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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 n...
No more city decal!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 Tuesday night, city council repealed the decal o...
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Schools fearing a budget crisis
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 o...
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 o...
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Bids are coming in high on water and sewer projects planned in Wise County. Those who oversee the projects think a flood of construction that resulted from federal stimulus spending is at least pa...
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WISE — County school administrators may back off a proposed shift in high school scheduling, according to Superintendent Jeff Perry. In a Wednesday interview, Perry explained that while administra...
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Jodi Deal Staff Writer COEBURN — Engineers hope a sewer system to serve the Wise County fairgrounds will be in place by early spring. That’s almost a year late. Originally, plans had called for ...
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WISE — If county supervisors have another opportunity to provide input on a proposal to re-introduce elk into the county’s forests, James Baker wants them to support it. Supervisors went on record...
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WISE — County citizens may soon be able to flash a county prescription discount card at local pharmacies to receive an average of 22 percent off the full retail cost of prescription drugs. And it ...
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WISE — The county set aside $100,000 in 2004 to start a program called the Wise County Math and Science Initiative, an effort aimed at helping local high school students pay to take college classes...
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New Coalfield.com is up and running Friday was a hectic day, both for those who maintain Coalfield.com and for those who read it. The new Coalfield.com was scheduled to launch overnight, and was ...