Clinch River State Park Emerges as Southwest Virginia Hope
Southwest Virginia leaders push a new Clinch River State Park to diversify an economy built on coal. The park will use anchor parcels along the Clinch, protecting biodiversity and boosting regional tourism with cabins, centers, and river access. Estimated build cost ranges from 45 to 60 million dollars.
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Virginia River the Star of New State Park
Richmond
Appalachia
Virginia
Clinch River
Clinch
Tennessee
U.S
Brad Kreps
The
Nature Conservancy
United States
Kreps
Clinch Valley
Clinch River State Park
David Collett
Collett
Scott County
Lou Wallace
Russell County Board of Supervisors
St. Paul
State Park
Wallace
Clinch River Valley
Particuar
Chris Cannon
Friends of
Southwest Virginia
U.S. States
Cannon
Ralph Northam
Amazon
Northam
West Virginia to mark 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage
Huntington officials plan a yearlong series of events in 2020 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote. Marshall University professor Kat Williams helps lead planning, with marches, speeches, a Women’s Equality Day parade, and a Reader’s Theater focus on suffrage. The statewide schedule will be released by the Secretary of State’s Office.
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West Virginia
Mae Warner
U.S
Kat Williams
Marshall University
Herald-Dispatch
Williams
Helen Gibbins
League of Women Voters
Marshall
Reader’s
League
Gibbons
Secretary of State
Navy weighs shipbuilding cuts in proposed budget shifts
The Navy proposes trimming fleet size from 293 to 287 ships and cutting destroyer and cruiser construction to fund other priorities. The plan includes reducing Arleigh Burke-class destroyers from 12 to seven over five years and faster decommissioning of Ticonderoga-class cruisers, risking a weaker anti aircraft and missile defense posture amid rising threats from Russia and China. Maine shipyards Bath Iron Works and Ingalls Shipbuilding would be affected, with Senate Republicans Susan Collins and Angus King voicing concern as Congress braces for final decision.
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U.S. Navy
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Fort Trumbull State Park
New London
Conn
Russia
China
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Avascent Group
Norman Friedman
Friedman
Maine
Bath Iron Works
General Dynamics
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Mississippi
Bath
Susan Collins
Angus King
Congress
Inmate Smuggling Cell Phone Could Extend Virginia Prison Term
Kevin Lavon Smith, awaiting release from a three year sentence at Petersburg federal prison, faces added time after prosecutors seek one more year for possessing a smuggled cell phone. The violation followed a June visit where a female guest allegedly provided the phone.
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Petersburg
Virginia
Richmond Times- Dispatch
Kevin Lavon Smith
Smith
Federal Correctional Institution
Laura Koenig
One Dollar Christmas Eve Mugging Turns Fatal in Bronx
A 60-year-old man, Juan Fresnada, died after a Christmas Eve mugging in the Morrisania section of the Bronx. He and a 29-year-old companion were approached by muggers who demanded items, resulting in a beating that yielded a $1 theft. Surveillance videos show attackers and additional assailants. police seek suspects. Fresnada died Sunday afternoon in a Bronx hospital. the investigation continues.
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New York Police Department
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