Blaze gut McDowell mobile home in Eckman community
A Keystone-A mobile home in Eckman, McDowell County, was gutted by a Sunday fire reported about 1 p.m. There were no injuries despite significant damage. Fire crews from Northfork, Keystone, and Kimball departments responded. no details were available Sunday night.
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Keystone
McDowell County
Eckman
911 Communications Center
Northfork Volunteer Fire Department
Keystone Volunteer Fire Department
Kimball Volunteer Fire Department
Raritan celebrates 50 years of East River Ruritan Club
The East River Raritan Club marked its 50th anniversary with a Sunday celebration honoring charter members Floyd Ferguson and Randolph Honaker. Millard Thacker presented pins while Tony Whitlow praised the founders for community service and organizing work in Oakvale.
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East River Raritan Club
Floyd Ferguson
Randolph Honaker
Raritan
Millard Thacker
Thacker
Ferguson
Honaker
Tony Whitlow
Club
Oakvale
Raritan Lower West Virginia
George Keatley
East River Ruritan Club
Keatley
Carmen Stauffer
Stauffer
Charles Owens
Cowens
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Luminaries light National Day of Prayer at THS in Va
In Tazewell Virginia hundreds of luminaries will glow along the football field at Tazewell High School on May 2 for National Day of Prayer. Organized with local churches, the ceremony will honor troops, pray for leaders, and remember those who died in the Sept 11 attacks as 500 to 1,000 lights illuminate dusk.
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Azewell
Tazewell High School
Jim Steele
Baptist Valley
Steele
Washington
Pennsylvania
New York
Charles Owens
Cowens
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Chafin visits Bluestone Health Clinics in Matoaka and Montcalm
Senate Majority Leader H Truman Chafin D Mingo will tour Bluestone Health Clinic Matoaka at 2 p.m. and Montcalm later, meeting directors and hearing plans for renovations. Bluestone Health Association funds care for the uninsured via state and federal grants.
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Matoaka
Senate
H. Truman Chafin
Dmingo
Bluestone Health
Montcalm
Bluestone Health Clinic
Bluestone Health Clinic Board of
Chafin
Harold B. Wolfe
Bluestone Health Association
West Virginia
Mercer County
Sharon signals new approach in war on terror
Sharon outlined a shift in fighting the war on terror saying a different method will be used though no specifics were given. He referenced a prior plan for a buffer zone to restrict Palestinian access to Israeli cities, and noted Israel’s withdrawal from Nablus and Ramallah as a major scale back of operations. Palestinians demand full West Bank troop withdrawal before talks. Powell urged loosening Arafat’s confinement to restore authority.
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Sharon
West Bank
Israel
Nablus
Ramallah
Colin Powell
Arafat
Officer of the Year award tied to Victim/Witness Program
Rights Week runs April 21 to 27 as Tazewell County coordinates the event with the Victim/Witness Assistance Program. The Tazewell County Officer of the Year award will be chosen by seven judges from municipal, sheriff and state police departments. A reception and candlelight ceremony follow the program. Contact Charles Owens.
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Tazewell County
Teresa Layne
Sheriff’s Department
Layne
Charles Owens
Cowens
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Pentagon attack eyewitness recounts near miss and recovery
Pentagon officer Legasse, speaking with Bluefield College students, described seeing a plane fly low over him and hit the Pentagon on September 11. He and fiancee Sarah Austin discussed reconstruction progress on the E-ring, morale, and a Pentagon hiring push as 189 people died in the attack. A Dutch shepherd K-9 named Woodan demonstrated bomb detection during the visit.
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Legasse
Pentagon
Bluefield College
Sarah Austin
Austin
Sarah
Kelly Walls
American Airlines
Washington D.C
Los Angeles
Woodan
Defense Protective Service
Troy Sarver
Tsarver
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Mercer County precinct split sparks voter confusion ahead of May 14
Voters in Mercer County, including Athens residents, face a split in Precinct 57 after the State Senate realigned districts Six and Ten, moving parts of Precinct 57 into both districts. County officials say a lasting solution will be sought after the May 14 primary. Residents express frustration over the change and its impact on local representation.
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Athens
Compton
Monroe
Chafin
Diane Shafer
Mingo County
Bradleys
Mercer County
Andrew
Amanda Damewood
George Gillian
Homer Ball
Damewood
Andrew Damewood
Gillian
Masonic Hall
District
Ball
Bradley
West Virginia
Senate
Rudolph Jennings
Sandra Cox
State Senate
Brushy Creek
Anderson
Cox
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John P
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Bhawkins
M.D. Forté
Sheri Cunningham
LPN
Total Skin Care
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Brushfork Armory
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