Senate approve 135 billion tax cuts in bipartisan vote
The Senate passed 135 billion in tax cuts 80 to 18 aimed at families with children students and investors. It expands IRA eligibility and would raise cigarette taxes to fund health care for uninsured children. Majority Leader Lott described it as a bipartisan milestone as talks with the White House proceed.
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Lightning knocks out power in Bluefield area
A lightning strike hit a transformer bank, cutting power to 296 AEP customers in Montrosse Street Bluefield and Hales Bottom Falls Mills from about 8:30 to 10:15 p.m. Thursday. Workers arriving Friday found a water leak causing extensive damage to offices in the Bluefield-Beckley division headquarters, housed in the Bailey Building on Bland Street, a structure built in 1923 with historic ties.
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Great Pocahontas Coal Operators Association
Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency
Weekend Community Events and Blood Drive Schedules
Saturday features a horse show at Spanishburg School hosted by the Mercer County Horsemen Association with a one dollar admission. A Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit old Matoaka Elementary on Monday noon to five and Bluefield Youth Center on Thursday noon to six, with a second Bloodmobile at Union Rescue Squad during the same hours. The Southern Highlands Community Mental Health Center board meets Tuesday evening at the Princeton facility. The Retired Railroad Club gathers Thursday at 12:30 p.m. at Western Sizzlin in Bluefield Virginia. Weather ahead is mostly sunny with highs in the lower 80s and tonight's lows upper 50s to lower 60s.
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American Red Cross Bloodmobile
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Railroad Club
Western Sizzlin
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American Red Cross
Stadium Drive
Union Rescue Squad
Vansant to Tockland four-lane project completed
State and local officials join residents in Buchanan County for a ribbon cutting at Vansant Elementary School marking the completion of U S Route 460 widening from Vansant to Tockland. The mile-long project cost 17 952 000 including engineering and right of way with construction finished this month.
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Tockland
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Jackie Stump
Calvin Ward
Virginia Department of Transportation
Tion
Brenda Waters
VDOT
Alan Sumpter
Lottery profits fund education and senior programs in WV
The West Virginia Lottery projects 1997 fiscal year sales at 242 million with a 17 million surplus and record profits for education senior citizens and tourism. Video lottery and instant and computer games share roughly one third each of sales with 93 million returned to players and 57 million in commissions to retailers.
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West Virginia
John Musgrave
Musgrave
Anyalance
Virginia Lottery funds education across counties
Virginia Lottery allocates about 35 cents of every dollar to the General Fund for K through 12 education. For 1997 net profits, about $331 million is anticipated, with local county funding based on final enrollment counts. County allocations include Tazewell 27,268,370 and Wythe 14,547,591 dollars, among others. The Literary Fund uses unclaimed prizes over 25 dollars for low interest construction loans.
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Kelly Richards
State Department of Education
Lottery
Ed Scarborough
Tazewell County
Wythe County
Bland County
Buchanan County
Giles County
Chilton Research Services
Virginia
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