Columbine report details 12 students dead within 16 minutes
Jefferson County sheriff releases a 700 page minute by minute Columbine account. It shows the 12 students killed in 16 minutes, says teachers and others waited hours for evacuation. gunmen died within 57 minutes. No evidence of a third shooter or prior knowledge.
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Columbine
Olden
Colo
Sheriff's Department
Columbine High
Dave Sanders
Jefferson County
John Stone
Dylan Klybold
Eric Harris
Miner dies in Buchanan County coal mine accident
Investigation continues after 29 year old William Blankenship was killed at Buchanan Production Company Mine 2 near Grundy Virginia. The mine, leased by Rapoca Energy, employs 25 and had 27 prior violations in three years. Blankenship was using a remote controlled continuous mining machine when crushed.
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Grundy
Buchanan County
Buchanan Production Company
William Blankenship
Mike Abbott
Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy
Big Stone Gap
Blankenship
Abbott
Rapoca Energy Company
Stacey and
Matney
Messenger defense argues rush to judgment in trial
Defense attorneys portray Messenger case as biased by 911 tapes and Rose's statements. They challenge claims of severe injuries and exaggerated facts while urging jurors to avoid a rush to justice. Prosecution scheduled motions and witnesses, including state police instructor Sgt. Jess Gundy.
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Faber
Hatfield
Messenger
Rose
Lion Dollar
Neal Rose
Gary Messenger
Elian Gonzalez
Miller
Jess Gundy
State Police Academy
Presley recalls life in England and police career roots
Presley notes dual nationality from time in the British Army and police service. She explains family ties to Princeton and Tazewell Virginia, and her brother and sister in Colorado and Bluefield. After serving in the British Army she joined UK police and wears a PR-24 baton and pepper spray on duty. She plans four days with Jacksonville North Carolina Police during her vacation.
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Presley
Princeton
Tazewell
Tom
Valerie Presley
Dad
Anawalt
Mom
England
United States Air Force
United States
Helen
Colorado
United State Air Force
Thomas
Bluefield
Centre Stage Hair Design
Jefferson Street
States
Lyndsey
Amy Sue
Jacksonville
N.C
Tazewell County eyes new taxes to balance budget
County Administrator Richard Farthing outlined a 2000-2001 budget planning for taxes to raise about 300000 from a proposed consumer utility tax on residential electric bills and 200000 from a food tax to be voted on November 7. Additional revenue includes 209000 from a decal increase to 10 and 50000 from higher transient occupancy tax. Public hearings are set for June. If measures fail, budget cuts are possible. The plan also calls for a 5 percent electric company commission on remitted taxes and a reassessment that could add 200000 in revenue.
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Tazewell
Richard Farthing
Tazewell County
Farthing
Trust
Electric Company
Board of Supervisors
Dennis Simmons
Circuit Court
Don Mullins
State Board of Elections
Betty McCall
Simmons
Richlands
Bluefield
Canvass details reveal precinct discrepancies and a pending count
Reported irregularities include a precinct 78 tally mismatch after hand count and a poll worker moving ballots between precincts. Precinct 86 and 87 had transportation delays and other unreadable or incomplete polling slips. Sheriff candidate Danny Wills and attorney monitor discrepancies as 132 challenged votes await canvass today.
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Precinct
Danny Wills
Harold Buckner
John McGhee
Bluefield
Chamber continues push for e commerce opportunities
Raymond J. Lane of Oracle will speak at a chamber event on opportunities in electronic commerce to boost the region. A 5 p.m. press conference precedes a 5 30 p.m. reception and 6 30 p.m. dinner. The chamber also awards the Robert F Hamilton Award for volunteer efforts and notes 56 new memberships from a recent blitz amid about 80 annual events.
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Raymond J. Lane
Oracle Corporation
Oracle
Modena
Lane
West Virginia University
Marshall Miller
Bluefield
Robert F. Hamilton
Chamber
Obituaries Connecticut Ohio and Virginia notes in Bluefield area
Memorial services set May 17 in Bluefield for Victor Edwin Calfee 39 of Green Valley killed in Route 460 crash. Survived by mother Hazel Calfee and siblings, with several nieces. Also listings for Stephanie Ann Reid of Charleston and Rosie Mae Whitt Brewster of Tazewell with service details and survivors.
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Green Valley
Victor Edwin Calfee
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Bluefield
Princeton
Clarence Calfee, Jr
Hazel Cochran Calfee
Valley View Seventh Day Adventist Church
Dennis Calfee
Jimmy Ray Stewart
Jeanette Murphy
Kenneth
Theresa Bishop
Bobby
Serena
Jessica Hall
George W. Seaver Chapel
Seaver
Randy Adkins
American Cancer Society
Law & Commerce Building
Stephanie Ann Reid
Charleston
Evelyn and
Noel “Moose” Wickham
Otis and
Dollie Reid
The
First Christian Church
Virginia Tech
Kanawha
Mercer
Oakwood
Charleston Light Opera Guild
Kanawha Forum
Lucas Gallery
Summit Players
Kathy Mathena
Lynne Taylor
Donna Gearheart
Sharon Borich
Freeman Wickham
Parkersburg
Don Stamper, Jr
Community Hospices of America
Mercer Funeral Home & Crematory of
Rosie Mae Whitt Brewster
Tazewell
Tazewell Community Hospital
McDowell County
John Ezra
Callie Caroline Sparks Whitt
Tazewell County
Richmond
Baptist Valley Church of God
John H. Brewster
Pearl Whitt
Cynthia Orange
Roy Whitt
Mack Whitt
Jim Whitt
Victoria Funai
Staunton
Earl Whitt
Cedar Bluff
Charles Whitt
Steeles Tavern
John Whitt
North Tazewell
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Bobbie
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Dudley Memorial Chapel
Erma Jean Hudgins
Mercer County
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Salvation Army Advisory Board
Princeton Ave
Princeton, WV
Major Earl Fitzgerald
North Carolina
South Carolina
Maryland
West Virginia
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Sandy Mullins
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