Sleepless Nights With a Life Saving Heart Monitor
Avonville parents Lisa and Dennis Payne rely on a heart monitor for nine week old Jeremy Ray after he stopped breathing nine times since April 21. The device guards against crib death while the family battles medical bills and uncertainty.
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Avondale
Lisa Payne
Dennis
Jeremy Ray
Jeremy
Lisa
Welch Hospital
McDowell County
Paynes
Mrs. Payne
McDowell plans 17 layoffs amid county financial strain
County assessor Albert Falvo informed the County Commission on Friday of plans to terminate 17 employees two office deputies and 15 field deputies effective June 30 due to financial difficulties. The commission did not act as Falvo did not attend. The meeting also discussed insurance for 10 sheriff cars, possible lease Termination of current agreements, and personnel changes including the dismissal of correctional officer Geneva Robinetter and hiring of Charles Donald Cox. About 20 residents attended Mercer County anti litter event near Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Camper
Commission
Surance
Whitley
Ford Motor Credit Corporation
R.J. Allen
Earl Yeager
B.G. Smith
Yeager
Geneva Robinette
Ms. Robinette
Ms. Robinetter
Charles Donald Cox
Cox
Welch Gas Co-Op
Jennings Boyd
Experts predict Va tax benefits from Reagan reform
Virginia officials say the state treasury would gain if Congress passes the president’s tax reform, provided Virginia law does not offset the effects. Economists note conformity to federal rules means Virginia returns would rise with federal tax changes, as itemized deductions for state and local taxes may be eliminated under the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Treasury
Reagan
General Assembly
Virginia
Stuart Carter
Research Department
State Department of Taxation
Donald J. Finley
Finance
State Treasury
Carter
Finley
Charles S. Robb
Senate Finance Committee
John Knapp
Tayloe Murphy Institute
Charlottesville
Economic Seminar draws 100 attendees at Pipestein Park
More than 100 people registered for the Regional Economic Development Seminar at Pipestein State Park on Tuesday. The event, sponsored by GOECD, features sessions on new programs, financing opportunities, and targeted workshops for workers compensation unemployment community development training and small and minority business service with leaders from GOECD WVEDA and the Tax Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Cecil
Daily Telegraph
Pipestein State Park
Tom Dalesio
Dalesio
Greater Bluefield
John G. Redline
Governor's Office of Economic and Community Development
Office of Community and Industrial Development
West Virginia
Patrick C. Graney III
Patricia Keeler
West Virginia Economic Development Authority
Joe Beary
WVEDA
Redline
Dudley
Graney
Michael E. Caryl
Virginia Highlands Travel Association unveils 1985 events calendar
The Virginia Highlands Travel Association released its first major project a 1985 calendar of nearly 100 events across 13 counties in southwestern Virginia. It lists activities in more than 30 towns with contact phone numbers and will be distributed at state welcome centers and city offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Cecil
Daily Telegraph
Virginia Highlands Travel Association
Virginia Highlands
Virginia
Lesniak
Linda Baltimore
VATA
Pat Hendricks Wolford
Abingdon
Ms. Wolford
William King Arts Center
Ms. Baltimore
VHTA
Jim Watts
Cadets plead guilty in JMU dorm fire extinguisher theft
Virginia Military Institute cadets Mark Wendell Jackson and Kenneth Brian Cade pleaded guilty to trespass in Rockingham County for breaking into a James Madison University dorm and stealing a fire extinguisher. Each was fined 1000 dollars, ordered to 200 hours of community service, and placed on a year of probation. They were dismissed from VMI and may seek readmission at the board of visitors meeting in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg
Virginia Military Institute
James Madison University
Mark Wendell Jackson
Bozeman
Mont
Kenneth Brian Cade
Pulaski
Rockingham County General District Court
Jackson
Cade
University of Virginia
Navy Flight School
Pensacola
Fla
VMI
Board of Visitors
O. Lawrence Burnette Jr
Patterns mirror 1921 West Virginia mine war author says
Lon Savage, author and Virginia Tech executive, compares today’s southern West Virginia coal mine troubles and injuries to the 1921 Mingo County rebellion. He recounts how UMW supporters, federal and state forces fought, bringing echoes of past violence and enduring miner resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blacksburg
West Virginia-Kentucky
Lon Savage
Savage
West
U.S. Senate
Joe W. Savage
West Virginia
Jalamap Publications Inc
South Charleston
David Rice
Jalamap
Appalachian Mountains
Kentucky-West Virginia
A.T. Massey Coal Co
UMW
Massey
Blackberry Creek
Union
Charleston
W.va
Virginia Tech
Sid Hatfield
McDowell County
Mingo County
Hatfield
Logan
Ephraim F. Morgan
Robert McCoy Jr
Matewan
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Garret Mathews
McDowell Assessor
Mary Wasilewski
The
Princeton
Mercer County
Winifrey
Eo Erie
Brady
Shrewsbury
Rudolph Jennings
Knapp
Travel Association
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