Coalfields Expressway Earns VCEDA Backing as Growth Link
Virginia lawmakers praise the Coalfield Economic Development Authority for endorsing the Coalfields Expressway. The VCEDA resolution backs state and federal funding to advance Route 460 Connector plans in Buchanan County and surrounding areas, hoping to spur growth across seven Southwest Virginia counties.
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Grundy
Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority
Virginia
VCEDA
Ise
Puckett
Virginia Department of Transportation
Buchanan County
Jonathan Belcher
Buchanan
Dickenson
Wise
Belcher
Remembering Pearl Harbor Awakens Wyandotte Family
Ten year old Curt Messer helps feed the coal stove in Wyandotte Michigan when his father Oscar proclaims Pearl Harbor was attacked. The family and neighbors recall radio broadcasts and the ensuing shock as the United States faces a day of infamy. The moment ties to local memories of the Arizona and West Virginia battleships and the broader American response in 1941.
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Curt Messer
Oscar Messer
Jack Benny
Messer
Wyandotte
Mich
Detroit
Pearl Harbor
America
Pacific
United States
Oahu
Hawaiian Islands
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dave Ballard
Ballard
Arizona
California
West Virginia
St Luke's Could Become Psychiatric Treatment Facility
The Princeton Community Hospital Board moves to convert the closed St Luke's Hospital into a psychiatric pavilion. If approved, renovations of 73 patient rooms to boost capacity to 103, at an estimated $5 million, may take up to a year with a letter of intent due by January 30, 2008.
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Princeton
Bluefield
St. Luke’s Hospital
Princeton Community Hospital Board of Directors
Wayne Griffith
West Virginia Healthcare Authority
Deborah Griffith
Griffith
St. Luke's
St. Luke’s
Greg Jordan
Gjordan
Bottonline.com
Debating Winter Closings At Bluefield High
Bluefield High School Sophomores in Carole Mamone’s English Honors class held a Friday debate on deciding winter weather closures. Students studied Mercer County policy and neighboring systems in West Virginia and Virginia, questioning drivers and teachers and reviewing local media for weather impact details.
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Bluefield
Bluefield High School
Carole Mamone
Mercer County
West Virginia
Virginia
Mamone
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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Timothy M. Kaine
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Phillip Puckett
Eric DiNovo
Courtney Meade
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Clara
Sawyer Smith
Bluefield Dance Theatre
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BHS
Elizabeth Osbourne
Pam Hawkins Foundation
Yesterday's Rides Car Club
Michelle White Friday
Pam's
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Richard Bailey
Freeman Ayers
Dempsey Murphy
John Nelson
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