Residents rally behind Buchanan General OB unit petition
Standing room only at the Grundy Community Center as residents voice strong support for Buchanan General Hospital's petition to establish a new obstetrics unit. Speakers highlight travel burdens, emergency concerns, and community need, with over 3,000 petitions and 200 letters backing the effort. The panel will review the final proposal before the April 5 Roanoke decision.
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Grundy
Grundy Community Center
Buchanan General Hospital
Angela Baldwin
Abingdon
Jackie Thornberry
Buchanan General
Darrel Davis
Steve Paris
Buchanan County
Kelly Mays
Colleen Oppenheimer
Health Planning Agency of
Southwest Virginia
Roanoke
George Craft
Buchanan Generals Hospital
Randy Brown
Coalfields Expressway bids eyed for three counties
West Virginia moves toward the Coalfields Expressway with bid ads for McDowell and Raleigh counties possible in early April and late March respectively. Construction could start in May in Welch and Sophia, with a five year timeline depending on federal funding. Interchange near Welch will link to I 73/74 at Indian Ridge.
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ELCH
McDowell County
West Virginia Division of Transportation
Welch
Randy Epperly
Raleigh County
Sophia
Beckley
West Virginia
McDowell
Wyoming
Raleigh
Buchanan
Dickenson
Wise
Virginia
Indian Ridge
Epperly
Division of Highways
Coalfields Expressway funding eyed for McDowell County
The project seeks 72.7 million in federal highway funds for the Coalfields Expressway. McDowell County costs are put at about 110 million by Delegate Lacy Wright. Wright says the road will boost southern West Virginia’s economy while the county plans an industrial park and a federal prison at the Welch interchange.
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McDowell County
Lacy Wright
D-Mcdowell
Wright
West Virginia
McDowell County Commission
Indian Ridge
Welch
Tort reform criticized by Bluefield attorney at Rotary
Bluefield attorney J Franklin Long told the Rotary Club that tort reform would harm the innocent by making it harder to right wrongs and would not significantly curb business activity. He cited declines in tort suits from 1986 to 1995 and noted higher verdicts correlated with more business starts in 1997.
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Bluefield
J. Franklin Long
Long
Rotary Club
Defense and U S file motions in Keystone case
Four motions were filed in the federal criminal case over the First National Bank of Keystone obstruction. Charles Love for Terry Church seeks dismissal for failure to allege all elements and for unconstitutional vagueness. The defense cites insufficient allegations of corrupt obstruction. Officials accuse Church and Graham of obstructing federal bank examiners auditing Keystone bank books.
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Bluefield
McDowell County
Charles M. Love III
Terry Lee Church
Love
U.S
David Faber
Church
Congress
Motion
Rocket Boys return home to big Creek High with national science championship
Homer H. Sonny Hickam and three other Rocket Boys will travel to Coalwood and War Thursday to present the national science championship plaque to Big Creek High and film a documentary for an October Sky DVD. Gov. Cecil H. Underwood and a California crew will join the event and visit Homer's home Cape Coalwood site and Rocket launch area restored by the community.
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McDowell County
Big Creek Highpool
Rocket
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Sonny
Big Creek High
Rose
Bluefield
Coalwood
Homer
Cape Coalwood
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