Prince town flood woes cue drainage fix efforts
Greg Jordan reports on Princeton's chronic Stafford Drive high water as residents and officials seek funding to remodel drainage, amid past floods, sandbags, and near-miss car losses. Hugh I Shott Jr Foundation funds design work while state grants falter and residents push for safer routes.
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Stafford
Mercer County Senior Center
Trent Street
State Department of Highways
Local Paper Names Editorial Team And Bible Verse Feature
Randy Mooney is publisher with News Editor Randy Mooney and Sports Editor Andy Patton. Brian Woodson serves as Senior Editor Samantha Perry as Editor. A quotation from Mark 8 34 AKJV appears with the call to deny self and follow.
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Andy Patton
Brian Woodson
Turnpike toll plan gains cross party backing in West Virginia
Lawmakers in Charleston discussed routing about 4 million dollars of West Virginia Turnpike toll revenue to Mercer Raleigh Fayette and Kanawha counties. Senate Bill 475 would require the Parkways Authority to transfer one half of 1 percent of gross tolls to county commissions. Proponents call it a step toward easing local toll burdens and funding emergency services and development, though legal questions about bond covenants loom ahead of a 2019 full debt payoff.
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Bill Cole
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Mercer County Commission
Veterans honor note thanks area servicemen
A reader thanks veterans from Upland Hollow to Greenland Vietnam and Afghanistan Iraq for their service. He urges appreciation, praises local Bluefield newspaper support, and notes tele health may arrive but enrollment in the VA system is required for medical care.
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Greenland
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National NSA reform dialogue picks up pace
Martin Schram notes a national talk on NSA reforms is gathering momentum after midweek votes and public debate. Kean and Hamilton urge lifting secrecy to openly discuss safeguards, while Wyden and Clapper spar over data collection truths amid a broader call by Obama for structured dialogue on governance and liberty.
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