Final day for Mercer County early voting May primary
Mercer County voters race to vote early for the May 11 primary with no excuse required. By Friday afternoon 530 had voted early and offices stay open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The turnout trails the 700 mark reached in the previous election, but officials expect a possible late surge. The voter registration hub is in the courthouse basement.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Sandy Cox
West Virginia
Cox
Harold L. Buckner
Matoaka
Bluefield State College
101H Airborne Division
Vietnam
Virginia budget passage praised by lawmakers in unprecedented session
Puckett lauds Senate conferees for budget close to $60 billion with education gains for Southwest Virginia and rural areas. Stump highlights a historic session, notes raises for state employees and local school boards, a Tazewell County prison project, and a new 29th Judicial Circuit judgeship.
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Puckett
Senate
Virginia
Mark Warner
Del
Jackie Stump
Stump
General Assembly
Tazewell County
Tazewell-based
29Th Judicial Circuit
Tazewell County to gain 350 prison jobs and more
Rasnick hailed a new state prison project delivering 350 high paying jobs with strong benefits for Tazewell County. County Administrator Jim Spencer noted additional recent job gains, totaling about 700 across the region, as leaders tout infrastructure readiness for the Big Vein Mountain site near Pocahontas.
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Rasnick
Tazewell County
Jim Spencer
Lowe’s
Bluefield
Blue Ridge Wood Products
Claypool Hill
Virginia county eyes prison jobs and water plan
Tazewell County officials tout 350 jobs linked to a Pocahontas state prison. Infrastructure grants for water and sewer to the Big Vein site are underway with Thompson and Litton hired for preliminary work. The county collaborates with Pocahontas and local colleges to train workers for the three planned facilities across southwestern Virginia.
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Tazewell County
Department of Corrections
Tazewell
Spencer
Thompson and Litton
Big Vein
Pocahontas
Richmond
Rumsfeld faces pressure over Abu Ghraib abuses fallout
The hearing on Abu Ghraib abuses drew sharp questions about command, accountability, and possible resignation. Bush defended Rumsfeld while lawmakers pressed for full responsibility, with international scrutiny from Red Cross officials and Arab broadcasts amplifying the political stakes.
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United States
Armed Forces
Carl Levin
D-Mich
Rumsfeld
Abu Ghraib
John McCain
R-Ariz
McCain
Bush
U.S
Geneva
International Red Cross
Iraq
Pierre Kraehenbuehl
International Committee of the Red Cross
Kraehenbuehl
Baghdad
Richard Myers
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Levin
Sen
John Warner
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