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Supervisors debate high school options
WISE — Although school consolidation wasn’t on the county board of supervisors’ agenda Thursday night, several supervisors had high schools on their mind. At the close of the meeting, during tim...
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Big Stone Gap police used their cruisers to block in this truck stolen from a Gap business and stop the driver from turning onto Route 610 to escape. Police chase: High-speed pursuit ends in wreck near overlook
A Big Stone Gap man is in the Duffield regional jail without bond after running from police Friday in a high-speed chase from near Mountain Empire Community College to the Route 610 intersection n...
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Lawmakers pass ATV trail access legislation
by FRANCES CORREA - Capital News Service
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RICHMOND — It might not be strange to soon see all-terrain vehicles wheeling through the towns and along the highways of far Southwest Virginia. A new state law would allow ATVs to operate on roadw...
County real estate tax rates unchanged
by JODI DEAL - Staff Writer
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WISE — It’s official — Wise County real estate tax rates will stay the same for another year. The Wise County board of supervisors voted at a Thursday night meeting to keep tax rates right where t...
Two-year state budget passed; includes major spending cuts
by BOB LEWIS & DENA POTTER - Associated Press Writers
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RICHMOND (AP) — The General Assembly passed a new two-year budget Sunday that makes unprecedented cuts to state services and programs. The House approved the $70 billion funding plan at 5:30 p.m. ...
Variety of legislation passed, killed
by ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Here is the outcome of key legislation in the 2010 General Assembly: PASSED - Increase the speed limit to 70 mph on interstates and divided highways. - Allow concealed guns in bars as long as t...
PSA may buy small house for crews
by JODI DEAL - Staff Writer
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COEBURN — A new office for the Wise County Public Service Authority may be getting a new feature — a little house positioned nearby to serve as home base for the PSA’s line crews. The PSA has alre...
PSA to re-examine Wise-Norton Road sewer
by JODI DEAL - Staff Writer
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COEBURN — The Wise County Public Service Authority is taking another look at a long-discussed sewer project just below the Norton Commons shopping center, along Route 757, also known as Wise-Norton...
Governor counters AG's advice on discrimination
by LARRY O'DELL - Associated Press Writer
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RICHMOND — Gov. Bob McDonnell has directed state agencies not to discriminate against gay people, essentially overriding the state attorney general's advice to colleges. McDonnell's directive Wedn...