Street Fair Lemonade Delights Bluefield Crowds
Bluefield hosts the 8th annual Downtown Merchants Street Fair with free lemonade and a packed Saturday lineup. Events center Chicory Square and South Point Square with concerts, a downhill derby, a farmer’s market, animal training, kids activities, and prizes including savings bonds. Shuttle service links downtown and South Bluefield venues.
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Bluefield
The
Mercury
Downtown Merchants Association
Chicory Square
South
South Bluefield
South Point Square
Riley
Eric Richardson
Mike Bowman
Elroy the Elk
Bluefield Police Department
Bluefield State College
Bill Archer
Karl Miller
Collegians
Jaeger to receive final $1 million water grant
Bluefield Daily Telegraph reports plans for Gov. Joe Manchin to attend a grant presentation next Tuesday to deliver the final $1 million of a $1.5 million Small Cities Block Grant for Jaeger in McDowell County. State lawmakers credit community efforts and note Phase I is funded and ready for fall construction with Phase II pending.
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West Virginia
Joe Manchin
McDowell County
Jaeger
H. Truman Chafin
D-Mingo
Chafin
Bobby Lewis
Coalwood
Manchin
Iaeger
Bill Archer
Barcher
Bottonline
Trial date set for former Tazewell police officer
Wayne Lawrence Montgomery, 36, a former Tazewell Police Officer, faces a single count of prescription fraud after an unsealed indictment. He is scheduled for an arraignment in Circuit Court on August 8. The case was investigated by the Virginia State Police and a special prosecutor may be appointed.
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Tazewell
Wayne Lawrence Montgomery
Montgomery
Commonwealth
Dennis Lee
Virginia
Bill Archer
Barcher
Bottonline
Local man charged with filing false income tax return
A federal information filed in Bluefield alleges David L. Tolliver filed a false 2001 joint tax return. The document says Tolliver reported 2001 income of 34,521 though he knew the true amount was much higher, with the filing dated October 18, 2002 near Princeton and Bluefield in Mercer County.
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Bluefield
U.S. District Court
David L. Tolliver
U.S
Tolliver
Princeton
Mercer County
Susan M. Arnold
Diesel spill cleanup continues near Bland Wythe border
A tractor trailer on Interstate 77 struck road debris near mile marker 46 in the Bland Wythe border area, spilling about 125 gallons of diesel. No water contamination reported. Roanoke hazmat crews aided cleanup. the crash occurred a half mile from the Big Walker Mountain Tunnel. Contact Charles Owens at covens bottonline.com.
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Wytheville
Wythe
Bland
W.K. Walters
Roanoke
Big Walker Mountain
Charles Owens
Covens
Bottonline
Correction fixes name in Gardner Loop Road resident quote
The Thursday August 2 report on neglected animals quotes the Gardner Loop Road resident as David White, not Don White, clarifying the subject cited in the story.
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Gardner Loop Road
David White
Don White
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Art Riley
Larry Gilpin
Starz
West Virginia Golden Voices
Bluefield Dance Theater
Carl Chapin
Bluefield Union Mission
By Bill Archer
H. Truman
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Bland-Wythe
Mountain State
RVA
RaLeigh Mall
RoBert C. Byrd Drive
Beckley
Bottonline.com
Sun
My & Ha
Dawn
Kelly
Vineyard St
Mre
Tasha
Warlick
Lane
Warlick Furniture
Raleigh Street
Bluefield, WV
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