Littlesburg water project hopes rise on funding promise
Bluewell officials report potential completion of Littlesburg Water Project by end of 1995 with $500,000 Small Cities Block Grant and $1.1 million through Rural Economic Community Development. With total cost about $1.68 million, the plan aims to serve 406 more customers in Littlesburg and nearby areas as officials await a court ruling on the Infrastructure Fund before SCBG announcement.
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Bluewell
Littlesburg
Rural Utility Services Program
Randy Plum
Mercer County
Tony Whit
Governor’s Economic Development Office
Warden
Plum
Region One
Planning and Development Council
David Cole
Littles
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Whitlow
Record Production Belies Dwindling Coal Jobs In Virginia
Virginia reports 900 coal mining jobs vanished from Sept 1994 to Sept 1995 as machinery replaces hand labor. Officials blame loss on depleted good seams and high extraction costs, despite rising overall production. CONSOL Coal cites strong demand and continued operations at Buchanan mines while Jewell Smokeless maintains staffing. industry voices diverge on future employment.
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Luefield
Bariccini
Virginia Employment Commission
Virginia
Buchanan
Consol
Paul Kvederis
Buchanan County
Consolidation Coal
Island Creek Coal Company
Kvedéris
Pittsburgh
Jewell Smokeless
James Keen
Tommy Hudson
Virginia Coal Association
Cross-border commuting not a barrier to work in Tazewell
A regional commuter report shows many Tazewell County residents travel to Mercer County and nearby Virginia counties for jobs. About 2,264 Tazewell residents commute to Mercer, while 1,748 Mercer residents travel to Tazewell. Other flows include Buchanan and Russell counties, with miners and state-line dynamics shaping patterns.
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Tazewell
Virginia
West Virginia
Tazewell County
Mercer County
Department of Economic Development
Christy Parker
Parker
Lebanon
Russell County
Cumberland Plateau
Mercer
Buchanan
Russell
Sim Ewing
Southwest Virginia
Cooper Center For Public Service
Wise
Bluefield
W.va
Ewing
Buchanan County
Keen Mountain
Richlands
McDowell County
Smyth County
Princeton ornament sale features Mercer County Courthouse tribute
The Princeton Mercer County Chamber of Commerce offers the fifth Mercer County Courthouse ornament from 1876 to 1930 era, with sales at the chamber office and local banks and boutiques. The annual item also includes the Princeton Memorial Hospital design. officials note strong collector interest as Mercer County hosted six courthouses on the same site, with Civil War cannons flanking the building.
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Princeton
Princeton-Mercer County Chamber of Commerce
Mercer County
Princeton-Mercer County
Princeton- Mercer County
George Lanton
Chamber
Walker Street
Statue found in Hiroshima ruins keepsake from war
Gene Pennington, a former Navy serviceman now 66, recalls finding a small gold statue in Hiroshima's rubble five months after the atomic blast. He describes total devastation, the burning trees, and a lone temple with the statue, later kept in an envelope for his grandson to show in school. Pennington notes radioactivity was unknown to them at the time.
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Princeton
Gene Pennington
Japan
Hiroshima
Pennington
Glenwood
Homework Hotline Comes to Richlands VA Richlands Middle School to Offer 24 Hour Hotline
Principal Karen Webb says the Homework Hotline will provide practical information from teachers on assignments for the night or week. The service, already operating at Tazewell Middle and Graham High, will include library info menus and after school tutoring schedules. Dial 963-3322 for access.
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Richlands
Karen Webb
Richlands Middle School
Webb
Tazewell Middle School
Graham High School
Graham
Tazewell
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Duhling
John Perdue
Gov. Caperton
Barbara Altizer
Virginia Coal Council
Altizer
Consol Coal General
Greg Cruey
Grundy
Sim Ewing Cooper Center
Mercer County Chamber of Commerce
Barbara Hawkins
The
Daily Telegraph
Todd Starr
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