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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 2005
Page
5
Rep Rahall emphasizes coal miners' risk and labor organizing as central to the industrial revolution in West Virginia. He links heritage to tourism and Coal Heritage Trail sites in Mercer County and southern West Virginia, praising federal partnerships and local leaders.
Bluefield Gas Company and Braithwaite filed briefs with the Administrative Law Judge regarding a proposed 3.45 percent rate increase, tied to a PSC audit that lowered return on equity and reduced staff. A decision is expected by September, with the new rates potentially taking effect December 1, 2005. The company already offers targeted 20 percent off rates for qualifying social assistance and seniors through December to April.
West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin proposes reducing then eliminating the state food tax across his term. He cites revenue gains and debt reduction as prerequisites, forecasting possible bipartisan support while warning immediate full repeal is fiscally risky. Local retailers see attracting cross-border shoppers as a benefit. Interim lawmakers will discuss options next week, with potential action in September.
Obituaries continued from A-3 note services for Charles Addington Delela Watkins Blaylock Bennett Comer Douglas Freeman Sibyl Harshbarger. Services scheduled today include Parkview Baptist Church Bluefield Virginia Maple Hill Cemetery Bluefield Woodlawn Memorial Park Princeton New Zion Cemetery Princeton and Roselawn Memorial Park Princeton. Funeral homes Rodriguez Pocahontas Cravens Shires and Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest are mentioned. Burial details accompany each service.
Light. Continued from A-1 Light. so that our children know who they can go to when they need support. I hope the idea of National Night Out spreads to other neighborhood associations in the city, so our children get used to seeing concerned adults around their communities. Inda Whalen, Bluefield's vice mayor, said she also hoped that the first ever Night Out in Bluefield would prove contagious to surrounding communities. When like minded people get together with a common cause, it can always be the beginning of something great, Teresa Braithwaite said. We have already been asked to help develop similar programs in Matoaka, Montcalm and Princeton.
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