Fiber-optic backbone eyed to boost Southwest Virginia region
A proposed 51 mile fiber optic backbone linking Russell and Tazewell counties via Abingdon and the Cumberland Plateau Regional Industrial Park would use a 1.655 million dollar federal grant to install high bandwidth fiber along existing AEP lines. The project aims to attract tech firms and create information age jobs, with a future phase extending toward Bluefield.
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Tazewell
Virginia
U.S. Department of Commerce
Economic Development Administration
Cumberland Plateau
Bristol Virginia Utilities Board
Abingdon
Route
Russell County
Lebanon
U.S
Richlands
Claypool Hill
Bluefield
Tazewell County
Jim Spencer
Margie Bandy
Boucher
Bible Verse Quotation Appears in Telegraph Masthead
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph staff lists editors and leaders including News Editor State Editor Sports Editor Randy Deason Publisher Thomas Colley Executive Editor Samantha Perry Managing Editor. A religious quotation from Matthew 20 33 34 appears in the masthead.
Wise pushes workers' comp reforms in Princeton town meeting
Gov. Wise and Workers' Comp Director Greg Burton urged business leaders and citizens in Princeton to back a proposal to overhaul West Virginia's Workers' Compensation System ahead of a special legislative session. They highlighted a task force plan, financial fixes, and the push for an independent agency while stressing the need to address short term deficits before any privatization.
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West Virginia
Bob Wise
Greg Burton
Princeton
Wise
Princeton Public Library
Burton
Mercer County
Gov. Wise
Del
Don Caruth
R-Mercer
Letter to the Editor criticizes Bush policies and Iraq war
Kenneth W. Necessary of Tannersville Virginia argues that America should prioritize domestic needs over funding Afghanistan and Iraq. He accuses George Bush of misusing power for oil interests, questions the war’s legitimacy, and laments medical liability reform while urging support for troops without supporting the president.
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George Bush
Afghanistan
Iraq
Bush
Natalie Maines
Bushie
Osama bin Laden
Iraqi Freedom
Saddam Hussein
Texas
United Nations
Washington
Kenneth W. Necessary
Tannersville, Va
The fallacy of exit exams in public schooling
Dan Thomasson argues exit exams assume all students learn at the same level and that teachers teach with equal skill. He notes the unfair pressure, the narrow test scope, and the risk of social stigma, urging diploma validity for four years of work and questioning the system's dependence on standardized testing. He cites first generation Americans and Hoover as illustrative examples.
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Ashington
Herbert Hoover
Stanford
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Bluefield Baily Telegraph
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Thomas A. Colley
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Dan Thomasson
Dan K. Thomasson
Scripps Howard News Service
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