Court orders VMI to admit women or lose funds
The Supreme Court 7-1 ruling requires Virginia Military Institute to admit women or forfeit state funding, targeting a 157-year male-only tradition and signaling broader protections against sex discrimination. The decision also implications for The Citadel and similar programs. Justice Ginsburg states the goal of producing citizen-soldiers justifies equal access to VMI-quality education.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Virginia Military Institute
Citadel
South Carolina
VMI
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ginsburg
Virginia
Kevin Henderson
McLean
The
Military School
Lexington
Henderson
U.S. Supreme Court
Virginia Tech professor studies Unabomber wooden boxes
Virginia Tech wood sciences professor Mark White explains the Unabomber used boxes from Midwestern cottonwood to West Coast redwood. He aided FBI analysts in Washington in 1995 by examining bomb remnants and wood fragments, while Theodore Kaczynski pleaded innocent in California court.
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Lacksburg
Midwest
U.S
Virginia Tech Wood Sciences
Mark White
FBI
White
Theodore Kaczynski
California
FBI Labs
Washington
Tech
Business After Hours at Mercer County Airport
5:30 to 7:30 p.m. event hosted by Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce at Mercer County Airport with Bluestone CVB Colgan Air AAA Travel Full Circle Travel and Mullens Travel. Admission $5 and a business card. Reservations at 304 327 7184. Friday June 28 Red Cross Bloodmobile at Princeton Community Hospital near the emergency room. Pre-register at 487 7283. bring ID.
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Greater Bluefield
Red Cross Bloodmobile
Princeton Community Hospital
Sunny to warm day with mild night skies
A weather package notes today will be mostly sunny with highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s. Tonight turns partly cloudy with lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s. Weather package A-10.
WV Daily 3 Daily 4 Pick 4 tips line
A note advises readers in Mercer to Greenbrier counties to call a toll free BDT tip line for news. The message also mentions regional coverage areas and references daily number games Pick 3 and Pick 4.
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Mercer, Tazewell
Bland
Monroe
Summers
Fayette
Greenbrier Counties
Allen plans announcement from new law school in Grundy
Virginia Governor George Allen is expected to announce details Friday about the Appalachian School of Law moving to Grundy Virginia from Norton. A press conference at 10 a.m. will follow a 9 45 a.m. start on the Grundy campus with Jessie White of the Appalachian Regional Commission in attendance.
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Grundy
Appalachian School of Law
Virginia
George Allen
Law School
ASL
Allen
Jessie White
Appalachian Regional Commission
Buchanan County
Norton
Water project breaks ground in Bluefield Divides area
Ground-breaking ceremonies for a safe drinking water project in Bluefield Divides will begin at 10:30 a.m. along U.S. Route 460 near Ruby's Motel. Tazewell County Public Service Authority, joined by county officials, will start construction immediately, laying 12,000 plus feet of pipeline to extend county water from Lowe's and Comfort Inn to Lakeview Subdivision and beyond toward Springville.
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Bluefield
Tazewell County Public Service Authority
Ruby’s Motel
PSA
Jim Spencer
Country Store
U.S. Route 460
Lowe’s and
Comfort Inn
Lakeview
Springville
Claypool Hill
Terrorist attack rocks Dharan as U S counts dead and wounded
U S Secretary of State Warren Christopher visits survivors in Dharan Saudi Arabia after a truck bombing. King Fahd offers condolences and a 2.7 million dollar reward for those responsible. The blast killed at least 19 Americans and wounded hundreds across a military housing area. Saudi security seals off the scene while rescue teams search debris. Flags at the White House and overseas installations drop to half staff. The number of injured ranges from 270 to 386 with 147 Saudis among the injured.
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U.S
Warren Christopher
Dhahran
Saudi Arabia
U.S. Air Force
Al-Saud
Persian Gulf
Fahd
United States
Washington
White House
Oklahoma City
Pentagon
Bluefield Sanitary Board backs Divides sewer plan contract
The Bluefield Sanitary Board authorized its attorney to draft a contract with the Tazewell County PSA and the Tazewell County Board of Supervisors to extend sewer lines to the Divides area. The draft will be reviewed before July 17, with PSC rate rules guiding any agreement and concerns from the Tazewell side about rate structures and control of extensions.
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Bluefield
Campbell
Katz, Kantor, Perkins and Campbell
Tazewell
Sanitary Board
Tazewell County
PSA
Jim Spencer
Tom
Bowen
Jimmy Jones
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Princeton Reds
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Bill Archer
Karl Miller
Princeton Times
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Jim Terry
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