Appalachian Power seeks 24 percent rate hike in Virginia
Appalachian Power asks the Virginia State Corporation Commission to approve a nearly 24 percent increase, saying capital investments and environmental upgrades require higher returns. A residential 1000 kWh monthly bill would rise about $16.53 to $88.01, with a decision sought within 150 days.
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Appalachian Power
Virgina
The
State Corporation Commission
Dana Waldo
Apco
Shumate to headline Pocahontas Bluegrass Festival
Ali Shumate, Nashville recording artist, headlines the 2008 Pocahontas Bluegrass Festival at Gaza Kovach Auditorium Pocahontas High School, June 20 at 7 p.m. The event, a Lions Club fundraiser, features Bent Hickory Bluegrass Band, Country Pride Band, Ol Geezers and MC Larry Hypes. Shumate’s Heartbreak Train peaked at No 3 on Country Single Sales in 2007.
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Nashville
Ali Shumate
Gaza Kovach
Pocahontas High School
Pocahontas Lions Club
Shumate
Bent Hickory Bluegrass
Country Pride
Ol’ Geezers
Larry Hypes
Honakers
Pocahontas Opera House
Red Cross to honor Saunders as Hometown Hero
Mel Saunders of Bluefield, Mercer County, long time city recycling coordinator and former Beaver Band director, will be named Bluefield Hometown Hero by the Red Cross for donating over 188 pints of blood since 1970 starting in Roanoke Virginia while finishing a physics assignment.
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American Red Cross
Mercer County
Mel Saunders
City of
Bluefield
Bluefield High School
Beaver
Red Cross
Saunders
Jefferson High School
Roanoke
Wildcats
Fast River Mountain
Bluefield Fine Arts Commission
Chicory Square
Bluestone Wildcats
Dr. C
Stuart McGehee
Bob McGraw
Doug Jones
Kevin Colley
Nat Reese
Princeton
Lady D
West Virginia
Soul
Central Florida award honors Beaver mentor Ivan Repass
Elizabeth Gearheart sent a clipping noting Boone High School coach Ivan Repass is honored with an annual Ivan Repass Award for athletic leadership. The feature highlights Repass's legacy as a legendary basketball coach and the family connection to Brig. Gen. Mike Repass and military service. Other notes mention Virginia Tech award winner Dr John Casali and a Bluefield arts program.
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Mike Repass
William R. Boone High School
West Point
U.S. Army Special Services
General Repass
Command Europe
Stuttgart
Germany
Gearheart
Buchalter
Ivan Repass
Boone High School
BHS
Union Street
Bluefield
Drum & Bugle Corps
General Boone
Boone
BHS Sports Hall of Fame
Skip
Joe
Bill
Joe Oliver
Ron Karkovice
Paul Wilson
Ericka Dunlap
Beaver
Jack Sarver
Webster Carroll
Uganda
Africa
Sarver
Carroll
William Dole
Blacksburg
John G. Casali
Virginia Tech
National Hearing Association
Association
Portland
Ore
Casali
U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory
Fort Rucker
Ala
Radford Army Ammunition Plant
VPI Army Reserve Officers Training Corps
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By Bill Archer
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Hero
Bill Archer
Central Florida Athletic Award
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Tony Casali
Welch Daily News
Daily Telegraph
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Glenwood Park
Betty Ireland
Republican Executive Committee
Lincoln Reagan
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