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2017 Spring Cooking Along The Crooked Road Classes as the SVHEC

Cooking Along The Crooked Road, a culinary program at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, announces the line-up of spring culinary classes. Taught by local chefs and accomplished cooks, these non-credit, hands-on enrichment classes are open to the public.  Classes will be meet in the culinary kitchen at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center in Abingdon.  Participants will enjoy sampling…

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Commonwealth of Virginia Grants Additional Time for Review of Wellmont and Mountain States’ Merger Application

Wellmont Health System and Mountain States Health Alliance have received approval from the Virginia commissioner of health to extend the review period for their cooperative agreement application. The new time frame set forth with Virginia will more closely align with the review process in Tennessee for the systems’ Certificate of Public Advantage (COPA) application, and sets a decision no later…

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Entries Sought for Annual Lonesome Pine Short Story Poetry Contest

The MECC Foundation will host the 30th Annual Lonesome Pine Short Story Contest and the 13th Annual Lonesome Pine Poetry Contest. Individuals interested in obtaining guidelines for submitting short story and poetry contest entries should contact the MECC Foundation Office at (276) 523-7466. Tuesday, February 28 at 4:30 p.m. is the deadline for the submitting entries to be judged in…

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Beat Foodborne Illness this Super Bowl

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2017— As excitement for this year’s Super Bowl grows, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) encourages consumers to use safe food handling practices at a championship level and avoid becoming one of the estimated 48 million Americans who gets sick from foodborne illnesses each year. The Super Bowl draws over 100 million television viewers who consume…

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Community members able to receive volunteer award through United Way

After an extended application process, United Way of Southwest Virginia has been selected and approved as an official Certifying Organization for the President’s Volunteer Service Award. The national President’s Volunteer Service Award program was created by the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation as a way to thank and honor Americans who, by their demonstrated commitment and example, inspire…

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United Way seeks volunteers to learn to prepare taxes across Southwest Virginia

United Way of Southwest Virginia is preparing for the upcoming tax season and needs community members to serve at the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) sites between February and April 2017. Volunteers that prepare taxes can help boost a family’s yearly income and have a direct impact on the lives of working families in Southwest Virginia. Debby Loggans, Volunteer Center…

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The Seinfeld Soup Nazi, to Appear at Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center Meet and Greet Reception

The Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center is pleased to announce that actor Larry Thomas, the well-known Seinfeld Soup Nazi will be at a Meet and Greet reception on Friday, February 10 at 6 pm.  “An Evening at The Movies with The Soup Nazi” will take place the evening prior to the February 11th.  Annual Great Winter Soup Cook-Off and will…

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