Southwest Virginia Arts Awards and Local Meetings Schedule
List of events for Abingdon and surrounding areas including Tazewell County Disability Services Board meeting at the public library, Mt. Olive Baptist Church revival, RSVP Meet and Eat at Greenview United Methodist Church, Mercer County Retired School Employees book review at Fink's Cafeteria, and Mercer County Board of Education regular session with LSIC meetings at the Mercer County Technical Education Center. Also notes on Princeton Kiwanis Club and Hinton events with infrastructure work on Coalfields Expressway I-73/74 project between Welch and Indian Ridge.
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Southwest Virginia
Abingdon
Tazewell County Disability Services Board
Tazewell County
Greenview United Methodist Church
Green Valley
E.C. Browning
Mercer County Association of
Fink’s
Princeton
Mercer County Board of Education
LSIC
Mercer County Technical Education Center
Welch
Indian Ridge
West Virginia
McDowell
Wyoming
Raleigh
Buchanan
Dickenson and
Wise
Virginia
Sophia
Expressway could boost jobs in coalfield counties study says
University of Virginia analysis for the Coalfields Expressway from Beckley West Virginia to Pound Virginia finds potential for industrial growth, job creation, and lower unemployment in Dickenson Buchanan and Wise counties. The four lane highway may take a decade to build and open about 500 acres for development.
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Grundy
Beckley
W.va
Pound
Wise County
West Virginia State Line
University of Virginia
Weldon Cooper
Buchanan
Dickenson
Wise
Larry Carr
Cumberland Plateau Planning District Commission
Mercer County
Virginia
Southwest Virginia
Travis Perry
University of Virginia’s
College At Wise
Perry
Appalachian School of Law
Watercolorist Jill Pritchett signs prints at Sanders House event
LUEFIELD Va crowds toured the historic Graham house now a visitor center site as fundraiser organizer Betty Corte said the showing drew about 1000 to 1200 people. Jill Pritchett signed prints of her 1981 Sanders House painting while discussing her move from Kilimanjaro adventures and her ongoing Florals and landscapes projects.
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Luefield
Sanders
The
Graham Historical Society
Betty Corte
Jill Pritchett
Sanders House
Pritchett
Dennis Stump
Mount Kilimanjaro
Gettysburg
Brainerd
Bluefield
Maude Peery
Willetta Farmer
Students Build New Richlands Center to Benefit Community
Work continues on the student center and auditorium at Richlands High School with student involvement from both morning and evening vocational classes. Students like Charles Blankenship and Matt Green praise the hands on experience as teachers and community leaders express strong support for the project planned for nearly a year.
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Charles Blankenship
Richlands High School
Blankenship
Matt Green
RHS
Green
Tazewell County School Board
Career Center
Jerry Harman
Harman
Doug Baker
Lowes
Claypool Hill
Howard Long
Hospital expansion reshapes emergency services and adds backup power
The project moves departments including security and physical therapy to clear space for a new large emergency area. The plan adds a second backup generator and upgrades medical gas systems and sterile surgical environments. Construction is about halfway done after paying over $1 million in three months, with the atrium and Women’s Center highlighted as key features behind the scenes upgrades.
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Neal
Final debate centers on Allen and Robb policies
In Richmond AP report on the statewide televised debate243 George Allen links harsher penalties for crimes against gays while Democrat Chuck Robb criticizes Boy Scouts policy but seeks limited federal role Robb argues state support for transportation was lacking while Allen defends past downsizing and vows to keep promises Both candidates vie to persuade undecided voters ahead of the November election
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Richmond
Senate
George Allen
Chuck Robb
Boy Scouts of America
Allen
Roanoke
Robb
Boy Scouts
Department of Interior
Fed
GOP
Virginia
Virginia Department of Transportation
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Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church
Athens Kiwanis Club
Roma_ III
Hinton
B.E
Daily Telegraph
Bill Archer
Jack Asbury
Asbury
Eric DiNovo
A-1
Thompson and Litton
Charlie Simpson
Jim Thompson
Mark Swecher
Steve Brooks
T&l
Steve Bishop
Charlie Harris
Roy Peery
David Simons
Aaron Wells
Tazewell
Jerry Wood
Bill Brown
Brown
AE Terror
Morandex
Reynolds
Eas
Colonial
Rt. 52
Bluewell
IRS
Jkharris.com
Wall Street Journal
JK Harris & Company
W. Virginia
Sears Ultracare
Sears Dee
Oak Hill
Pineville
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