Drought aid may reach farmers in Southwest Virginia
Bland Wythe Giles and Tazewell counties join 39 localities designated as disaster areas enabling low interest USDA loans and emergency aid for drought losses. Contiguous counties Smyth and Tazewell qualify for emergency loans. Livestock Compensation Program aid not included. Governor Warner urged fast action from USDA Secretary Veneman on 58 additional Virginia locales.
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Tazewell
Bland, Wythe
Giles
Bland
Wythe
U.S
Rick Boucher
D-Va
Boucher
Smyth
Secretary of Agriculture
Virginia
Mark Warner
Warner
United States Department of Agriculture
Congress
Ann Veneman
Charles Owens
Cowens
Roanoke man detained after Bluefield hearing in sex case
Frank George Bonds, 53, of Roanoke Va, was ordered detained after a preliminary bond hearing on charges of crossing state lines to have sex with a minor. He allegedly sought a 13 year old girl he believed to be online, in Beckley. Lear posed as the 13 year old. Bonds was arrested October 15 at the Best Western in Beckley.
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Eckley
Roanoke
Frank George Bonds
R. Clarke VanDervort
Bonds
David Bungard
U.S
Larry Ellis
Harper Road
I-77
Beckley
Stephan P Lear
Ashley
Arlington
Lear
America
Winchester
Bill Archer
Barcher
Bottonline
Expressway planning input sought in Coalfields project
West Virginia and Virginia officials pursue input from Kell y, Brown and Root on the first 6.5 mile Virginia leg of the Coalfields Expressway. The Houston firm holds a 30.6 million contract for preliminary engineering including environmental reviews and right of way plans.
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Grundy
West Virginia
Virginia
Richard Browning
The
Coalfields Expressway Authority
Kelloy, Brown and Root
Commonwealth Transportation Board
Bull Gap
Harmon Junction
Buchanan County
Charles Owens
Cowens
Bottonline
Work Night at Pam's Place Slated in Princeton
A work night is planned at Pam's Place in Princeton tonight from 5 to 8 p.m. All board members are asked to attend at the safe house to help prepare for the opening. Bring hammers screwdrivers painting supplies and similar gear. Sandwiches and soft drinks will be served to workers. Directions available.
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Princeton
Pam
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