Cole Returns to Bluefield Mayor Post After Seven Years
Veteran Bluefield leader Paul Cole Jr. is sworn in as mayor, returning to the helm to finish Nelson Walker’s term. The board also discussed a $1.4 million bond plan to connect Brushfork area customers to the Sanitary Board system, ending a lagoon violation.
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Bluefield
Paul Cole, Jr
George McGonagle
Cole
McGonagle
Ollie Law
Doris Sue Kantor
Nelson Walker
Walker
Norris Kantor
Sanitary Board of
Brushfork
Sanitary Board
Kantor
Pride of Princeton honor to Jim Childers at West Point
Princeton WV native Jim Childers received a West Point tribute song titled Pride of Princeton and a complete set of arrangements for the USMA Band. He also got a CD and cassette, plus a certificate of appreciation signed by Lt General Daniel W. Christman.
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United States Military Academy
Childers
West Point
Princeton
Daniel W. Christman
Army
Egnor Hall
Hudson River
David H. Deitrick
South Ninth Street
Richard
John Cole
Four Seasons
Erma
Linda Short
Amy Burnette
Jim Childers
Douglas Richard
Rising fuel costs challenge West Virginia lawmakers
West Virginia legislators warn that surging fuel prices will affect four major state spenders, including county school boards and the Division of Highways. A budget briefing shows revenue to date $25.6 million below estimates as lawmakers prepare for the Sept. 1 filing deadline, with a 56 percent rise in fuel costs for school boards over the past year.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Joint Committee On Government and Finance
Aaron Allred
Division of Highways
Division of Purchasing and Higher Education
Allred
Watering Pea Patch: Residents Build Self-help Water System
In Grundy Virginia Buchanan County a mountaintop community Pea Patch residents form spark plugs volunteers to create a self help water project funded by federal sources. The effort will supply public drinking water to 42 families and one church marking a first in the coal mining era. Junior Hackworth and Ernest Breeden spearhead the drive with Hackworth set to have the second house connected vollenteers also worked on a similar project in Jewell Valley last year.
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Grundy
Pea Patch
Buchanan County
Junior Hackworth
Ernest Breeden
Hackworth
Naomi Bullion
Breeded
Jewell Valley
Zelphia Hackworth
Jewell
Board grants attorney full and open access to records
The Tazewell County School Board votes unanimously to give attorney Eugene Compton full access to all school records for potential litigation. Chairman Jan White declines comment on case specifics, says private student records not included. A second unanimous motion seeks an advance copy of the school system audit before the auditing firm appears.
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Board
Tazewell
Tazewell County
Eugene Compton
Tom Witten
Jan White
White
Northern District Board
Robert “Spot” Steele
Steele
Witten
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Ort Cros
Paul Cole
U.S. Military Academy
USMA
Virginia School Board Association
Manu
VSBA
Ben
Virginia
Joblfahrt
Golden Pond
Ernest Thompson
Days Inn
Wytheville
Diana Ross & the Supremes
Ross
SFX
Hartford
Conn
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