Mercer flood awaits new showers in Four Seasons area
Four Seasons Country residents, still cleaning after last week’s flood, brace for more rain as Mercer County remains in a state of emergency. Gov Wise’s declaration prompted hundreds to call a grants hotline seeking up to 5000 in aid, but many encounter busy signals while awaiting the next forecast from the U.S. Weather Service predicting showers and thunderstorms with gusty winds and hail.
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Princeton
Four Seasons
Mercer County
Bob Wise
U.S. Weather Service
Blacksburg
Mercer
Monroe
Faith based funding faces cautious local response
President Bush proposes government money to churches and faith based groups for social services. Salvation Army officers in Princeton note FEMA grants mix funding with guidelines yet fear potential distraction from spiritual aims. Union Mission warns that accepting federal funds could influence mission and operations.
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Princeton
Bush
Salvation Army
Bob Mullins
FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Craig Hammond
Bluefield Union Mission
Tazewell School Board faces $531,538 budget shortfall
Tazewell County schools report a deficit of 531,538 for 2001 2002 even with level funding. Superintendent Don Hodock says county supervisors will meet June 5 to decide allocations and may adjust the budget after advertising. The board has requested 13.502 million dollars.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Don Hodock
Hodock
Tazewell County Board of Supervisors
Rick Kimbrell
Bank officers plead guilty in Keystone bank collapse
Three top officers of the failed First National Bank of Keystone pleaded guilty in separate hearings in federal court. Melissa Quizenbeury executive vice president and 39 year old from Maybeury wept as she, Ellen Turpin and Lora McKinney, both vice presidents in the bookkeeping department, faced charges linked to the bank's collapse.
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Bluefield
First National Bank of Keystone
Melissa Quizenbeury
Ellen Turpin
Lora McKinney
Quizenbeury
Turpin
McKinney
Maybeury
U.S. District
Local physician admits billing fraud in federal court
Dr. Robert B. Miller, 47, of North Tazewell Va., pleaded guilty in Bluefield to one count of billing fraud for up coding a service for an undercover agent in 1998. He faced 13 counts initially, then 22 counts in a superseding indictment including mail fraud and Medicaid Medicare defrauding. Government estimates losses near 120,000 with prior restitution totaling 1.3 million. Parker was undercover.
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Bluefield
U.S. District Court
Robert B. Miller
North Tazewell
Miller
West Virginia
Travis Parker
U.S
Hunter P Smith Jr
Parker
Smith
Gas price round up from Bluefield to Green Valley
A regional roundup lists the lowest current gas prices at multiple stations in Bluefield and nearby towns in Virginia and West Virginia. Regular unleaded around 1.44 dollars, unleaded plus 1.52 to 1.58, and super unleaded 1.60 to 1.68 at listed outlets including Corner Mart Food City Fast Stop and Go-Mart among others.
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Food City
U.S. Highway
Tazewell
Town Express Mart
America Joy
Ron
White
Princeton
Go-Mart
Green Valley
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