Passenger on motorcycle killed in Wythe crash
Wythe County deputies investigate a Saturday two motorcycle crash that killed Candice Faithe Aker a 19 year old Wytheville passenger. Aker was aboard a 2007 Kawasaki driven by Michael C. Tabor 23 of Radford. The other rider was a Wytheville man with an unknown age riding a 2008 Yamaha. Aker died at Roanoke Memorial Hospital at 11 26 p m after airlift from Wythe County Community Hospital. The 2 44 p m accident on Stoney Fork Road remains under investigation.
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Wytheville
Candice Faithe Aker
John Thompson
Wythe County
County Community Hospital
Roanoke Memorial Hospital
Thompson
Roanoke Memorial
Stoney Fork Road
Bill Archer
Barcher
Bottonline
Virginia lawmakers oppose APCO rate hike plan
Bipartisan Virginia legislators from Southwest and Southside schedule two press conferences in Abingdon at 11 a.m. and Wytheville at 1 30 p.m. to oppose Appalachian Power Co. rate increase. They urge public comments at the SCC hearing and note APCO's recent 19 percent hike and proposed 10 12 or 13 percent raise to cover fuel and environmental costs.
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Southwest
Virginia
Abingdon
Wytheville
Appalachian Power Co
Phillip P Puckett
D-Russell
APCO
Puckett
TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority
Roscoe Reynolds
Martinsville
William C. Wampler
Bristol
Ward Armstrong
Henry
House
Daniel C
Dan” Bowling
D-Tazewell
Bill Carrico
R-Grayson
Anne B. Crockett-Stark
R-Wythe
Joseph P Johnson Jr
Washington
Terry G. Kilgore
R-Scott
Danny Marshall III
Danville
Donald Merricks
Dave Nutter
R Montgomery
Clarence E
Bud” Phillips
Charles Poindexter
Franklin
Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
Partnership Circle
Wythe County
Daniel Carson Jr
Carson
Virginia State Corporation Commission
SCC
Bill Archer
Barcher
Bdtonline
Fountain Dedication Honors Late Educator Rhonda Linkous
About 60 people gathered at the Bland Road Oakhurst Avenue intersection for a dedication of the Rhonda Grace Linkous Memorial Fountain. Speakers praised Linkous as a devoted teacher and community volunteer who died of cancer in March 2006. city leaders and family members attended.
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Bluefield
Bland Road
Oakhurst Avenue
Rhonda Grace Linkous
Robbie Linkous
Rhonda Linkous
Bluefield High School
Concord University
Virginia Tech
Covington
James River High School
Buchanan
Linkous
American Cancer Society
Relay For Life
Roanoke
Jaycees
Gail Satterfield
Kim Tinder
Tinder
Linda Whalen
Rhonda
Whalen
East River Mountain Garden Club
Bluefield Beautification Commission
Gail
Ron Satterfield
George McGonagle
Grubb
Ward II to IV unopposed and listed candidates
Princeton election update notes Marshall Lytton runs unopposed. Ward II At Large includes Dewey Large of Valley View Street and Anita Skeens- Caldwell of Thorn Street. Ward III lists Chris Stanley of South 9th Street and John Garfield Mathena of Bluefield Avenue. Ward IV lists Chad Skeens- Caldwell of Thorn Street and Tim Ealy of Butler Street.
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Marshall Lytton
Dewey Large
Valley View Street
Anita Skeens- Caldwell
Thorn Street
Chris Stanley
South 9Th Street
John Garfield Mathena
Bluefield Avenue
Chad Skeens-Caldwell
Tim Ealy
Butler Street
Black Lung help session in Bluefield at federal building
A U S Department of Labor representative will assist current or applying Federal Black Lung Benefits recipients from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Elizabeth Ree Federal Building Bluefield 601 Federal St Room 3002. Call (304) 325-2164 to ensure a representative is present or (800) 347-3749 for district office assistance.
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Bluefield
U. S. Department of Labor
Federal Building
Elizabeth Ree Federal Building
Federal St
Friends of Craft Memorial Library Host Book Sale
The Friends of the Craft Memorial Library in Bluefield will hold a book sale on Wednesday upstairs in the Activities Room from 10 30 a m to 6 p m featuring gently used paperbacks and hardbacks across topics. Proceeds support library needs not funded in the budget. Call (304) 325 3943 for information.
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Bluefield
Friends of the Craft Memorial Library
Commerce St
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