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13 hrs ago | Cybergrass

Song of the Mountains Wraps Up 2009 TV Tapings December 19

Announcement : Song of the Mountains Wraps Up 2009 TV Tapings December 19 BMNN wrote: on Nov.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

SWVA Today

Town limits presence of tattoo parlors and other adult uses

Tattoo artists, body piercers and psychics can no longer open shop in Marion's downtown after the town adopted on Monday an amendment to its adult uses ordinance prohibiting "tattoo parlors, body piercing salons, and establishments for fortunetellers, palm readers and mystics." The amendment began with a request by Marion Planning Commission member ...

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

Clinch Valley News

Council changes position on rezoning after second hearing

A developer is questioning the change in voting by four Marion Town Council members between two public hearings on his request for rezoning of a .646-acre lot with a house at 1103 Culbert Drive from Residential R2 to Medical Arts.

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Fri Nov 13, 2009

SmythNews.com

Christmas Market comes to Marion

The first European-style Marion Christmas Market hosted by the Marion German Club is set for next weekend, Nov.

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WJPF-AM Carterville

Help on the way for the Marion VA Hospital

Two years after major surgery was halted at the Marion VA Medical Center, congressional leaders from the region say they hope help is finally on the way.

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Wed Nov 11, 2009

STLtoday

The Marion VA

All inpatient surgeries were suspended within a month. Investigators found that at least nine deaths between October 2006 and March 2007 resulted from substandard care and another 10 patients died after receiving questionable care that complicated their health.

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Tue Nov 10, 2009

WEHT

Critics Doubt Problems at Marion VA Hospital will be Fixed

MARION, IL NEWS 25 continues to track the problems that have plagued a southern Illinois VA Hospital serving Tri-State veterans.

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Mon Nov 09, 2009

Cybergrass

Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out News

News : Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out News BMNN wrote: on Nov. 03, 2009: Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out will take part in a special performance on Saturday, November 7th at the Lincoln Theatre in Marion, VA.

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

Northern Virginia Daily

W.Va. man indicted in sexual battery

A West Virginia man listed as a fugitive by authorities has been indicted on two sex crimes by a Winchester Circuit Court grand jury.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

Courierpress.com

Problems haunt Marion VA

More than two years after the Veterans Affairs Medical Center at Marion recorded at least nine deaths attributed to substandard care, lingering problems have been noted MARION, Ill.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

WJPF-AM Carterville

Quality Management Team to Assess Marion VA

Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki has ordered a high-level quality management team to assess problems at the troubled VA hospital in Marion.

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WSIL

Illinois Lawmakers Take the Marion VA to Washington

A report out this week says there are still problems at the Marion V-A two years after major surgeries were halted because of a string of deaths attributed to poor care.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

KFVS12

Army veteran indicted for planned attack on hospital

An army veteran who police say threatened a shooting rampage at the Marion VA hospital has been indicted by a federal grand jury.

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NPR

Report: Problems Still Plague Illinois VA Hospital

A new report from the inspector general in the Department of Veterans Affairs finds that the VA Medical Center in Marion, Ill., continues to be plagued by quality management and patient care problems some two years after a suspicious spike in the number of post-surgical patient deaths there.

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Tue Nov 03, 2009

WSIL

Audit Shows Continued Shortcomings at Marion VA

A new report says the long-scrutinized Marion VA Medical Center continues to come up short on patient care.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

KFVS12

Federal Report Shows Marion VA Still Faces Problem

A new government report is critical of the way the Marion VA Hospital is being run.

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Sun Nov 01, 2009

DeLand-Deltona Beacon News

Deltona woman recalls the Great Depression

Though she was only a child in Marion, Va., Alta Felty remembers well the start of the Great Depression.

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Fri Oct 30, 2009

Cybergrass

Song of the Mountains Presents Award Winning Bluegrass November 7th

Song of the Mountains will present three award winning bluegrass bands at the Lincoln Theatre in Marion, Virginia on Saturday, November 7th at 7:00 pm.

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Wed Oct 28, 2009

SWVA Today

Blue Ridge Job Corps celebrates earned respect

Friday's forecast called for rain, but sun shone abundantly through a deep blue sky on a late-morning gathering in front of the main Blue Ridge Job Corps building.

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Tue Oct 27, 2009

SmythNews.com

Stimulus funds come through for bridge work

Two bridges carrying motorists across Bear Creek on Route 617, or Flowing Springs Road, and Route 622, or Bear Creek Road, are among the five in Smyth County set for repairs paid for with stimulus dollars.

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