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Union students won’t go to Appalachia
by KATIE DUNN • Staff Writer
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WISE — A suggestion that Union High School students relocate to Appalachia High School next year is not moving forward. The Wise County School Board on Monday agreed that it wouldn’t pursue a relocation plan, similar to one approved for Eastside High School, while construction of the new Union ...
Fresh and local: Farmers market time is here
by JENAY TATE • Editor & Publisher
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Farmers market season is here and this year greets customers with more than just a fresh crop of local food and goods. The town of Wise will debut its very first market on opening day Thursday, June 14, in the parking lot of town hall. Big Stone Gap, which is entering its sixth season and was the first out with a local farmers market, opens Saturday, June 2, under the direction of new acting market manager Shirley Smith. The Clinch River Farmers Market in St. Paul is already open early each Saturday morning and is putting the finishing touches on a new, open-sided structure covering the ...
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State’s best
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Central’s Drew Collins, left, and Eastside’s Lindsay Lawson were recognized Tuesday and presented with the highest honor awarded to high school student athletes by the Virginia High School League. ...
Title holders: Burton’s Crowder, Central’s Barnette win LPD tennis titles
by CHIP BEATY • Sports Writer
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WISE — J.I. Burton’s Tanner Crowder and Central’s Hannah Barnette took home two Lonesome Pine District tennis titles Wednesday. Crowder won the district’s single’s competition and teamed with Nick...
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Phillips named to general district judgeship
by JEFF LESTER • News Editor
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Wise County's chief prosecutor is very happy to know that a long-vacant general district judgeship here will be filled come July 1. In the wee hours of Tuesday morning, the General Assembly electe...
Tax rate: Real estate reassessment means higher actual bills
by JEFF LESTER • News Editor
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NORTON — The city’s property tax rate will stay the same for fiscal 2012-13, but the property owner’s actual tax bill will rise. City council agreed Tuesday night to keep the current rate of 80 ce...
Budget avoids rate hike
by GLENN GANNAWAY • Staff Writer
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For the first time in several years, Big Stone Gap is considering a budget with no increase in water and sewer rates. At its May meeting, council set a budget public hearing for 7 p.m. June 5. Co...
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