Virginia To Tighten Fines In Highway Safety Corridors
Gov Mark Warner signed SB 1093 creating Highway Safety Corridors on select highways with I 81 likely first. Corridors rely on traffic volume accident data. penalties range from 200 to 500 dollars. zones take effect July 1 after a VDOT hearing.
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Wytheville
Virginia
Mark Warner
Ellen Qualls
Warner
Qualls
D.A. Shaver
Virginia State Police
Shaver
VDOT
Paraglider's flight ends with tree entanglement in Bluefield
Duane Caldwell of Bluefield testified his test paragliding flight behind the Holiday Inn near Route 460 went awry when a gust lifted him. He had planned to land at the hillside bottom using wind indicators on a 100 foot hill and described circling to shed altitude before the wind carried him into a tree. Caldwell notes paragliding relies entirely on weather and had hoped to promote it at the 2003 Mountain Festival.
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Luefield
Bluefield
Duane Caldwell
Holiday Inn
U.S. Route 460
Caldwell
Eric DiNovo
BB&T to acquire First Virginia in $3.4 billion merger
The Federal Reserve approves BBT and First Virginia Banks merger in a $3.4 billion stock swap making BBT the second-largest Virginia bank. Justice Department requires sale of 13 branches including two in Tazewell County Cedar Bluff and Tazewell to preserve competition.
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Federal Reserve
Bb&t
First Virginia
Bluefield
Federal Reserve System
Bb&t Corp
First Virginia Banks Inc
Virginia
Wachovia
Douglas M. Church
First
Bluefield moves to improve image with streetscape and signage study
City officials and business leaders discussed cleaning sidewalks and lots, funding a $3000 signage study, and pursuing a Streetscape project phase within 60 days. Oak Hill’s First Impression program inspired Bluefield to boost downtown vibrancy while considering re permitting the city dump at a potential $20000 cost.
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Bluefield
Art Riley
WVU Extension Service
Riley
Turner
Bob Perkinson
Mark Henne
Henne
State Environmental Agency
Area lawmakers discuss WV and VA fiscal issues and meetings
West Virginia leaders urge residents to monitor interim meetings as well as sessions. Sen. Anita Skeens Caldwell and delegates Eustace Frederick and Marsha Long spoke at a Bluefield Princeton chamber event, highlighting budget disparities, hospital and insurance policies, ATV infrastructure, and coalition support for educator raises. VA figures like Sen. Phillip Puckett and Del. Benny Keister addressed budget cuts, Coalfields Expressway funding, and potential pay raises contingent on revenue, with Gov Warner's actions credited for fiscal corrections. Keister noted the 2003 session was tough amid elections.
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Luefield
Citizens Bee
West Virginia
Anita Skeens Caldwell
D-Mercer
Caldwell
Eustace Frederick
Bluefield
Marshall Long
Princeton
Virginia
Phillip Puckett
Phillip Puckett, D-Tazewell County
Del
Benny Keister
D-Pulaski County
Greater Bluefield
Princeton-Mercer County
Sen
Puckett
Coalfields
Mark Warner
VDOT
General Assembly
Warner
Pulaski County
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