Bluefield Chamber Plans 2002 Growth and Awards
The Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce met at the Bluefield Elks Country Club to outline the 2002 business plan focusing on economic development. KA Ammar spoke on Interstate 73/74 progress and planning, while new officers were installed at a luncheon. Awards were given for Small Business of the Year to Kammer Furniture and to Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Branch of Fox and Thompson.
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Bluefield
Greater Bluefield
Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Bluefield Elks Lodge
Trey Ammar
Larry Peters
Steve Hamilton
Wilbur Smith
Cindy Sheets
Michael Fuller
Barbara McCarty
Max Kammer
Kammer Furniture
Chamber
Kyle Hurt
Mrs. Sherman Branch
Fox and Thompson
FDIC Updates Figures On Keystone Bank Losses
FDIC figures show 669 uninsured depositors at First National Bank of Keystone held $27.8 million in uninsured deposits. Judge Faber noted FDIC as victim in the Keystone fraud case and ordered Michael Graham to pay $515 million restitution to the agency. The OCC declared FNB Keystone insolvent with apparent fraud and missing $515 million in loan securitizations.
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Luefield
Acee Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
First National Bank of Keystone
David Barr
FDIC
Barr
Michael Graham
Bluefield
David A. Faber
West Virginia
Keystone
Faber
Graham
Comptroller of
OCC
FNB Keystone
Keystone Mortgage Co
GBCC Honors Local Businesses Adds Directors
The Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce honored Kammer Furniture and Fox & Thompson as 2001 Small Businesses of the Year at its Installation of Officers Luncheon. Ninety-year veteran firms Kammer Furniture on Bland Street and Fox & Thompson on Bluefield Avenue were praised by outgoing chair Kyle Hurt. The chamber also saluted the Tazewell County Sheriff's Department and recent public safety honorees. Norris Kantor will lead in 2002, with eight new directors added to the board.
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Bluefield
Kammer Furniture
Fox & Thompson
Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Kyle Hurt
Bland Street
Bluefield Avenue
Tazewell County Sheriff’s Department
Trey Ammar
Charlotte
Michael Fuller
Barbara McCarty
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Water tax hike eyed to fund Tazewell County projects
TAZEWELL Va A proposed rise in the natural gas severance tax from 2 to 4 percent seeks to fund water projects in Tazewell and neighboring counties. The measure, supported by the Board of Supervisors, faced past veto by Gov Gilmore but is expected to pass this year. The plan targets unfunded mandates and coal industry decline, with regional backing from Buchanan Dickenson and Russell counties.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Board of Supervisors
House
Senate
Jim Gilmore
Bill Rasnick
Virginia
Rasnick
Phillip Puckett
D-Russell
Jackie Stump
D-Buchanan
John Tate
D-Smyth
General Assembly
Buchanan
Dickenson
Russell
Princeton Council Considers Racial Profiling Ordinance
City Manager Doug Freeman explains the ordinance aims to end racial profiling by all city employees, including police. Police Chief Casey Martin helped draft it, drawing on model laws and past incidents to ensure fair treatment for Princeton residents and Muslim communities after September events and a prior officer-allegation case.
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Princeton
Doug Freeman
City of
Freeman
Martin
Phillip Ball
Rodney King
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Jody Neal
The
Daily Telegraph
John Nelson
Bill Archer
GBCC
Princeton City Council
Taft
Alan Felts
First United Methodist Church
South College Ave
Mark Hayes
Jim Jones
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