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• — Probe: Saltville Rescue Squad board pay highest in Southwest Virginia

     (Sunday, 20 May 2012 08:11)

  The Saltville Rescue Squad’s board members and officers have the highest hourly pay average of any licensed volunteer squad in Southwest Virginia, a Bristol Herald Courier investigation of tax records reveals.

• — Abingdon stops Tazewell Bulldogs in SWD, Beavers and Panthers in state meet

     (Saturday, 19 May 2012 00:18)

  ABINGDON, Va. — A playoff game will be played today to determine the top seed and host of the Southwest District baseball tournament. Abingdon used a six-run fourth inning to defeat Tazewell 8-5 on Friday night at Falcon Field to force the extra game today with Richlands.

• — W.Va.'s Ice Mountain named national natural landmark

     (Friday, 18 May 2012 14:22)

  NORTH RIVER MILLS, W.Va. (AP) -- West Virginia's Ice Mountain is now a national natural landmark. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced the designation Friday as part of the National Natural Landmarks

• — Town of Tazewell names new police chief

     (Friday, 18 May 2012 11:36)

  TAZEWELL (WVVA) - The Town of Tazewell has named a new chief of police. Town Manager Jerry Wood says DeWitt Cooper will take over the town's police force on June 4. Cooper is a 17-year police veteran,

• — Ex-SW Va postmaster sentenced for stealing funds

     (Friday, 18 May 2012 10:21)

  ABINGDON, Va. (AP) -- A former southwest Virginia postmaster will spend a year and a day in prison for stealing more than $34,000 from the U.S. Postal Service. Fifty-six-year-old Cynthia K. Landore pleaded