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Idaho educator selected as MECC president
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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. Hamilton, who has been dean of instruction and chief academic officer at Eastern Idaho Technical Coll...
City-county panel talks high schools
by JODI DEAL - Staff Writer
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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 county plans to do. That’s the message city officials delivered at a Wednesday meeting between members of city government and schools and their county counterparts. But county officials say their plans could be influenced by whether the city’s on board. “We can’t keep considering a couple of hundred students in our plan if we have no earthly idea whether they’re coming,” said county school board Cha...
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Goforth takes over diamond duties at Burton
by ELIZA EVANS - Sports Writer
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New team. New coach. That's the way first-year J.I. Burton baseball head coach Mike Goforth is looking at the 2010 season. Goforth was an assistant coach on the 2009 team that went 10-6 overall a...
Former Indian all-stater takes over program at J.J. Kelly
by ELIZA EVANS - Sports Writer
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When the 2010 season begins at J.J. Kelly, there will be a bevy of new faces on the field and in the dugout. Former assistant Chad Longworth takes over as the head coach this season, after the dep...
Appalachia s Mason Stuart (34) goes for a block against Eastern Montgomery s Shawn Christia (2) Saturday during the VHSL Group A State Quarterfinals held at the Salem Civic Center.<a href="/pages/submit_photo_reprint">Click Here</a> to order photo reprints
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Defense carries Bulldogs to berth in state semifinals
by KEVIN MAYS - Associate Sports Editor
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SALEM — Appalachia coach Pat Jervis banked on the adage that “defense wins championship” Saturday in the Virginia High School League's Group A Division 1 state quarterfinals. Jervis’ Bulldogs (23-...
Coupon success! by JodiDeal
Feb 23, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
I'm starting to get in the swing of this whole coupon thing. The problem, for me, was motivating myself to search and clip. The key? Writing down in my budget notebook how much I save each week thanks to the coupons I so diligently printed from the internet, sorted and clipped. My first week ...
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School retirees:More than 50 teachers, staff, administrators say it's time
by JODI DEAL - Staff Writer
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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. ...
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 ...
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