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Gas company claims severance law invalid
EQT Production Co. has asked a Wise County circuit court to order a refund of more than $5.03 million in gas severance taxes paid between 2008 and 2011. EQT’s lawyers claim the taxes were improper...
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City schools consider grim budget options
NORTON — As Norton School Board continued to look at its bad-news budget Monday night, the outlook got even grimmer. Of a projected $7.5 million budget that includes no pay raises, more than $5 mi...
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Norton, county school talks continue
NORTON — After hearing another sobering financial outlook, Norton School Board Monday turned to the touchy subject of consolidating its independent system with Wise County Schools. Chairman Ron Mc...
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Aviation class offers students unique opportunity
WISE — County students interested in aviation are invited to register for a multi-week flight ground school class that will begin in March. The Virginia Department of Aviation recently awarded Wi...
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Spring fire season begins
As Virginia prepares for the beginning of spring fire season, which runs from Feb. 15 through April 30, Gov. Bob McDonnell is warning residents that the threat of wildfires is increased this year d...
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Conditional use permit approved for Inn
WISE — Wise Inn Partners LP got Town Council’s seal of approval last week on a conditional use permit the company needed before embarking on renovation of the Wise Inn and construction...
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Energy center gets national recognition
The Wise County Industrial Development Authority has been notified by the U.S. Green Building Council that the Appalachia America Energy Research Center project has achieved Leadership in Energy an...
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Town to buy generator
COEBURN — Town Council voted unanimously Jan. 23 to purchase a used 100-kilowatt generator at a cost of $4,500 from Wytheville Surplus. The town purchased the generator for operating the water trea...
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Wise hears support for peddlers tax increase
WISE — Two local businesses told Town Council Tuesday night they support a proposal to increase the tax required of peddlers and itinerant merchants who set up temporarily to do business in town. ...
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