385 doctors let licenses lapse in West Virginia
Charleston AP reports more than 300 physicians did not renew their licenses after a new $1,000 assessment to fund a physicians mutual, with Executive Director Ronald Walton noting many let licenses lapse to avoid the fee. The board may lose at least $38,500 in revenue from nonrenewals.
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West Virginia
Physicians Insurance Mutual
State Board of Medicine
Ronald Walton
Walton
Physicians Mutual
Mutual
Board of Risk and Insurance
Board of Medicine
Harrisonburg Man Identified After Beach Tragedy
A body found in the Atlantic Ocean was identified as Harrisonburg resident Spencer Carter, 48, who disappeared Sunday while swimming with family near Virginia Beach. Rescue efforts were halted by a thunderstorm. a separate note reports Fish and Wildlife Service grants funding habitat protection for bats and Virginia sneezeweed, including purchases in Augusta and Tazewell Counties.
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Atlantic Ocean
Harrisonburg
Spencer Carter
Jimmy Barnes
Carter
Barnes
Richmond
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Virginia
Mount Joy Church Pond
Augusta County
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
West Virginia
West Virginia Cave Conservancy
Tazewell County
McDowell Plans Reapply for 4.5 Million Sewage Grant
McDowell County officials seek a $4.5 million grant from the Economic Development Authority to build a sewage treatment plant for Northfork Kimball and Keystone after floods in 2001 and 2002 and a federal court order. If awarded funding construction would begin linking Welch and nearby towns. awards expected later this year. Charles Owens at cowens bottonline.com.
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McDowell County
Northfork
Kimball
Keystone
Econonomic Development Authority
County Commission
Gordon Lambert
Lambert
Elkhorn
Maybeury
Gary
Bradshaw
War
Commission
Region 1 Planning Commission
Princeton
Charles Owens
Cowens
Bottonline
Sunny McDowell County Fair Opens Under Clear Skies
Linda Vance hopes for a sunny festival week as the fifth annual McDowell County Fair opens at Gary Football Field. Gates run daily from 3 pm to 11 am Saturday, with Cole Chevrolet Cadillac Day featuring a sock hop and 50s 60s music. Events include archery, baby contest, dog show, karaoke, bake contests, talent shows, and a fireworks finale. Charles Owens coordinates the schedule.
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Linda Vance
McDowell County
Gary
Vance
Cole Chevrolet Cadillac
Chicago Jim
Amber Davis
Jimmy Robinette
Delbert Kiser
Penny Justus
Brock Whitt
Joe Ford
Charles Owens
Cowens
Bottonline
Princeton city manager reports strong fiscal year and new projects
Princeton officials praised a strong fiscal year ending June 30 with revenues at 114 percent and expenditures at 83 percent, ending 21.31 percent ahead of estimates. Funding will boost services, including a $325,000 allocation to the Rescue Squad and $60,000 to Princeton baseball, plus disposal and storage upgrades at the fire department and a new composting initiative at the Mercer County Landfill. The city also approved relocating a donated paint-shop building for fire department use and reappointed library and sanitary board members.
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Douglas Freeman
Will Stafford
Stafford
Freeman
Dewey Russell
Ron Lively
B&o
Princeton Baseball
First Community Bank
West Virginia Department of Highways
Ingleside Road
Stafford Drive
Russell
Mercer County
Raleigh County
Lively
Emily Holroyd
Charlie Weikle
Connie Clay
Princeton Recreation Center
Energy Express
Kenna Amos
Kamos
Techprep camp opens for students in Southwest Va
Southwest Virginia Community College hosts the sixth annual tech prep camp in ICHLANDS VA for 55 high school students from Tazewell Buchanan Dickenson and Russell counties. The week covers career assessment goal planning and hands on projects in business communications engineering and health technologies with nine veteran counselors and daily sessions 9 am to 1 pm. Transportation is provided by area public school systems and Community Home Care Services of Richlands supplies T shirts. Charles Owens at cowens bottonline com can be contacted for details.
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Tazewell
Buchanan
Dickenson
Russell
Southwest Virginia Community College
Tom Witten
Witten
Mike Goins
Community Home Care Services of
Richlands
Charles Owens
Cowens
Bottonline
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Imber
John Nelson
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Far Left
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Robby Poszich
James Proffitt
Graham
Bluefield
Techprep
Southwest
Boorkkeeping
Microsoft
Eee
Comprehensive Cancer Services
HCA Hospitals
Clinchvalle
Edicamcent
Clinch Valley Medical Center
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