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Norton resident Christina Sexton urges the State Corporation Commission to reject Old Dominion Power Co. s bid to raise its base rate by nearly 31 percent at one time. Melanie lane photos.
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Electric rate increase criticized Officials, citizens say customers will suffer
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NORTON — City resident Christina Sexton summed up many people's fears about how a proposed Old Dominion Power Co. rate increase will affect customers. The proposal to increase ODP's base rate by nearly 31 percent could cost her family an extra $1,000-plus per year and force them to make some very hard choices, Sexton told State Corporation Commission officials Wednesday during public hearings. Sexton's household of three adults and three kids has used as many as 8,000-plus kilowatt hours of electricity in a single month, she told SCC Chief Hearing Examiner Deborah Ellenberg. Using the pow...
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Clintwood’s Trey Meade attempts to break free from a tackler in a game this season. The Greenwave quarterback will be a key factor in the Region D Division 1 semifinals Saturday.
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Tigers, Wave primed for D1 playoff openers
by KEVIN MAYS • Associate Sports Editor
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Some familiar foes will square off Saturday in the Region D Division 1 football semifinals. In rematches from last year’s Region D Division 1 semifinals, the Haysi Tigers (5-5) will travel to Nort...
Gate City’s Sydnee Snapp (10) leaves the floor for a back-line kill attempt in Tuesday’s VHSL Group A state quarterfinal match with Radford at Gate City High School. Melanie Lane photos.
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Lady Devils advance to state semifinals
by KEVIN MAYS • Associate Sports Editor
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GATE CITY — The Gate City Lady Blue Devils used a lot of power Tuesday night to advance to the Virginia High School League’s Group A volleyball state semifinals. The Lady Devils (23-1) slammed 60 ...
Cavs lose to Bulldogs in overtime
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UVa-Wise's men blew a 15-point lead in the second half and a four-point advantage in overtime Wednesday before suffering an 82-78 loss to Union College in the Appalachian Athletic Conference opener...
Warning! Memory running low by JodiDeal
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I have an almost uncanny knack for storing useless information, and am notorious for forgetting things I ought to remember. I routinely forget people's names, or can't remember what my weekend plans are. Where's that meeting? If it's not in my BlackBerry or written in a notebook, I'm hard pre...
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Problematic courthouse elevator contract scrapped
by JODI DEAL • STAFF WRITER
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WISE — The county has scrapped a long-standing contract with Thyssenkrupp Elevator for maintenance of the county courthouse’s elevators after a recent inspection revealed several violations. Accor...
No more city decal!
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After Dec. 18, Norton residents can scrape off that city vehicle decal if they wish, and will no longer have to stand in line to buy one each year. Tuesday night, city council repealed the decal or...
Schools fearing a budget crisis
by JODI DEAL • STAFF WRITE
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WISE — Schools Superintendent Jeff Perry isn’t saying the county school system will have to make major cuts to survive the upcoming year. But he’s not saying it won’t, either. The state budget ou...
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