
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, April 17, 1991                   TAG: 9104170113
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: STATE 
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DATELINE: WISE                                LENGTH: Short

COAL-SALES DROP SPURS CUT IN WISE BUDGET

The Wise County Board of Supervisors is going to have to slice $3.2 million from its projected 1991-92 budget because of a projected drop in coal sales.

Coal provides the major industry in this part of Southwest Virginia and gets much of its revenue from a severance tax on coal mined in the county. A warm winter is one factor that has cut down on coal sales.

- Southwest bureau

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