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| Hearing speakers bemoan proposed APCo rate hike
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By MICKEY POWELL - Bulletin Staff Writer
Appalachian Power’s proposed rate hike would hurt families, harm jobs and hinder economic recovery, area residents told State Corporation Commission (SCC) officials during a public hearing Thursday night.
The hearing was held at Franklin County High School in Rocky Mount. About 125 people attended, and numerous residents of Henry and Patrick counties traveled to the hearing aboard two buses chartered by Del. Ward Armstrong, D-Collinsville, and the House minority leader.
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| Bus riders express concerns about rates
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By MICKEY POWELL - Bulletin Staff Writer
As a home health nurse, Connie Martin of Collinsville sees a lot of people who are on fixed incomes.
Electricity is not discretionary spending, Martin said, yet many people she cares for in the area are “facing a choice now between paying their electric bills, buying medicine and buying groceries.”
Because she wanted to be a voice for those people, she boarded a bus and headed to a State Corporation Commission public hearing in Rocky Mount on Thursday to oppose a proposed Appalachian Power rate hike.
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| Kizner finalist for job
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| Montgomery County school superintendent's post |
By DEBBIE HALL - Bulletin Staff Writer
For the second time in less than two years, Martinsville Schools Superintendent Scott Kizner is one of three finalists for a superintendent post in another school division.
“I see this as a professional opportunity for me. It is an opportunity to work for a good school system and a larger school system,” Kizner said Thursday afternoon.
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We Care to celebrate anniversary, two grants
By ELIZA WINSTON - Bulletin Staff Writer
A local agency has almost half a million dollars to help residents continue to battle substance abuse and mental illness.
We Care Inc. will host an open house Saturday to celebrate its three-year anniversary and more than seven times the operating budget it began with. According to Robin Hairfield, founder and executive director of We Care, the new grants are the most awarded to a peer-run organization in the state.
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PHCC to test emergency plans in drill
Patrick Henry Community College (PHCC) students need not panic — at least not right away — if they soon are told that an armed intruder is on campus.
Using that scenario, the college is planning a drill to test the responses of its faculty, staff and students to a campus emergency.
The date and time for the drill have not been determined, but it is expected to be soon, said PHCC Public Relations Director Kris Landrum.
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| Sixth GOP candidate joins race
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| For 5th District House seat |
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Laurence Verga wants to run for the 5th District House seat in November to get “Washington back on track.”
“I’m very concerned about the direction President Obama and the Democratic Party are taking this country,” Verga said Thursday before he addressed supporters at the Sirloin House in Martinsville.
After watching Congress, Verga, 46, said he decided not “to outsource the job” anymore and announced his candidacy in August.
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