Hatfield McCoy Trail funding eyed for Mercer County
Mercer County officials weigh a $1.25 million bill to lay out the Mercer County portion of the Hatfield McCoy Trail System as part of a 2,000 mile project. If funded, 300 miles of trail would open by October 2000 across seven counties with Mercer to follow, and annual expansion is planned. Historian Darrell McPherson links Mercer to the Hatfields and McCoys through pioneer families and land along the Guyandotte River.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Hatfield-McCoy _ Recreational Development Coalition
Leff Moore
Boone
Lincoln
Logan
McDowell
Mingo
Wayne
Wyoming
Moore
Mercer County Commission
Joe Coburn
Darrell McPherson
Logan County
Isaac Hatfield
Elisha McComas
Matthew French
John French
Obedience Clay
Wolf Creek
Ralph
Mary Clay Stuart
Wyoming County
Henry Clay
Rich Creek
Roda Shrewsbury
Guyandott River
Kentucky
McPherson
Montgomery County
Giles County
David McComas Jr
Clee Bailey
Richard Bailey
James McComas
Pike County
Museum to display evidence in King assassination case
EMPHASIS on James Earl Ray evidence heads to public display at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis. The exhibit will include Ray's rifle and court rulings supporting the King family view that Ray was a fall guy, alongside locked government materials from the 1968 murder investigation.
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Emphis, Tenn
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
King
National Civil Rights Museum
Old Lorraine Motel
Martin Luther King
Clayborne Carson
Stanford University
Memphis
General Assembly begins amid crowd for State of Commonwealth
In Richmond Governor Jim Gilmore delivers the State of the Commonwealth before a packed House chamber. Senator Phillip P Puckett and his wife Jeanette Puckett attend as regional concerns rise. The scene captures a shift toward regional focus in the 1999 session.
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Richmond
Jim Gilmore
Jeanette Puckett
Phillip P Puckett
Lebanon
Virginia lawmakers brace for a busy 60 day session
After the ceremonial opening of the 2000 General Assembly, legislators face a packed schedule. The bill drafting deadline is Monday at 5 pm, with about 70 percent of requests typically becoming introduced bills. As of Friday, 2,946 drafting requests had been received.
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Division of Legislative Services
E.M. Miller
Legislative Services
Miller’s Department
Wytheville debates two large shopping center plans
A private developer seeks rezoning from Ai residential to B2 business for two big box shopping centers on 90 to 100 acres near Interstate Exit 70. About 200 residents attended planning commission discussions with mixed opinions. If approved, town council will hear the proposal and set a public hearing. Restaurants may accompany the complex near Wytheville Community Hospital.
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Wytheville
Steve Moore
Moore
Sutherland
Wytheville Community Hospital
Planning Commission
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