Bears Move Closer in Front Royal Neighborhood
In Front Royal Virginia residents report an uptick in black bear activity blamed on neighbors feeding the animals. One dog was killed by a female bear after approaching cubs and several yards have been forced to remove a pool due to repeated bear damage. Experts urge securing trash pets and removing birdseed, plus using noise to deter bears.
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Ront Royal
Sugar Hiserman
Browntown Road
Hiserman
Stoney
Art
Jim Wingate
Wingate
Dennis Martin
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
Department
Verona
Martin
Friends rally behind Andrea Yates amid drowning case
In Houston, supporters of Andrea Yates defend her while highlighting postpartum depression as a factor. Neighbors and relatives describe her as a devoted mother who reportedly suffered a severe mood disorder after the deaths of five children, prompting calls for understanding rather than quick judgments.
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Houston
Andrea Yates
Terry Arnold
Yates
Noah
Russell
John
Paul
Luke
Mary
Clear Lake
Clear Lake Church of Christ
Patricia Salas
King family memories and calls for education reform
The interview recalls Coretta Scott King era and family routines as SCLC president Martin Luther King III discusses parental role models and discipline. He urges educators to include diversity in curricula and teach children how to interact with police to curb racial profiling. he became SCLC president on January 15, 1998, his father’s birthday.
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King
SCLC
East River Red Cross Chapter budgets and outcomes
The East River Chapter serves over 200 000, budgets 306 000 including 109 652 from grants for HIV Aids education. It ranks third in military cases with 164 and holds fourth in first aid CPR with 4 983 while reaching 7 349 in AIDS HIV classifications. Other chapters show varied budgets and rankings across Charleston Huntington Parkersburg Wheeling Morgantown and Raleigh County.
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Charleston
Huntington
Parkersburg
Wheeling
Bluefield
Eharleston
Morgantown
Red Cross
Mercer
Raleigh County
East River
Raleigh
SVCC Governor's School Expands Rural Learning Program
Eighty high school juniors from Tazewell Dickenson Buchanan and Russell counties join a statewide governor's school program run by SVCC. They study 8 a.m. to 3 20 p.m. with field work on the Powell River Project exploring sewage sludge treated plots versus untreated land, using GPS and total stations to map trees and collect soil samples. The project aims to aid small farmers coal firms and land-revegetation efforts while offering trips to UVA Virginia Beach Norfolk VA Tech and other sites. For info contact Lester at 540 964 7549.
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Department of Nation
Tazewell
Dickenson
Buchanan
Russell County
Lester
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Virginia Air & Space Museum
Norfolk Naval Base
Bush Gardens
Smokies
Va. Tech
Powell River
Wytheville Chautauqua Races Highlight Local Return
The annual Willis Chiropractic series drew runners from Independence and Radford with Hobbie Dupuis, a former Wytheville resident, among participants. The nine day Chautauqua event, in its 17th year, blends town festivals and stage performances while vendors and crafts decorated the lawn as spectators enjoyed the spring weather.
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Willis Chiropractic
Bmrir
Inependence
Radford
Hobbie Dupuis
Wyth
Greensboro
N.C
Dupuis
Sis
Wytheville
Judy Willis
Glenna Turner
Homestead Tax Exemptions Guide In Mercer County
Mercer County Assessor Bill Blankenship urges July through September as the window to apply for Homestead Exemptions. Eligible residents include those over 65 or disabled as defined by medical or legal status, with exemptions on the first 20 000 of assessed value.
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Mercer County
Bill Blankenship
West Virginia
Blankenship
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Front Royal
Russell Yates
Arnold
Maxwell
Mercer County Assessor's
Mercer County Assessor
Lowrie R. Glasgow
M.D
Digestive Disease Center
Cherry Street
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