Tazewell board approves revised school budget
The Tazewell County School Board gains a 1.68 percent teacher pay raise with a $526,000 local funding increase as supervisors approve the 2000-2001 operating budget. Superintendent Mullins accuses three board members of contract breach over central office staffing cuts amid board tensions and attorney issues. Western District Supervisor Lowe dissents, criticizing the decision not to use county legal services and the ongoing attorney replacement.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Western District
Donnie Lowe
Lowe
Dennis Simmons
Voters face key races across Southwest Virginia today
Charles Owens of the Daily Telegraph reports a large turnout expected as polls open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Voters determine contests in Bluefield Pocahontas Tazewell Richlands and Cedar Bluff Bluefield mayoral race features William H. King and Cecile S Barrett plus three candidates for two council seats in Tazewell County Registrar Betty McCall says opposition drives turnout with precincts wide spread across the area.
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Virginia
Commonwealth
Tazewell County
Bluefield
Pocahontas
Tazewell
Richlands
Cedar Bluff
Betty McCall
William H. King
Cecile S Barrett
Bluefield Va Chooses Between Incumbents and Challenger
In Bluefield Thomas R. Chaffins challenges incumbents Donald Linkous and Anglis Trigg as 3 510 voters register to vote today. In Richlands incumbent Kenneth Wysor runs unopposed with five candidates competing in Election A 3.
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Bluefield
Thomas R. Chaffins
Donald Linkous
Anglis Trigg
Richlands
Kenneth Wysor
AEP Faces Trial Over 765kV Line in Southwest Virginia
Witnesses for American Electric Power testified on the first day of an evidentiary hearing in Richmond as to whether the 765000 volt transmission line is needed to meet current and future electrical demand in Southwest Virginia. The Virginia State Corporation Commission hearing could run two weeks as Wythe and Bland counties and several citizen groups challenge the project.
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American Electric Power
Virginia
Virginia State Corporation Commission
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Wythe and
Bland Counties
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Appalachian Land
Citizens United To Protect
Tazewell County
Citizens Organization For the
Giles County
BRMC and Bluefield State launch McDowell County health program
BRMC and Bluefield State College form the McDowell County Community Nursing Station to promote wellness and patient education. The inaugural session, Living with Lung Disease, runs Wednesday from 10 a.m. to noon at the First United Methodist Church in Welch. Nurses from BRMC and BSC will teach patients, families, and caregivers about disease management, exercise, and medications.
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Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Bluefield State College
McDowell County
McDowell County Community Nursing Station
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BSC
First United Methodist Church
Welch
Tammy Halsey
Former trooper testifies in Garrity warning suppression bid
A former West Virginia state trooper charged with depriving civil rights testified in federal court that after the Oct 9 1999 beating he felt abandoned by the department. The defense sought to exclude statements claiming Garrity protection continued after his resignation. The judge suggested the motion is effectively a suppression bid in a post Garrity case.
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Hatfield
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Larry Bales
Professional Standards Unit
Rose
John David Johns
Beckley
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