Concord College study touts lower costs and strong outcomes
Beasley highlights Concord College as a cost effective option with strong graduate placement and high work ethic among students. He contrasts with private rivals noting lower tuitions, 82 percent of students work while studying, and good retention linked to faculty resources. He urges redefining college value beyond dollars spent.
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Concord
Roanoke College
Mary Baldwin College
Virginia
Emory & Henry University
Columbia College
Beasley
Concord College
U.S. News & World Report
Rocket Boys legacy fuels Coalwood restoration effort
West Virginia leaders celebrated Rocket Boys Day in McDowell County as author Homer Hickam donated $10,000 to the Cape Coalwood Restoration Association. Funds back park and trail upgrades, museum renovations, a bed and breakfast, store and shop restorations, roads, a sewer system, and turning the Cape Coalwood launch site into a tourist spot. Hickam heads on a national book tour for Back to the Moon and works on A Coalwood Christmas due in fall 2000.
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Underwood
Peggy Blevins
Cape Coalwood Restoration Association
Rocket Boys
Coal Company Club
Sputnik
Hickam
McDowell County
Hatfield and McCoy
Pick Helton
Helton
Heat records fall as Bluefield hits new highs
Bluefield saw 86 degrees on Thursday, two below the 88 degree 1966 record, while the day tied the 1985 record at 86. On Monday June 6 a new high of 85 broke the 83 degree 1984 mark. Chamber of Commerce officials said they’re ready to pass out lemonade if the 90 degree threshold is reached.
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Bluefield
Local woman pushes for heart center in Bluefield area
Two McDowell County women helped place signs across North Side South Bluefield and nearby streets as civic activist Littlejohn urges a regional heart center at BRMC. She cites long travel times, travel costs, and stress for patients needing heart treatment and argues a local facility could save lives.
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East End
Frederick Street
Augusta Street
Cumberland Road
McDowell County
Littlejohn
BRMC
Heart Center
Woman Indicted in Case of Boyfriend Slaying in Wise
A Wise Circuit Court grand jury indicted 33 year old Deborah Sue Green for first degree murder in the March 24 fatal shooting of her boyfriend 56 year old Charles Henry Bradley. Green said Bradley threw her against a bookcase before the shooting. Authorities found 64 shell casings at the scene.
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Wise
Deborah Sue Green
Charles Henry Bradley
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