West Virginia smoking rate needs policy push says study
A WV Medical Journal study shows adult smoking rates in West Virginia linger above 20 percent since 1995, unlike Virginia, Pennsylvania and nearby states. The authors urge aggressive marketing, comprehensive tobacco control programs, and higher taxes to curb tobacco use and reduce related deaths.
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Virginia teen charged after single-vehicle wreck near Glen Lyn
Glen Lyn Virginia teen Robert Collins, 19, was arrested for DUI Drugs after a westbound single-vehicle crash on U S Route 460 near the New River. Two female passengers were taken by rescue squad to Giles Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg with minor injuries as investigators continued.
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Ukraine says troops enter rebel held city in eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian forces reportedly penetrated deep into a rebel held city near Luhansk amid clashes that halted basic services and raised fears of a humanitarian crisis. A pilot was captured after a fighter plane was shot down as Berlin talks yielded no major breakthrough.
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Knights Templar meeting in Tazewell tonight
TAZEWELL Virginia Clinch Valley Commandery 20 Knights Templar meets at 7 30 p m tonight at the Tazewell Masonic Lodge on Main Street in Tazewell. Residents with Thursday garbage routes should place recyclables out by 8 a m Tuesday including newspaper cardboard aluminum cans No 1 and 2 plastic containers bags tin cans and mixed paper. Griffith staff to visit Richlands and Grundy town halls on Tuesday August 19 with times 10 a m to noon and 2 to 4 p m respectively.
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Mobile Vietnam Memorial Wall visit by Saeger Post 1144
Members of the Saeger Post 1144 Veterans of Foreign Wars will meet the Mobile Vietnam Memorial Wall at Mitchell Stadium at 1 p.m. on Wednesday August 20. Post 1144 will escort the Wall to Gilbert where it will be set up for display over the weekend.
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