fiber optics push boosts rural Virginia schools and jobs
Rep. Rick Boucher touts fiber optic links in Southwest Virginia schools. He notes Appalachian Regional Commission support and claims every high school in Tazewell County and Buchanan County now has fiber. He cites Echostar hiring 1,000 locals and plans for 1,400, plus calls to expand broadband via Verizon hubs to rural areas. He frames high tech investment as a path to 21st century jobs.
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Boucher
Virginia
Appalachian Regional Commission
Southwest Virginia
Tazewell County
Buchanan County
Grundy Senior High
Montgomery County
New River Valley
Echostar
Dish Network
Tazewell
Ninth
U.S
Congress
Verizon
Interchange workers in McDowell Wyom ing counties view project as regional boon
Three McDowell County men and about eight colleagues design an extensive inter change linking McDowell and Wyoming counties. Pennington handles storm water drains. Pack designs 11 bridges. Blevins works on geometric layout. Project touted to spur West Virginia economic revival and shrink travel times to Beckley from Welch.
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McDowell County
Pack
Anawalt
Bluefield
McDowell
Wyoming Counties
Pennington
Welch
Springville
Tazewell County
West Virginia
Blevins
Inter
Pentree
Wilbur Smith
Smith
Mount View High School
Mount View
BSC
Pineville
Beckley
Seniors learn computers to keep in touch with kin
In Charleston, seniors join computer classes to email family and surf the Internet. Instructors note high enthusiasm, with average 17 signups per class, and students like Nancy Whitten and Frances Ellison embracing basics and large display options to aid vision. One fatal and a nonfatal crash on Kanawha Turnpike and I-64 earlier that day is also reported.
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Sandy Bolton
Bolton
Nancy Whitten
Princeton
Mercer County Board of Education
Bluefield
Charleston
Kanawha Turnpike
Virginia Expressway Project Review Under Public-Private Pact
The board backs Brown & Root Services while Koch Materials Co and APAC Inc fall short for advancement. The Public-Private Transportation Advisory panel will review after approval to decide on negotiating a final agreement with Brown & Root. A press conference by Virginia Secretary Shirley Ybarra is set for 12:30 PM at Southwest Virginia Community College via live video from Richmond.
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Brown & Root Services
Alliance of
Koch Materials Co
Apac Inc
Secretary of Transportation
VDOT
Charles D. “Chip
Nottingham
Brown & Root
State of Virginia
Virginia Secretary of Transportation
Shirley J. Ybarra
Southwest Virginia Community College
Richmond
SVCC
Russell Hall
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