PMCCC prepares wish list for Legislature
The Princeton Mercer County Chamber of Commerce board recommends improving West Virginia's business climate through broad legislative asks. They seek lower corporate income tax, workers compensation reform, timber industry support, and funding for Norfolk Southern Industrial Park Princeton, plus regional growth projects like I 73 74 and Route 20 upgrades. They urge flooding feasibility funding, a new Mercer County industrial park, regional sewage system, and track relocation aid for NS. They call for eliminating the two percent physician tax, funding for local colleges, more graduate programs, and equity in higher education funding. The group promotes Byrd Hardwood Center as a state wide advanced training hub and urges coordinated higher education reform and workforce development.
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Princeton
West Virginia
Princeton-Mercer County
Athens
Norfolk Southern
Lanton
Chamber
US Corps of Engineers
Mercer County
Trial Park
Bluefield State College
Concord College
Chamber Board
Robert C. Byrd Hardwoods Technology Center
BSC
Concord
Bluefield Intermediate School Nears Opening In Bluefield
Mercer County Board of Education approved substantial completion certificates for the Bluefield Intermediate School building project valued near four million dollars. The facility off U S Route 460 near St Luke's Hospital will open in August, replacing Wade Ramsey and Cumberland Heights Elementary schools. The board also approved bids for custd al and cafeteria supplies and a used 1999 Model E150 van for $16 325 to support textbook distribution and equipment delivery.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Intermediate School
Board of Education
Mercer County Board of Education
Swope Construction Company
David Darnold Company
Omega Industrial Electric
Deborah Akers
Akers
U.S. Route 460
St. Luke’s Hospital
Wade
Ramsey
Cumberland Heights
Princeton
Princeton Senior
Paper Supply Company of
General Sales of
Virginia
John Shott
Andy Clark Fork
Tazewell PSA names Jones chair as new board head
Jones, chairman of the Tazewell County Board of Supervisors, was appointed Tuesday as chairman of the Tazewell County Public Service Authority. The new five member board includes Earl Griffith Dan Bowling Leon Yost and Bruce Compton. The Baptist Valley Water Project targets completion by Jan 31 with a 2 million gallon per day plant serving about 980 residents.
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Tazewell Public Service Authority
Jones
Tazewell County Board of Supervisors
Tazewell County Public Service Authority
New Authority Board
Earl Griffith
Dan Bowling
Leon Yost
Bruce Compton
Bowling
Griffith
Yost
Board of Supervisors
At Tones
The
Jimmy
Authority
Tazewell County
Tazewell
PSA
Don Payne
Allen Hess
PSA Board
Baptist Valley Water Project
Rick Chitwood
Thompson
Litton
Chitwood
Bluefield Proclaims February Black History Month
Bluefield city board designates February as Black History Month with Rev Garry Moore presenting the proclamation. Bluefield State College representatives accept and outline events while Mayor Nelson Walker highlights the schedule. The meeting also marks National Groundhog Job Shadow Day and James Minter Day, plus updates on a demolition program and sidewalk clearing concerns.
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Bluefield
Garry Moore
Moore
Jackie Bratton
Tony Dillard
Bluefield State College
Bratton
Nelson Walker
Ollie Law
Walker
James Minter
Minter
Ron Crabtree
United Way to honor Virginia volunteers and workers
United Way of the Virginias will honor volunteers and fundraisers at an awards meeting at the Bluefield Holiday Inn. Ulysses Cundiff noted the theme People Helping People Right Here At Home, with 27 area agencies listed as beneficiaries. The event recognizes campaign co-chairs Danny and Lecia Smith and other division chairs, as plans for 2000 campaign are outlined. The group aims for self sustaining administration through an endowment program and ongoing fundraising through December and possibly March.
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Luefielder
United Way
Ulysses Cundiff
Frank Wilkinson
Bluefield Holiday Inn
Cundiff
Danny
Lecia Smith
American Red Cross
Athens
Black Diamond Girl Scout Council
Bland County
United Way of the
Virginias
Bill Craft
Craft
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George Santon
Santon
Greater Bluefield
John Nelson
Bluefield City
Dan Hampton
Martin Luther King Junior Bridge
Jimmy Jones
Crabtree
Tony Barbery
Daily Telegraph
Dale Carper
New Princeton
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