Mercer County hands over 77 ton cleanup milestone
The 10th Love Where You Live Keep Mercer Clean campaign ends today with more than 77 tons of garbage and junk collected across Mercer County. Volunteers cleaned roadsides, offered free disposal at schools and a landfill, and promoted anti littering and illegal dumps. The effort included a Trash 2 Treasure art contest and tire disposal days, with a formal debriefing planned for May 15.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Mercer
Mercer Community Commission
Greg Puckett
Community Connections, Inc
Puckett
Keep
Mercer Clean
Counties Monitor Measles After Exposure Warnings
West Virginia health officials monitored dozens of counties for possible measles exposure after the state health department warned that Mercer and McDowell counties were among 30 counties with people potentially exposed. Since the first WV case since 2009 was reported April 22, 152 additional people were exposed, including 128 residents from 30 counties and 24 others.
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Bluefield — Area
State Health Department
Mercer
McDowell
West Virginia Department of Health
West Virginia
Fire hydrant upgrades to be funded by utility customers
West Virginia lawmakers fail to provide hydrant funding. PSC plans testing and upgrades by a June 30 deadline under a new Fire Hydrant Task Force. Costs from testing and replacement may be added to customer rates as utilities raise charges to cover the program amid aging infrastructure and high loan financing.
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State Public Service Commission
PSC
Charleston
Jonathan Fowler
West
Del
Daniel Linville
R-Cabell
All Together Arts Week Returns With Full Schedule
All Together Arts Week runs May 3 to 10 offering Book Bugs Storytime Jazz in the Afternoon and open studio events in Princeton plus First Fridays in Downtown Bluefield. The program includes a May 4 parade in Princeton Day of Merriment, a May 9–10 Gallery Hop, and May 8 Tamarack arts day along with poetry readings healing arts dance concerts paint nights and workshops.
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All Together
Princeton Public Library
Sisters Coffeehouse
Princeton
Hammer & Stain
Mercer Street
Bluefield
Grace Campbell
Princeton Dance Studio
Holler
Contemporary Appalachian Art Gallery
Associated Photography
Tamarack Foundation For the Arts
Tara Wyat
West Virginia Daily Lottery Results Summary
West Virginia Daily Three draws show numbers 7 1 6. Daily Four results list 7 8 5 6. No context provided about draws or dates. Players may note the sequence for record keeping.
Inside. Crossword Dear Abby and Horoscope Brief
Small newspaper item notes Inside features including a Dear Abby column listing and a brief Horoscope section. No names or dates provided. A compact daily puzzle and guidance tease appears on the page.
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