Tazewell County Fair Prepares Week of Events and Rides
Donors support the Four Seasons Wellness Center as fair events kick off with lawnmower and go cart racing. The James H. Drew Exposition opens Tuesday with unlimited rides at 12 dollars on select days and two for one tickets midweek. A lineup of musical acts and clogging teams fills the schedule as Miss and Junior Miss Tazewell County Fair are announced.
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Tazewell County Back Porch
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Tazewell County Fair
Delisha Allen
Jeffersonville
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Midwest and Appalachia see new coke plant rush
Demand from the steel sector spurs construction of new coke plants across the Midwest and Appalachia. New technologies reduce toxic emissions after Clean Air Act 1990 impacts. Sun Coke seeks to expand near Portsmouth Ohio and a plant in Cambria County Pennsylvania. other groups eye Toledo West Virginia and a Chicago rebuild.
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United States
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American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute
China
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Labyrinth Management Group
Medina
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Ohio River
Portsmouth
Sun Coke Co
Sunoco Inc
Knoxville
Sun Coke
Cambria County
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Chicago
Freeman obituary notes long public service career of Princeton leader
Freeman, honored for a diverse career in state, county and municipal government, died after a memorial service in Nags Head. He led Princeton with no tax increases in later years and oversaw $13 million in grants. His career included roles in Marion and Horry counties and West Virginia, with extensive board and community involvement.
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West Virginia College of Graduate Studies
Princeton
Horry County
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United States
Marion County
West Virginia
North Putnam
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Princeton-Mercer County Chamber of Commerce
Princeton Library
Princeton Planning Commission
Princeton Parks & Recreation
Princeton- Mercer County Chamber of Commerce
Concord College Alumni Association
Princeton Community Hospital
Princeton Rotary Club
ICMA
National Eagle Scout Association
Episcopal Church of Princeton
West Virginia's teen birth rate cited in study and local effort
In Welch, the Phoenix Center hosts drop in sessions for high school dropouts as part of a 2004 launched alternative education program. West Virginia ranked 47th in children data and teens giving birth, prompting officials in Mercer and McDowell counties and advocacy groups to push for better futures for young parents. Margie Hale of the Kids Count Fund cautions the year’s dip or rise could be temporary.
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Phoenix Center
Welch
Manchin
West Virginia
Mercer
McDowell County
Margie Hale
Mountain State
Neighbors seek to reclaim Highland Avenue from drug activity
Residents along the 500 to 1000 blocks of Highland Avenue in Bluefield rally to curb drug dealing and prostitution seen around the clock. They urge action as they cite open drug use, thefts, and frightened children, while police promise targeted efforts to restore safety.
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John Forbes Nash Jr
Highland
John Worley
Daily Telegraph
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Worley
Vietnam
Ed Hawkins
Hawkins
Tammy
Tammy Hawkins
Telegraph
Dennis Hubbard
Poplar Street
Ricardo Lee
Bluefield
Tom Helton
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Helton
Brian Checchio
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Wade
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Oakhurst Street
C.N. “Butch” Blizzard
Easley Bridge
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