Richlands Festival Kicks Off At High School Complex
The Greater Richlands Area Festival and James H. Drew Exposition and Carnival opened Tuesday at 4 p.m. at the Richlands High School complex. The five day event features daily activities and special events, with the carnival operating 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. daily through Friday and 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, sponsored in part by the Richlands Area Chamber of Commerce.
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Eric DiNovo
Greater Richlands Area
James H. Drew
Richlands High School
Richlands Area
Republicans win Virginia House seat in special election
Randy Forbes defeats Louise Lucas to claim the open Virginia seat in a special election. Forbes nets 70,926 votes 52 percent to Lucas 48 percent with turnout around 38 percent. The race, marked by negative ads and racial tensions, was seen as a Bush administration bellwether.
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Richmond
U.S. House of Representatives
Randy Forbes
Louise Lucas
Virginia
Forbes
Lucas
Norman Sisisky
Earley unveils education plan in Virginia
Republican candidate Mark Earley pledged to raise teacher pay to the national average cut class sizes and fund college student teachers with loans. He spoke at Liberty University to 830 Boys State delegates promising a $1 billion bond package for Virginia colleges and universities.
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Lynchburg
Mark L. Earley
Virginia
Earley
Liberty University
Jerry Falwell
Boys State Conference On Government
Dream of Sanders House preservation coming true
Bluefield Virginia, the Sanders House in Bluefield spans two states and counties as the Graham Historical Society moves from dream to plan. Jacque Oblinger, Sanders House Center Project marketing director, told the Bluefield Rotary Club the goal is to restore six rooms to their Sanders family era and create an Eastern Gateway linking Virginia and West Virginia based on local railroad and coal heritage.
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Bluefield
Graham Historical Society
Sanders
Jacque Oblinger
Rotary Club
Holiday Inn
Virginia
West Virginia
Oblinger
James Sanders
Leatherwood Corporation
Sanders House
Sanders House Center
Bluefield Rotary Club
Volunteers aid Passport project cleaning eight Mercer homes
About 160 teenagers and adults from Kentucky, Louisiana, and Georgia, aided by the Mercer County Salvation Army, will clean, paint, and improve four Bluefield and four Princeton homes. The effort targets seniors and the less fortunate, including yard cleanup, grass cutting, and debris removal.
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Rinceton
Mercer County
Kentucky
Louisiana
Georgia
Mercer County Salvation Army
Bob Mullins
Salvation Army
Bluefield
Princeton
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