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As the economy slows, some business owners are taking advantage of a low-interest loan program to expand their businesses or start new ones. Last year, 14 new businesses opened in the city; this year, 12 new business licenses have already been granted. Joel Poelhuis talks to local business owners about what makes BV so business-friendly.
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Webb pushes bill for veterans' tuition
Sen. Jim Webb is re-sending a bill to the Senate that would more than double college tuition subsidies for veterans. The Virginia Democrat originally proposed the bill his first day in office, but it never went to vote. Now that Republican Sen. John Warner has signed on as a co-sponsor, Webb is resurrecting the bill.
Jury recommends death
for Morva
in slaying of police officer, guard
Abingdon -- A jury has recommended death for a man convicted of capital murder in the slayings of a hospital security guard and a sheriff's deputy.
The Washington County Circuit Court jury deliberated for 3 1/2 hours Thursday to decide the punishment for 26-year-old William Morva in the August 2006 slayings in Montgomery County. The jurors on Tuesday had found him guilty of capital murder.
The escaped inmate was convicted of overpowering a sheriff's deputy at a hospital and using the deputy's pistol to kill security guard Derrick McFarland and sheriff's Corporal Eric Sutphin. Virginia Tech was shut down on the first day of the fall semester in 2006 during the manhunt for Morva.
The eight-day trial was moved from Montgomery County because of difficulty seating a jury.
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