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Local hospitals, patients need Medicaid funds
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No easy answers for Virginia road needs
Feb 11, 2010 - 06:02 pmA plan to sell state-owned liquor stores and devote the proceeds to transportation won’t pass this session – the bill was withdrawn on Tuesday by its patron.
Posted by Suzanne Tate Racing wreck was no ‘accident’
Feb 09, 2010 - 07:02 pmStreet racing along Gate City Highway near the Bristol Mall is one of the city’s worst-kept secrets. Police reports printed in this newspaper’s Bristol Blotter reflect numerous instances of this reckless sport across the city. Neighbors have known about this illegal activity near the mall for years.
Local hospitals, patients need Medicaid funds
Feb 04, 2010 - 07:02 pmThe cost-shifting has been done and any savings were found long ago. Without additional money to fund Virginia’s Medicaid program, hospitals will be forced to cut quality, services and jobs.
Virginia Intermont College news, lack of detail, troubling
Jan 29, 2010 - 06:01 pmSeven months after coming off probation, Virginia Intermont College wants the public to believe the unbelievable – that its president’s surprise resignation Monday and the Thursday announcement that about 20 percent of the college workforce is being laid off is coincidence.
Neighbors give generously in time of need
Jan 22, 2010 - 07:01 pmDespite their own hardships, or maybe because of them, our neighbors are quick to lend a hand to others.
