Virginia Power proposes $150 million refund and rate cut
A proposed settlement with the State Corporation Commission would issue about 150 million dollars in refunds and reduce Virginia Power rates by a similar amount. The deal, supported by the company and state regulators, would avoid a July 10 rate hearing and ends a 1996 review. The average 1,000 kWh residential bill would drop about 2.20 dollars monthly plus interest, with an extra 1.10 dollar cut starting March 1, 1999. Industrial customers would gain too, though wholesale buyers are unaffected.
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Virginia Power
State Corporation Commission
Public Utilities Staff
SCC
Division of
Consumer Counsel
Attorney General
Virginia
Earley
Attorney General’s Office
Ken Schrad
James Norvelle
Harrison
Virginia Power approves 920 million rate cut and refunds
A breakdown shows 150 million refunded to customers within 90 days after approval by the State Corporation Commission. It includes 400 million in rate cuts from March 1998 to February 2002 and 150 million from March 1999 to February 2002, plus 220 million in operating cost writeoffs shifted from future rate hikes.
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Richmond
Virginia Power
State Corporation Commission
New Heart Drug Posicor Pulled Off Market by Roche
Roche pulls Posicor from shelves after FDA flags dangerous interactions with over 25 drugs. About 400,000 people in 38 countries, including nearly 200,000 Americans, advised to contact doctors promptly. Roche sets 1 800 line for refunds while patients switch to other therapies. FDA notes many interactions and no proven advantage over existing blood pressure meds.
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Washington
Roche Laboratories
Murray Lumpkin
Food and Drug Administration
Roche
FDA
Lumpkin
Robert Temple
Rescue workers free car crash victim on I-81 near Mauzy
Emergency crews extract a victim from a car that crashed through a guard rail on I-81 near the Mauzy exit north of Harrisonburg. A woman was airlifted to the University of Virginia Medical Center aboard Pegasus, another victim to Rockingham Memorial Hospital, and a dog was unharmed along with at least one survivor. No further details were released Monday night.
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Mauzy
Harrisonburg
Pegasus
University of Virginia Medical Center
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Stanley Elementary threat prompts early dismissal
An 11 year old Stanley Elementary pupil allegedly threatened a shooting, prompting early dismissal for 197 of 550 students. No weapon was found, the student denied planning harm, and officials described heightened parental concern amid national school shooting fears.
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Stanley
Stanley Police Department
J.E. Petefish
Page County
David Nagy
Whitlatch
Gary Pence
Pamela Foltz
Justin
Stanley Elementary School
Stanley Elementary
Protests Shrugged Off Woman Pastor Irks Baptists In Texas
A Sunday sidewalk protest by followers of Rev W N Orwell outside Calvary Baptist Church in Waco Texas failed to stop the church from hiring its first female senior pastor Julie Pennington Russell. The church voted to become the first Southern Baptist congregation in Texas with a woman pastor. The protest drew at least 30 members from Gods Said Ministries of Mount Enterprise but remained peaceful.
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W.N. Orwell
Waco
Texas
Calvary Baptist Church
Southern Baptist
Julie Pennington- Russell
19Th Avenue Baptist Church
San Francisco
Tom Purdy
Calvary
Orwell
Mount Enterprise
Jezebel
Otwell
Rocky Otwell
Tim Clary Returns as Turner Ashby Baseball Coach
Tim Clary, now back in Turner Ashby High football and baseball circles, says he has things to catch up on including farming hunting and fishing designs as he takes on duties as the baseball coach.
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Tim Clary
Turner Ashby
NRA names Charlton Heston as president to broaden image
Philadelphia AP Charlton Heston was elected president of the National Rifle Association as Wayne LaPierre was re elected executive vice president. The choice aims to restore credibility and appeal beyond fringe members amid national school shootings and a scarred base, with a plan to broaden membership and present the NRA as a moderating force.
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Philadelphia
National Rifle Association
Charlton Heston
Moses
Wayne LaPierre
NRA
Star of “the Ten Commandments
Heston
LaPierre
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Broadway
William O. Carrier, Sr
Lucille O. Mooman
Ivan Ritchie
Robert L. Shifflett
Elkton
Annie W. Shipe
New Market
Forrest T. Simmons
Moyers
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Lillie M. Thomas
Chariton
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