County officials still must meet to discuss specific cost-cutting options.
Jeff Lester
Jeff Lester served for five years as editor of The Coalfield Progress in Norton, The Post in Big Stone Gap and the Dickenson Star in Clintwood. He has worked in rural community journalism in Southwest Virginia for nearly 35 years, beginning as a Coalfield Progress staff writer in early 1990. Lester grew up in Marion and in the Glade Spring area and is a proud graduate of Virginia Intermont College and Virginia Highlands Community College. He has won numerous Virginia Press Association awards, including the 2002 statewide best in show writing award for nondaily newspapers. Under his guidance, Coalfield Progress reporters won the same award in 2008. He can be reached at jeff.c.lester819@gmail.com.
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Montgomery school board talks vacant roles, special ed, vaping
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Money moving: Monday’s Montgomery County meeting
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Montgomery’s new comprehensive plan up for comment at Wednesday’s planning commission
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School budget, subdivision’s next phase and prep for state referendum at Monday’s Montgomery County board meeting
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Wise County tax rate decision postponed to March 5
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Town’s disincorporation push snags on surprise vote
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