West Virginia lawmaker proposes severance tax hike on coal
In Charleston House Finance official John Doyle floated raising West Virginia severance taxes on coal, linking it to a variable boost like the racetrack increase. He suggested higher rates when production rises and lower during downturns to match boom bust cycles while noting coal helps California's power needs indirectly.
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West Virginia
John Doyle
D-Jefferson
Council of Finance and Administration
Doyle
Dot Yeager
Yeager
Gas prices shown for Bluefield Princeton and Tazewell areas
The Daily Telegraph will publish on Wednesday a front page list of the lowest gasoline prices in Bluefield Princeton and Tazewell. Local stations including Joy Food Store Swift Mart Kollege Mart and many others quote regular unleaded prices around 1.49 to 1.55 and plus and premium rates up to 1.89.
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Bluefield Avenue
Swift Mart
Bluefield
Cumberland Road
Texaco
Mercer Street
Princeton
Rogers Street
Costal
Courthouse Road
Amoco
Little General Store
Oakvale Road
Exxon
Deli Mart
Athens
Ron’s
North Tazewell
West Main Street
Tazewell
the Cave
Daily Telegraph
Nursing options expand for women at Bluefield
Cofer notes earlier limits for women in health care but now more options exist. Bluefield State College accepts 76 nursing students, 48 at the Bluefield campus and 28 at the Beckley Center in Harper Industrial Park.
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Bluefield State College
Bluefield
Beckley Center
Harper Industrial Park
Remote Meditech access links Princeton doctors to PCH
Princeton Community Hospital connects about 15 physicians to its Meditech system, enabling access from offices and homes. Physicians view full patient records, test results, and billing info via secure remote login, speeding care and after hours access. Drs Hopper Smith praise quicker data review and dictation from offsite locations.
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Princeton
Princeton Community Hospital
PCH
Deborah Griffith
Marketing Public Relations
Meditech
Griffith
Danny Farley
Farley
David Hopper
Hopper
Todd Smith
Smith
Budget options push car tax cuts in Virginia proposal
The Virginia budget discussion centers on a 55 percent car tax reduction plan with a shift toward eliminating the car tax for vehicles valued at 4800 or less at 100 percent and 50 percent for others. Senate members, including Puckett, seek to return SB-5 back to the House with changes as lawmakers study election processes and EMS volunteers while waiting for potential budget action.
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Puckett
Senate
Virginia
County advocates push SB 688 jail cost link
West Virginia county and regional jail critics lobby for SB 688 tying court costs to the regional jail per diem of 39.50 rising to 43.25 on July 1. State officials say future court costs will rise with the daily prison rate while officials like Vivian Parsons of the State Commissioners’ Association note bare county budgets and limited new revenues.
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County Commissioners’ Association of West Virginia
Vivian Parsons
State Commissioners’ Association
Parsons
Redistricting plan eyed to move Falls Mills voters
A county committee continues redistricting talk to allow Falls Mills residents to vote locally instead of Bluefield. The plan proposes district population shifts with Eastern adding 316, Northern 1714, Northwestern 1640, Southern minus 135 and Western minus 3538, to balance 44598 residents. A June 4 meeting will review new maps from the Cumberland Plateau Planning District.
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Rasnick
Richlands
Pocahontas
Cedar Bluff
Tazewell County
Tazewell
Cumberland Plateau
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