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City-county panel talks high schools
WISE — Officials from Norton are having trouble determining whether it would be good to include J.I. Burton High School in county school consolidation plans, because they’re not sure what the co...
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School retirees:More than 50 teachers, staff, administrators say it's time
WISE — Although county supervisors have not acted on a county schools request for money to fund a retirement incentive program, the school board has voted to accept 56 retirements under the plan...
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Methane rights legislation advances
by JEFF LESTER - News Editor
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The last piece of a three-part legislative puzzle on how to determine coalbed methane ownership is now falling into place. Yesterday the House of Delegates passed the third version of Del. Terry K...
Odie Duff murder investigation continues
by IDA HOLYFIELD - Post Editor
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FRONT PULLOUT: Prosecutor Adrian Collins says an as-yet-unnamed person may have entered Duff's home More than 23 years after 85-year-old Odie Duff was found stabbed to death in the bedroom of his ...
Budget news for Norton schools remains good
by JENAY TATE - Editor & Publisher
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NORTON — Even though state budget decisions still are not final, even worst-case numbers indicate Norton City Schools will be in a better financial position than most other school divisions as they...
Coeburn seeks tax collection wiggle room
by R.J. ROSE - Contributing Writer
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COEBURN — The town wants more options to help collect delinquent tax bills, and town officials will look for help from the 2011 state legislature to get them. During a late February workshop, town...
Girl Scouts celebrate milestone today
by IDA HOLYFIELD - Post Editor
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Today marks the staging of Girl Scout Birthday celebrations in troops around the country. On March 12, 1912, founder Juliette Gordon Low officially registered the organization's first 18 girl membe...
Charter schools: Are they a fit for Wise County?
by JODI DEAL - Staff Writer
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“Charter schools” are a topic of state-level discussion because Gov. Bob McDonnell is a proponent of the non-traditional public schools. “Charter school” has become a buzzword among some who oppos...
St. Paul power plant more than halfway done
by JODI DEAL - Staff Writer
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WISE — Dominion Virginia Power’s Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center in St. Paul is 58 percent complete, according to Mark Mitchell, Dominion’s director of fossil and hydro projects. Mitchell was o...