Bluefield Middle School Show Choir Earns Multiple State Awards
Bluefield middle school performers won first place in choral sound choreography and solo performance at the West Virginia Music Educators State Middle School Festival. EMS dancers claimed second in ballads and third in costume with Megan East highlighted. The choir plans a Charleston performance March 21 during the state conference.
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Tazewell to get new tourism brochure
Tazewell County in Virginia designs a focused brochure to promote local tourism replacing the older regional pamphlet. The committee plans a few thousand reprints of the old guide while the new design, modeled after Dickenson County’s brochure, is finalized and distributed to chambers, museums, and attractions.
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Tazewell County
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Virginia
Heart of
Dickenson County
Family tree project uncovers student connections to notable figures
In Bluefield area schools fourth grade classes, students learn family histories for National Family History Month. Shabaan Rana discovers a namesake grandfather, Jake Simmons ties to Thomas Jefferson, and others uncover Civil War links and government ties. The program, led by genealogy groups at Bluefield State College, aims to engage youngsters in personal history through family interviews.
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Shabaan Rana
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Pakistan
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Tanner Grose
Ashley Peyton
Elmore
Bluefield Intermediate
Doug Meade
Corey Goins
Robert Mitchem
Caitlin Allen
West Virginia Bills Pass and Fail in Economic and Safety Measures
Lawmakers moved through a slate of bills on tax exemptions for R D activities pension debt funding and highway safety while deferring or dying on measures including an elevated coal truck weight study a 180 day school calendar and a vehicle belt primary offense. Notable items approved include a 2000s style Sunny Day Fund funding for development and a Wheeling outlet mall infrastructure plan with bond support.
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Supreme Court
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Educare
School Audit Commission
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Senate
Wheeling
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