Manchin Defends 2 Percent County Wage Tax Plan
Mercer County residents grow wary as Governor Manchin backs a 2 percent wage tax option to replace lost revenue amid cross state job shifts. The move irks local business leaders while Manchin sends aides to discuss state development aid. key lawmakers and local figures face scheduling conflicts amid a busy legislative session.
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Joe Manchin
Mercer County
Mountain State
Border
Manchin
Charleston
State Development Office
Virginia
Noted Editors Seek Guidance From Faithful Witnesses
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists Thomas A. Colley as Executive Editor and Managing Editor. The page quotes a biblical passage urging perseverance and focus to run the race set before us, framing the editorial tone for the issue.
WV and VA race to replace voting machines before 2006
West Virginia and Virginia move to replace obsolete voting devices ahead of the 2006 election. Tazewell County weighs three touch-screen programs and county officials press Secretary of State Betty Ireland for a timely plan with cost estimates and grant options.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Tazewell
Betty Ireland
Mercer County
Florida
Bush
Gore
Secretary of State
Ireland
Ben Beakes
Mountain State
Letters about medical cuts hurting injured husband in WV
Leawana McCoy of Lookout West Virginia writes about a car crash that left her husband with a broken femur and multiple surgeries. They lacked health coverage and faced reduced DHHR benefits after funding cuts, causing financial strain on a family of four as medical needs continued.
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DHHR
Bush
Leawana McCoy Lookout
Anniversary of restoration work at Oak Grove Cemetery
March twenty seventh marks one year of restoration at Oak Grove Cemetery in Bluewell. Volunteers including churches youth groups Montcalm JROTC and local merchants join the effort with many others. On March twenty six an open help day invites the Bluewell community to locate relatives graves and contribute. Oak Grove sits off Rt 52 near Bluewell with a welcoming sign.
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Appy
Oak Grove
Hernan
Oak Grove Cemetery
Montcalm Jrotc
Bluewell
Rt. 52
Mike Blevins
Princeton
Mercer Day tensions flare over WV unity and southern needs
Letters urge higher state focus on southern West Virginia, criticizing Gov Manchin and Sen Byrd for neglecting mines closures and youth outmigration. Calls for funding to clean up Mercer County, new Montcalm to McComas roads, and safer all weather routes to Matoaka and Bluewell to aid access to Crystal Mountain and medical clinics.
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Harleston
Manchin
West Virginia
Byrd
Mercer County
Matoaka
McComas
Montcalm
Lorton Lick Road
Bluewell
Brushfork
Crystal Mountain
Call for Southern WV Beautification and County Cooperation
A reader urges state focus on Mercer County in Bluefield and surrounding areas. She calls for a beautification program along highways and green year round plantings, hospital consolidation with replacement industry, and closer cooperation among cities, business, and government. She asks for highway from Montcalm to McComas to Matoaka and opposes a border tax.
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Green Valley
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Bluefield
Mercer County
Manchin
Mercer
Montcalm
McComas
Matoaka
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Richard Browning
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Randy’ Deason
Samantha Perry
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Andy Patton
Bob Redd
Martha Stewart
Joan Anderson Bluefield
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