Community mourns loss of 8 year old boy in freak sledding accident
In McDowell County neighbors rally around Bill Miller and the family of Ryan Overstreet after the third grader at Gary Elementary died from a shattered window injury while sledding. Miller paid Ryan to shovel snow, and residents describe the boy as cheerful. Police officer David Callahan said God needed a good little kid in a cold, shaken community.
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Clinton bids $350 billion tax cut in farewell State of the Union
President Clinton unveiled a $350 billion tax cut and large spending boosts for schools and health care in his farewell State of the Union address to Congress. He touted U S prosperity while urging an election-year Congress to pursue bold goals, facing Republican ridicule but potential collaboration on education and health care.
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BRMC Hopes to Cut Losses Amid Fiscal Watch
BRMC reports a 2.9 million dollar loss for the first six months of fiscal 2000 but projects reducing the deficit to about 2 million by June 30. President Eugene Pawlowski says the hospital is taking corrective steps, cites warm autumn affecting revenue, but expects stronger patient volume in January through March and aims to be in the black by end of 2001. The DO IT initiative guides cost controls amid 1998 Balanced Budget Act impacts.
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Area airports see passenger loads surge after Colgan Air deal
Officials said Mercer County Airport passenger load rose about 20 percent while Raleigh County Airport nearly doubled since Colgan Air was named a US Airways Express Carrier. The after hours gathering included US Airways, Colgan Air, and the Greater Bluefield and Princeton Mercer chambers to celebrate the marketing agreement taking effect December 11.
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AEP line crew families cope with outages far from home
The Reed family and other relatives of Princeton AEP linemen say they are proud to cope as crews travel to North Carolina to restore power for Duke Power customers. Christie Reed notes her husband Mike Reed has faced multiple callouts. She expresses pride in the crews for helping each other in danger-filled, demanding work.
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