Today Dusk Holiday of Lights Display at Lotito City Park
Noon event by Princeton Rotary Club at Douglas Center. Saturday December 30 runs 7 to 11 p.m. Tazewell County Bicentennial Grand Finale at Southwest Virginia Community College Community Center. Annual New Year’s Eve party at Pipestem Resort State Park contact 304 466 1800.
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Lotito City Park
Bluefield
Tazewell County
Southwest Virginia Community College Community Center
Pipestem Resort State Park
Tazewell County appoints interim administrator
Tazewell County Board of Supervisors after a closed meeting named Pat Green interim county administrator to replace Richard Farthing who had served since June 1994. Green will be paid 1500 dollars more per month and the board will not readvertise the job. Discussions on hiring a permanent administrator may resume at the next meeting on January 16.
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Tazewell County Board of Supervisors
Richard Farthing
Pat Green
County
Farthing
Green
Jim Jones
Jones
Three injured in Route 52 wreck near Bramwell
Three people were hurt and traffic stalled on U S Route 52 for about 90 minutes after a head on crash between a northbound 1986 Dodge D 50 driven by Brian Keith Marshall of Montcalm and a southbound 1992 Buick carrying a female driver and her child. A southbound vehicle behind the Buick struck the Dodge while avoiding the collision. the third driver was uninjured. Deputy Todd Smith did not release the female and child names pending family notification. Rescue crews responded with crash trucks.
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Bramwell
Todd Smith
Mercer County Sheriff’s Department
Brian Keith Marshall
Montcalm
Smith
Robert Youther
Bluefield
Mrs Slaughter Dies at 94 in Keystone Community Leader
Mrs. Slaughter 94 a long-time educator and community servant died at Princeton Community Hospital after a career bridging McDowell County public schools during integration. Born 1906 in Holly Springs she taught at Landgraff Eckman Maybury Kimball and served as Kimball Elementary principal. She was active in Alpha Kappa Alpha and known for breaking barriers of color and gender. Funeral plans tentatively include a 6 to 9 pm church gathering Tuesday and a service Wednesday.
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Eystone Kkswame Slaughter
Princeton Community Hospital
Kimball High School
Bluefield State College
New York University
Slaughter
McDowell County
Booker T. Stephens
Paul
Stephens
Keystone
Samuel Johnson
Sue
Johnson
Holly Springs
N.C
John McClain
Annie McClain
Harriette Wright
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Beta Lamba Omega
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Wright
Richardson Funeral Home
Census counts reshuffle House seats after 2000 census
The Census results show Virginia at 7 078 515 residents but 7 100 702 for apportionment, including overseas personnel. Reapportionment may add seats to Arizona, Texas, and California while New York and Pennsylvania may lose seats. Colorado Florida Georgia Nevada likely gain. Connecticut Illinois Mississippi Ohio Oklahoma Wisconsin may lose seats. Data to redraw districts will follow in March county and local details.
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Sun Belt
West
Virginia
House of Representative
Arizona
Texas
New York
Pennsylvania
California
Colorado
Georgia
Nevada
Montana
Connecticut
Illinois
Mississippi
Ohio
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
House of Representatives
House
Census Bureau
Nehlen Retires Looms As Mountaineers dominate Rebels
West Virginia, led by QB Major Harris to a 49 9 lead, overwhelms Ole Miss 49 9 in the bowl. Eli Manning threw three TDs in the fourth but the Mountaineers stayed ahead. Don Nehlen’s staff praised for preparation and emotion.
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Brown
Mississippi
David Cutcliffe
Nehlen
Cutcliffe
Don Nehlen
West Virginia
Rebels
Eli Manning
Manning
Archie Manning
Peyton Manning
Lewis
Mountaineers
Wes Ours
Ivy
Rick Sherrod
Romero Miller
Ole Miss
Ours
Water grants planned for regional projects in Virginia
Spencer said Tazewell and Buchanan counties will seek a March Regional Block Grant from HUD totaling about 1.4 million dollars for a joint project. An additional 2.14 million dollars is targeted from the Drinking Water Supply Revolving Funds via the EPA. Thompson and Litton Engineers awarded for the design. Gilmore noted Road Ridge Short Gap AML grant funding will be requested from the 2001 AML Consolidated Grant, expected in April, funded by Virginia coal reclamation taxes.
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
Tazewell
Buchanan
Environmental Protection Agency
Spencer
Ing
Thompson and
Litton
Gilmore
Road Ridge
Short Gap
Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy
Virginia
UMWA Funds Reach Health Care Deal With Princeton Hospital
The UMWA Funds and Princeton Community Hospital arrive at an accord allowing Funds beneficiaries to receive care without balance bills or lawsuits. Beneficiaries may now choose among Princeton Community Hospital Bluefield Regional Medical Center St Luke’s Hospital or other cooperating hospitals. The agreement ends lawsuits against Funds patients and ends the billboard and dispute that had persisted for years.
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UMWA
Princeton
Dunmyer
Princeton Community Hospital
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
St. Luke’s Hospital
PCH
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