Tazewell County Bicentennial Finale Nears
Richlands Virginia prepares a year long 200th birthday celebration end event on December 30 at Southwest Virginia Community College Community Center. Activities include a space laser maze airborne parachute ride Seaweed the Sea Monster and a Joey Trivette concert. A reception at Historic Crab Orchard Museum honors volunteers and a heritage chest drawing is held.
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Richlands Area
Joey Trivette
Tazewell
Branton
Cavitt’s Creek
Preservation urge for Virginia fire towers sparks history drive
Street advocates preserving 16 fire towers in Southwest Virginia including Morris Knob East River Round Mountain and others across Tazewell Buchanan Russell Wise Dickenson Scott and Washington counties. The towers housed spotters who used azimuths maps and radios to locate wildfires before dawn to dusk. Contact details provided for information.
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Tower
Virginia
Morris Knob
East River
Round Mountain
Tazewell
Keene Mountain
Buchanan High Knob
Buchanan County
Buchanan
Big A Mountain
Hazel Mountain
Russell County
Dickenson County
Big Knob
Scott County
Wise Airport
High Knob
Wise County
Hayters Knob
Mendota
Washington County
Honaker
Manuelmanuel
Yahoo.com
Toys for Forgotten Toys aids inmates’ kids in Bluefield area
The 14th annual program aims to help more than 500 children of inmates this year. Volunteers are rising, averaging ages around 25, with 720 new shoes for local kids and 900-plus Princeton Bluefield toy signups. Hammond notes rising prisoner numbers, especially women, as society gears up for holiday aid.
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Mullins
Princeton
Bluefield
Craig Hammond
Russia
Union
Hammond
Bluefield Kroger
Bill Belcher
Princeton Kroger
Tim Kinder
Princeton Community Hospital
Hospitality House
Cami Maxwell
PCH
Brenda Stratton
Kroger
Draper Valley Golf Course
Virginia
Stratton
PEIA reform debate widens unfunded obligations impact
PEIA officials say a plan to convert unused sick leave to retirement coverage could raise unfunded obligations by 60 million dollars annually and that a past hire exemption failed. Wise warns all sides must contribute, recalling doctors accepting PEIA cards during past payment gaps and noting workers’ compensation lawsuits tied to coal industry ties. Council dismissed 1999 cases against 18 coal firms for unpaid premiums, with law changes in 1993 limiting liability of contractors. Wise’s review will determine viable test cases.
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Underwood
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Elsewhere Brother and sister die in Barbour County crash
A car crash near Belington Barbour County killed Bradford Putzulu 20 and Monica Putzulu 21 and injured two other passengers. The driver Wesley Wegman 21 of Belington was in good condition later. An unidentified 14 year old girl was hospitalized in stable condition. State Police say speed appears a factor and the investigation continues.
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Charleston
W.va
Belington
Bradford
Monica Putzulu
Wesley Wegman
Elkins
Bradford Putzulu
Wegman
Ruby Memorial Hospital
Morgantown
Davis Memorial Hospital
Speed
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