Pocahontas High School closure sparks county wide clash
Residents opposed the Tazewell County School Board vote to close Pocahontas High School after a heated March meeting. Protests drew 800 people, and later a meals tax referendum was proposed to keep the school open but was blocked by the board. Families sue. community plans shift to a center use.
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Lashmeet/Matoaka
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PikeView High School
Mercer County Board of Education
Pike View Middle School
Regional records reflect 2008 Bluefield projects and events
The Mercer and McDowell County region saw major developments in 2008 from a $232 million federal prison site in McDowell County with 1280 beds to a King Coal Highway bridge project in Bluefield. Local actions covered include Social Security relocation plans, a recall petition effort, campus tragedies, theater programs, and waterfront upgrades.
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Afghanistan
1033 Engineer Support
Richlands
189Th Bridge
Big Stone Gap
Tazewell
Wise Counties
237Th Engineer Company
Mercer County
McDowell County
U.S
Nick Rahall
D-W.va
McDowell
Wyoming
Bluefield
K.A. Ammar
Stoney Ridge
Senate Appropriations Committee
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Russ Weeks
Margaret Workman
Supreme Court
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Menis Ketchum
WV Supreme Court of Appeals
Beth Walker
Rudolph Jennings
Betty Ireland
Verlin Moye
Assessor
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Secretary of State
Moye
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House of Delegates
Shott
Mike Vinciguerra
Eustace Frederick
John Frazier
Public Service Commission of
Princeton
Wall Street
Giles County
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Texas
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Concord University
WVU
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Robert “E
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U.S. Court of Appeals of the Fourth Circuit
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Coeburn
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Kiser
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Ray Brooks
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