Washington County residents to monitor community’s water quality
Originally posted by the Bristol Herald Courier. ABINGDON, Va. — Prompted by the Washington County’s decision to allow natural gas drilling, a group of county residents is prepari ...
Read More »Lack of Medicaid expansion poses a bigger danger to Americans than terrorism
Published in The Washington Post Letters to the Editor, July 25, 2014 Regarding Petula Dvorak’s July 19 Metro column, “Lines of desperation: Once-a-year chance to get medical care ...
Read More »Pennington Gap: Virginians to Gather to Support Medicaid Expansion in Pennington Gap
For Immediate Release: June 10, 2014LOCAL VIGIL PART OF NINE ACROSS VIRGINIA What: Vigil in support of Medicaid expansion When: Thursday, June 12 at 8 p.m. ...
Read More »Washington County supervisors to look at natural gas ordinance
Posted: Saturday, June 28, 2014 11:22 pm | Updated: 11:25 pm, Sat Jun 28, 2014. ALLIE ROBINSON GIBSON | BRISTOL HERALD COURIER ABINGDON, Va. — An ordinance governing drilling for ...
Read More »Washington County Chapter Opposes Fracking
Published by WJHL News Channel 11 on May 16, 2014 WASHINGTON COUNTY, VA (WJHL) - By Allie HInds, Reporter Some Southwest Virginia landowners say discussions detailing the possibil ...
Read More »Landowners voicing concerns on proposed natural gas drilling
Published by Bristol Herald Courier on May 9, 2014 By ALLIE ROBINSON GIBSON | BRISTOL HERALD COURIER BRISTOL, Va. — Some landowners whose properties lie in the proposed natural ga ...
Read More »Christmas Carols for Governor McDonnell
The 12 (well 8) Days of Christmas On the first day of Christmas my governor gave to me: Regressive taxation On the second day of Christmas my governor gave to me: Underpaid teache ...
Read More »Social Security Cuts: Greatest Impact on Rural VA
America's small towns would be hit hardest by any cuts in Social Security, according to a new analysis by the Center for Rural Strategies, posted on the rural news website the Dai ...
Read More »Shepherd Powell: Respecting Seniors, Protecting Social Security
Throughout my eight week-long internship to educate senior citizens about the importance of protecting Social Security, I’ve had a number of conversations with older Americans tha ...
Read More »Shepherd Powell: Bad Debt Ceiling Deals Have Southwest Seniors “Cussin” Congress
In talking to senior citizens in southwest Virginia about the importance of protecting social security, I think it is the worried look in the eyes of these older Americans that ge ...
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