CMA nominees lead with McGraw Twain and Brooks & Dunn
The 31st annual Academy of Country Music Awards nominations name Tim McGraw for top entertainer male vocalist single song and album while Shania Twain earns female vocalist new female vocalist album and single nominations. Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn receive nods for top entertainer album single duet and song with winners announced April 24 on NBC hosted by Faith Hill and Brooks & Dunn.
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Shania Twain
Brooks & Dunn
McGraw
Twain
Kix Brooks
Ronnie Dunn
Faith Hill
Associated Press
Farrakhan trip labeled thugfest tour draws White House rebuke
The House denounced Louis Farrakhan’s 18 nation Africa and Middle East tour as a thugfest, citing meetings with dictators in Libya Iran Nigeria and Sudan. President Clinton also announced sanctions on Castro demanding reparations and increased isolation.
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Nation of Islam
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Africa
Middle East
Mike McCurry
United States
Libya
Iran
Nigeria
Sudan
Farrakhan
Muammar Gaddafi
Saddam Hussein
Sani Abacha
U.S
Mercer County events and weather outlook
Calendar notes show 9 a.m. for ballot arraignment drawing at the Mercer County Circuit Clerk office. 7 p.m. regular meeting of the Mercer County Board of Education at the Seminar Center and a Bluefield High School parent input session. Saturday and Thursday items include a yard sale by Bluefield High School Choir and Project Graduation planning at Tazewell High School with contact numbers. Weather calls for showers today, then clearing, highs upper 60s to mid 70s, tonight rain and possible storms, lows 40s to 50s.
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Mercer County Board of Education
Mercer County Technical Education Complex
Princeton
Bluefield High School Improvement Council
Tazewell High School Project
Elene Combs
Beth Grindstaff
Jewell Ridge Seeks to Keep School Open Amid Hearing
In Jewell Ridge Virginia residents packed the elementary lunch room for a 90 minute public hearing on the school’s future. Hobart McGlothlin told the Tazewell County School Board that keeping the school open is essential for children. About 150 attended and a dozen spoke, including Mary Griffith who read a message from Millard Farmer asking the board to keep the school open and noting his open heart surgery. Farmers health is improving.
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Jewell Ridge
Hobart McGlothlin
Tazewell County
Jewell Ridge Elementary School
Board of Supervisors
Mary Griffith
Princeton man gets life under Three Strikes law
Charles Andrew Pee Wee Scott, 33, was sentenced to life in prison under the states Three Strikes law after being found the same offender in 1982 and 1986. He was convicted of first degree sexual abuse and burglary in 1995 and faces possible parole in 15 years as judges ruled sentences run concurrently.
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Clinton
United States
Cuba
Princeton
Charles Andrew
Pee Wee
Scott
Mercer County
John Frazier
Frazier
Scott Ash
County Public Defender Office
Bland Supervisors Face Firefighting and Incinerator Debates
In Bland Va on Monday county leaders tackled firefighting funding and a proposed medical waste incinerator. Volunteers sought $1,600 to buy a 1964 Mack fire truck after raising part of the $4,500 price. The board approved the loan 4-0 and discussed boosting annual firefighting funding while supporters urged countywide vehicle insurance. A petition sought the ouster of the county administrator as a med waste bill cleared a key General Assembly committee.
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Bland County
Board of Supervisors
Bastian
General Assembly
Jerry Dunn
Bland Fire Department
Dunn
Sharon
Frank W. Chandler
Chandler
Seddon
Molly P. Thompson
Rocky Gap
Thomas
Mechanicsburg
Wade D. Blankenship
Unbelievable Marlinton grateful for support from Whitethorn Elementary
Mercer County students sent 10 crates of new school supplies from Whitethorn Elementary to Marlinton Elementary after flooding in Pocahontas County. Wilma Dale notes statewide support and flood damage included loss of textbooks desks and materials. Marlinton reopens with about 280 students back in class and packets to aid homework and lessons.
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Whitethorn Elementary
Bluefield
Mercer County
Pocahontas County
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Marlinton Elementary
Whitethorn
Tonia Russell
Wilma Dale
Dale
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