Wise faces unsettled path after scandal rocks governor bid
West Virginia party chairs, led by Norris Light, debate Wise's political future as Manchin weighs entering the race. Some say Wise's adultery scandal weakens support among Democrats though core allies back him, while others warn the affair could aid Republican challengers amid concerns over communication and state issues like the economy and workers compensation.
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Wise
Manchin
Democratic Party
Norris Light
Kanawha
Light
Rpc
George Chandler
Jackson County
Bobby Nelson
Cabell County
Democratic Party Chairpersons Association
John Martino
Brooke County
Panhandle
Martino
J. Michael Cassell
Jefferson County
Seniors Celebrate Spring Festival at Southwest Virginia CC
The Appalachian Agency for Senior Citizens hosted its 28th Senior Spring Festival at Southwest Virginia Community College to honor Older Americans Week and Older Virginians Week with entertainment, an Elder Law Day, and a spelling bee. Alice Rife won $100, Madeline Tizen $75, Lilian Brewster $50. fraud symposium followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinch Valley
Appalachian Agency For Senior Citizens
AASC
Southwest Virginia Community College
Shirley Lunsford
Alice Rife
Grundy
Madeline Tizen
Claypool Hill
Lilian Brewster
Tazewell
Marty Wegbreit
Diana Dusseau
Southwest Virginia Legal Aide Society
Sanitation rates eyed in Bluefield across line
The Bluefield Sanitary Board seeks a uniform nine percent rate increase that would affect about 8,800 customers in Bluefield West Virginia and Bluefield Virginia. Officials say the system operates as a single unit, with PSC oversight, and delays have worsened deficits and bond coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ings
State Public Service Commission
Sanitary Board
Bluefield
PSC of
West Virginia
Perkinson
Norris Kantor
Kantor
Public Service Commission
PSC
Local student Jill Ritter overcomes odds to graduate
Jill Ritter, who attended school through illness and personal losses, graduated with her family noting her perseverance. Her sister Joni follows the same path at GHS, while Jill plans to major in dance at Radford University and hopes to become a public school dance teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shen
Jill
Joni
GHS
Rebekah
Ritter
Radford University
D Baker
Princial
Record of two students with perfect attendance at GHS
Derick Lee Donley and Zachary Short achieved consecutive attendance records at PSHS and GHS, each missing zero days across 2,340 to 2,372 days. Donley persisted despite injuries and peer pressure, aiming for computer science at WVU, with family support noted by counselor OOO Lee Clark.
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GHS
Short
Derick Lee Donley
PSHS
Lee Clark
Clark
Donley
Derick
Runerals continued list of funeral services and burials
The notice lists funeral times and locations for Suzanna Marie Pete Farrey at Ronald Dows Funeral Parlors Chapel in Hinton and several others including Margie L. Howell in Cedar Bluff Virginia and Irene L. Kester in Princeton. Burial sites span Greenhills Memory Gardens Claypool Hill and Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton among others with services at churches and funeral homes across Abbs Valley Hinton Welch and Grundy Virginia.
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Udendy Barbour II
Christ First United Odist
Abbs Valley
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield
Suzanna Marie
Pete’ Farrey
Ronald Dows
Hinton
Restwood Orial Gardens
Amie Ruth Farlow
Dudley Memorial
E. Gunnoe Harris
Broyles
Peterstown
Orchard Cemetery
Ballard
Margie L. Howell
Singleton
Cedar Bluff
Greenhills
Claypool Hill
Earmel C. Jones
Fanning Funeral Home
Saeger
Tom Sparks
Bradshaw Mountain
Paynesville
Irene L. Kester
Rowland H. Bailey
Bailey-Kirk
Princeton
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Avelee S. Morgan
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A-1
Alex Axiotis
Southwest Virginia Volunteer Action Center
Pat Gray
Cumberland Plateau Regional Housing Authority
Ginger Branton
Richlands Chamber of Commerce
William Atwell
Dennis Yena
Dyena
Bdtonline
Charles Owens
Cowens
Bottonline.com
Todd Short
Zachary
Zachary Short
Mercer County Technical Education Center
West Virginia University
Carla
Jody Neal
Welch
Mildred Keen
Grundy Church of Christ
Mountain Valley Memorial Park
Big Rock
Bluefield Women’s Center
Ms. Brodnik
Fa.c.0.g
Cherry Street Bluefield
Ron Wu
Bliafield
Mitsubishi Eclipse
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