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Photo By Melanie Lane 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 Tuesday night, city council repealed the decal o...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...
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Unintended consequences: Thanks to stimulus, contractors not hungry enough to offer low sewer project bids
by JODI DEAL • STAFF WRITER
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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...
High school schedule change may wait
by JODI DEAL • STAFF WRITER
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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...
Fairgrounds sewer project on hold again
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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 ...
Citizen pleads for elk support
by JODI DEAL • STAFF WRITER
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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...
County mulls citizen drug discount plan
by JODI DEAL • STAFF WRITER
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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 ...
County math/science initiative funds run out
by JODI DEAL • STAFF WRITER
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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...
New Coalfield.com is up and running
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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 ...