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Dr. James Scott Hamilton Idaho educator selected as MECC president
Dr. James Scott Hamilton, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, will become the sixth president of Mountain Empire Community College, according to Dr. Glenn DuBois, chancellor of Virginia’s community colleges. H...
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Landfill expansion gets state's green light
WISE — The county now has the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality’s blessing to forge ahead with an expansion to its Blackwood landfill. According to a March 2 letter from Thompson &...
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County urged to seek stream clean-up funds
by JODI DEAL - Staff Writer
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WISE — County supervisors have asked county officials to follow in the footsteps of their counterparts in Dickenson and Tazewell counties to apply for financial help to clean tree debris out of cre...
Coeburn needs study for dam safety
by R.J. ROSE - Contributing Writer
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COEBURN — The town is looking for nearly $50,000 to fund an analysis of what areas would be in the path of a flood in the unlikely event that Coeburn's Toms Creek reservoir dam was ever breached. ...
Six-year road plan unlikely to change
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WISE — T.G. Branson, resident engineer for the local Virginia Department of Transportation office, told county supervisors Thursday night that the county’s six-year improvement plan for secondary r...
Gap woman dies of injuries after wreck
by IDA HOLYFIELD - Post Editor
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A Big Stone Gap woman has died from injuries suffered in a head-on collision Friday afternoon near the offices of Central Supply Co., near Andover. Shortly before 1:35 p.m., Virginia State Police ...
State rejects federal health care mandate
by BOB LEWIS- AP Political Writer
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RICHMOND — Virginia's General Assembly is the first in the nation to approve legislation that bucks any attempt by President Barack Obama and Congress to implement the national health care overhaul...
Governor signs offshore energy bills
by STEVE SZKOTAK - Associated Press Writer
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RICHMOND — Gov. Bob McDonnell signed into law Wednesday offshore drilling legislation intended to realize his goal of making Virginia the East Coast's energy superpower. The bills supporting offsh...
PSA pleased by clean audit results
by JODI DEAL - Staff Writer
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COEBURN — The Wise County Public Service Authority got a clean bill of financial health, and its finance staff and administration got a heaping helping of praise, during a presentation of the autho...