TV A Cure For Dropouts in Mountain Education Program
An 18 month mobile classroom project by the Dilenowisca Educational Cooperative uses weekly traveling sessions and daily Sesame Street viewings to boost early learning in rural families. Parents tutor daily, children engage in math and shape activities, and educators report rising interest and skill, with high attendance in Wise County.
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Norton
Virginia Horne
Dilenowisca Educational Cooperative
Alice Tarwater
Mobiel
Coeburn Board Stiffens On Gas Lease
Coeburn town officials push back on a Columbia Gas Systems lease offer for 500 acres on Mathine Creek. They demand no unlimited prospecting rights and seek a 17 percent royalty once two billion cubic feet are produced, with a $1 per acre yearly minimum for five years. Other actions include pool season tickets, swimming lessons, radar equipment rental, and landfill closure with landscaping. Police reports note May intoxicated fines, town tags, and arrests.
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Coeburn
Columbia Gas Systems- Charleston Group
Mathine Creek
Columbia
Jack Jones
Mike Dean
Harald Ringley
Ringley
Westmoreland Coal Company
Dean
Council
Hamblen To Vote On Tax Increase For Schools
Morristown Hamblen County voters will decide on June 26 whether to join Morristown in a half cent sales tax hike for local school improvements. City voters approved the measure earlier this year.
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Hamblen
Morristown
Hamblen County
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Scott County Life Saving Crew
Times-News
Gene McClelland
Sudden
Kingsport Area
Citele
Kingaport
Tann
Bob Byrd
Cooperative
Vivian Callinsworth
Duffield
Sherry
Byrd
Harley Stallard
Wise County Schools
Coeburn Board
Ners
Big Stone Gap
McKilgore Park
King Brothers
Harald
Markham
BANK
Autna
Avtna
Aftna
Life & Casualty
Tna
Alty and Surety Company
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