February Virginia tax receipts top forecast in solid February
Virginia Finance Secretary Ronald Tillett reported February tax collections rose 7.4 percent, beating projections as withholding runs about 10 percent above expectations. He cited record low unemployment near 2 percent and wages up around 6 percent, while lawmakers sought to reconcile the two year budget amid earlier revenue shortfalls.
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Richmond
Ronald Tillett
Tillett
House
Senate
Gilmore
Lions Club Pancake Jamboree Set for March 23–24
Bluefield Lions Club will host an all you can eat Pancake Jamboree with sausage and drinks from 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday and 6:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Tickets $4 for adults, $2 for children under 12. Buy from any Bluefield Lion.
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Bluefield
Lions Club of
Bluefield Lion
Friends of Craft Memorial Library
First Christian Church
Bland Road
Craft Memorial Library
Commerce Street
Friends of the Library
Needle Bandit Convicted in Bank Robbery Case
Kanawha County jury found Judson Warren White, 41, of Charleston, guilty of robbing One Valley Bank in January 1996 with a syringe he claimed was HIV contaminated. A hypodermic needle was recovered at the bank. White faces 10 to 25 years at sentencing on March 26.
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Charleston
Kanawha County
Judson
Warren White
Charleston, One Valley Bank
White
Unbelievably Good Deals and Adventures After Fifty
A family vacation story recalls biking, a van trip to Dun's River Falls in Ochos Rios, and bonding plus buried resentments from childhood. The piece notes siblings’ efforts to be accommodating during shared adventures and mentions author Joan Rattner Heilman.
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Dun’s River Falls
Ochos Rios
Joan Rattner Heilman
Contemporary
Goin' s vacation break at Half Moon Beach Club villa
A narrator contrasts family trips to Fort Lauderdale and Virginia Beach with a lavish Moon Beach Club stay in Montego Bay. They describe a palatial villa by the Caribbean, private pool, and access to a golf course, tennis, shopping, and multiple restaurants, painting the scene of luxury.
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Fort Lauderdale
Virginia Beach
Montego Bay
Half Moon Beach
Half Moon
Abbean
Ole
Dining room at home with pool view and varied leisure
The narrator describes dining in a home dining room overlooking a pool with meals by an excellent cook and service by a butler. Groceries come from a local commissary with reasonable prices. The party splits up for spa visits, sailing, tennis, shopping, or driving golf carts, while one son-in-law handles Internet tasks and a quiet reader stays in.
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Jim Gilmore
Lions Club
PHFC
Princeton
Princeto Health & Fitness Center
Lynne
Krulich
Ph&fc
Southwest
Lebanon
Southwest Virginia
Mercer Naacp
Mercer County Naacp
Peck
Pamela Minimah
West Virginia Coalition of Minority Health
Jamaica
Peter Mason
Meredith Corp
Sally
Ry Joan Rattner
Heilman
Eles
County Bank
Green Valley
Richlands
Mercer Mall
FDIC
Bluewell
Pine Plaza
Tazewell
Febinc.com
Youneo
Princeton Northborw
IBA
Mercer St. MaiffSt
Eniengerey
Dogood Estater Inc
Mary Crockett
Sheree Campbell
Princeton Health Care Center
Courthouse Road
West Virginia
Sénefits
Lifestyle
CL Cay Bank
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