Robb seeks highway funds for Coalfields Expressway
U S Senator Chuck Robb requests 50 million dollars in the 2001 Transportation Appropriations bill to fund the Coalfields Expressway linking I 77 in West Virginia through Dickenson Buchanan and Wise counties in Virginia. WV bids open Tuesday for adjacent project near Welch Indian Ridge Industrial Park in McDowell County.
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Chuck Robb
D-Va
Senate
Virginia
Dickenson
Buchanan
Wise
West Virginia
Robb
Federal Highway Administration
West Virginia Division of Highways
McDowell County
Indian Ridge
Welch
Sen
Richard Selby
Frank Lautenberg
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee On Transportation
Robert C
Byrd
D-Wv
SummerFest 2000 crowds break Princeton festival records
Crowd energy surges at SummerFest 2000 in Princeton Mercer County with George Lanton of the Chamber noting tremendous participation. Events at Princeton City Park run Friday through Sunday with bands, talent shows, Miss Summer-Fest 2000 Jessica Rae Wolfe crowned, and activities at Music in the Square and the Recreation Department drawing large crowds.
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Princeton-Mercer County
Lanton
Princeton Recreation Department
Princeton
Jessica Rae Wolfe
L.J. Pace
Estelle Finkelman
Retailers doubt Gore tobacco tax plan will curb smoking
Bluefield retailers say a proposed federal tax increase on cigarettes will not alter smoking habits. They note WV taxes total 51 cents per pack and a carton costs about $11 more with the added federal levy. They warn the plan would hurt low income buyers while Gore argues it will cut teenage smoking and save lives.
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al Gore
West Virginia
Sarver Candy Company
Jack Sarver
Gore
Clinton
Hatfields and McCoys Gather for Pikeville Reunion
Hatfield and McCoy descendants arrive in Pikeville Kentucky for a three day joint family reunion aimed at tourism boosts and ending stereotypes of Appalachia. War memories fade as relatives greet, plan tours, bluegrass events, lectures and friendly games.
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Ney
Ohio
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Tryon
Okla
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Texarkana
Texas
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Pittsburgh
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Hills of Kentucky
Sherrie Johnson
Ray
Sharon
Muskegon
Mich
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