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4 hrs ago | SWVA Today

Santaa s Elves referrals already exceed 550

This is day 17 of the 2009 edition of the Smyth County Santa's Elves program that works to make Christmas brighter for hundreds of local children.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Thanksgiving

Fri Nov 13, 2009

SmythNews.com

Christmas Market comes to Marion

The first European-style Marion Christmas Market hosted by the Marion German Club is set for next weekend, Nov.

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Related Topix: Marion, VA

Thu Nov 12, 2009

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Abingdon man pleads guilty to molestation in court

Tony Getman had what some might call an easy choice: plead guilty to molesting his young neighbor or take the case before a Southwest Virginia jury.

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Related Topix: Abingdon, VA, Washington County, VA

Tue Nov 10, 2009

SWVA Today

Public hearing set on $28 million bond issuance

Smyth County supervisors will hold a public hearing Nov. 12 on a proposed $28 million bond issuance to pay for courthouse renovations and construction of a new building to house the courts during the renovations and county offices when courts are back in the courthouse, a parking garage and an emergency communications system.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

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Judge sentences accessory in 2008 home invasion

A Saltville woman Friday pleaded guilty to charges related to a December 2008 home invasion that left one dead and three injured.

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Related Topix: Saltville, VA

Thu Nov 05, 2009

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Emory & Henry tutor wants kids to know books are not boring

Emory & Henry freshman Anthony Jones said reading to kids at Meadowview Elementary School benefits him now in the same way he benefited from being read to as a child.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Bristol, TN

Tue Nov 03, 2009

SmythNews.com

Smyth voters fill 3 supervisorsa seats, 4 school board seats

Voters in three Smyth County magisterial districts have made their choices from among the candidates seeking those seats on the board of supervisors.

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Related Topix: Chilhowie, VA, Saltville, VA

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

H1N1 clinics deemed success

TAZEWELL, Va. - The first round of H1N1 school vaccination clinics in Southwest Virginia are winding down with hundreds of school-aged children now inoculated against swine flu.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Virginia Government, Virginia, Tazewell, VA

Wed Oct 28, 2009

SWVA Today

Blue Ridge Job Corps celebrates earned respect

Friday's forecast called for rain, but sun shone abundantly through a deep blue sky on a late-morning gathering in front of the main Blue Ridge Job Corps building.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Rick Boucher, Marion, VA, Abingdon, VA, Chilhowie, VA

Tue Oct 27, 2009

SmythNews.com

Stimulus funds come through for bridge work

Two bridges carrying motorists across Bear Creek on Route 617, or Flowing Springs Road, and Route 622, or Bear Creek Road, are among the five in Smyth County set for repairs paid for with stimulus dollars.

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Related Topix: Abingdon, VA, Richmond, VA, Marion, VA

Thu Oct 22, 2009

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Smyth Co. Commissioner of Revenue finds Northrup Grumman owes $15 million in taxes

Northrup Grumman, the state's beleaguered information technology vendor contracted under the Gov.

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Related Topix: Virginia Government, Virginia, Marion, VA

Wed Oct 21, 2009

SmythNews.com

Community mourns Warren; funeral set for Saturday

The Marion Town Council is mourning the loss of one of its members while a family is grieving from a second sudden death in a matter of months.

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Related Topix: Marion, VA, Abingdon, VA

Mon Oct 19, 2009

SmythNews.com

Massage therapy demonstration at cancer support group

Brandi Davis, medical massage therapist, will present a demonstration on the benefits of massage therapy during cancer treatments at the Smyth County Cancer Support Group meeting Tuesday, Oct.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Massage Therapy, Health, Wythe County, VA, Wytheville, VA, Rural Retreat, VA

Clinch Valley News

Commissioner discovers company owes $15 million in taxes

Northrup Grumman, the state's beleaguered information technology vendor contracted under the Gov.

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Related Topix: Virginia Government, Virginia, Marion, VA

SWVA Today

Citizens appeal for help with road dispute

For the second time, Smyth County supervisors have resisted recruitment by a citizens' group for a battle the board said should be fought for them by an attorney in a courtroom.

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Related Topix: Atkins, VA

Sat Oct 17, 2009

TriCities.com

Health Care Reform Critics To Bring Bus Tour To Southwest Virginia

A group opposed to the current healthcare reform legislation will conduct a bus tour through Southwest Virginia on Thursday.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, George Allen, US Senate, Republican, Virginia, Marion, VA, Lebanon, VA, Tazewell, VA

Thu Oct 15, 2009

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H1N1 Vaccine To Be Made Available In Va. Schools

By next week, consent forms for free H1N1 vaccinations should arrive at homes, crammed into the book bags of Virginia public school students in Bristol, Washington County and Smyth County.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

Tue Oct 13, 2009

SmythNews.com

Democrats give nod to Graham

John Graham will be the Smyth County Democratic Party nominee on the Jan. 12 ballot for the special called election to fill the office of clerk of the Smyth County Circuit Court, according to party chairman Richard Walker.

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Related Topix: Marion, VA, University of Tennessee, Chilhowie, VA

Sun Oct 11, 2009

Customer Interaction Solutions

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Jeff E. Schapiro column: Schapiro: Tax...

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Oct. 11--As if the state's snakebit computer contractor, Northrop Grumman, hasn't enough to answer for.

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Related Topix: Chesterfield County, VA

Fri Oct 09, 2009

SWVA Today

Mountain View: The Unknown Adventure

It remains the dream of every life to realize itself, to reach out and lift oneself up to greater heights.

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