Senate moves to repeal gas tax stalled in Senate
The Senate advanced a plan to temporarily roll back 4.3 cents of the federal gas tax but faced unlikely House passage and limited relief for drivers. GOP candidates back the idea and tag it as Gore tax, while debate paused with an 86 11 vote to proceed but no immediate action forthcoming.
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Trent Lott
GOP
George W. Bush
Gore
al Gore
Alaska
Frank Murkowski
Click berates Underwood in cabinet caravan stop
Thompson WV Network MANNIX PORTERFIELD reports Mayor Charles Click publicly scolded Gov. Cecil Underwood for not meeting with him about cliffs and McDowell County landfill closures during a Tamarack gathering of about 100 officials. Click urged private talks, while Underwood defended efforts and highlighted grants and micro-loan incentives for southern West Virginia.
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Charles Click
Cecil Underwood
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Underwood
West Virginia
Capitol
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McDowell County
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McDowell
Appalachian Regional Commission
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UVA Heart Center Could Be Key Partner In WV CON
Bluefield Regional Medical Center bids a three way alliance with Princeton Community Hospital, inviting the University of Virginia Heart Center to join. HCA chair Parker Haddix weighs how 32 percent UVA ownership might alter the CON application, noting UVA’s national cardiac hospital status and teaching role.
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University of Virginia Heart Center
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Princeton Community Hospital
West Virginia Health Care Authority
HCA
Parker Haddix
UVA
Haddix
West Virginia
BRMC
Bluefield Health Systems
R.W. “Buz” Wilkinson
University of Virginia
Bluefield Water System Honored as Regional Best
Bluefield Virginia's water system received a regional best award from the Virginia Rural Water Association at the Rural Water Conference. Town Manager J C Higginbotham invited water department superintendent Pete Sleeman and plant operator Buddy Goins to a town council meeting to receive the honor.
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Bluefield
Virginia
Virginia Rural Water Association
J.C. Higginbotham
Pete Sleeman
Water Department
Buddy Goins
VRWA
Tazewell gets emergency funding for development office
Tazewell County Economic Development Director Joe Hunnicutt was running out of funds after budget cuts. An emergency appropriation of 21000 dollars by the board of supervisors keeps the office operating through the current year, with future funding planned in 2000 2001. County Administrator Richard Farthing praised the new board for its quick action and support for economic development.
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Azewell
Tazewell County
Joe Hunnicutt
Hunnicutt
Tazewell County Board of Supervisors
Richard Farthing
Farthing
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