By Wes Bunch
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GATE CITY — A Gate City-based Army National Guard unit was recognized recently as being one of the top reserve units in Virginia for its performance during 2011.
The 1032nd Transportation Company, 1030th Transportation Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group was awarded the Eisenhower Trophy and Superior Unit Award by the Virginia Army National Guard.
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By Emily Miller
The Washington Times
Law-abiding gun owners can run into serious trouble when on the move. Venturing into firearm-unfriendly states creates confusion about what individuals need to do to abide by a confusing maze of regulations. Congress should act to prevent honest citizens from winding up behind bars because police are misinformed.
Rep. Morgan Griffith introduced… Read more »
By: Roger Brown | Bristol Herald Courier
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Tennessee U.S. Rep. Phil Roe, R-1st, and Virginia U.S. Rep Morgan Griffith, R-9th, have both received “Spirit of Enterprise” awards from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, their offices announced Thursday.
Roe and Griffith were both honored for their “pro-jobs, pro-growth” voting record in Congress.
The chamber graded each member of… Read more »
By Charles Owens For The Register-Herald
BLUEFIELD — The region’s congressional delegation in Washington responded Tuesday with sharp criticism of new Environmental Protection Agency rules that could effectively prevent new coal-fired power plants from being constructed.
“It makes no sense at all, it really makes no sense,” U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said of the EPA carbon… Read more »
By Thomas Lester
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The seven lives lost as a result of the Carroll County Courthouse Tragedy of 1912 were remembered on the evening before its 100th anniversary.
Descendants and public officials gathered at VFW Post 1115 in Hillsville on March 13 and paid respect to the memory of Judge Thornton Massie, Commonwealth Attorney William Foster, Sheriff Lewis Webb, Juror… Read more »
By KATE COIL Bluefield Daily Telegraph
OAKWOOD, Va. — Consol Energy, Inc. announced Tuesday it will be reducing production and idling a portion of a Buchanan County coal mine.
The Pittsburgh-based company said it will idle the longwall mining unit and reduce the continuous mining operations to five days a week at the Buchanan Mine in Oakwood.
In a company statement, Consol… Read more »
By Aamer Madhani, USA TODAY
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Updated: 02/22/2012 07:00pm
A Delaware bankruptcy court judge approved nearly $370,000 in bonuses on Wednesday for employees of the bankrupt solar panel manufacturer Solyndra.
Solyndra, which had received a half billion dollar taxpayer-backed loan guarantee, had initially sought to dole out about $500,000 in bonuses to 21 employees. They later… Read more »
Rep. Tim Scott, R-S.C., organized the meeting with Reps. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, Morgan Griffith of Virginia, Steve Southerland of Florida, Cory Gardner of Colorado, and Trey Gowdy and Jeff Duncan, both from South Carolina. Read more »
Republican U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith, who represents Blacksburg as part of the 9th District, took some time out of his busy schedule Thursday to speak with the Class of 2012 at Christiansburg High School. Read more »
