Montcalm High to get full-time counselor by Aug 26
Montcalm High School aims to employ a full-time certified guidance counselor before students return on August 26. Superintendent Dr. Deborah Akers said the district used experienced substitutes after the previous counselor resigned and plans to finalize certified applicants. The district must meet No Child Left Behind standards in two years and improve graduation rates to exit low-performing status.
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Montcalm
Montcalm High School
Deborah Akers
Akers
Daily Telegraph
West Virginia
MHS
Charles Owens
Cowens
Bottonline
Norfolk Southern to file abandonment of Bluestone to Pocahontas line
Norfolk Southern plans to file with the Surface Transportation Board a notice of abandonment for a 1.9 mile rail segment between Bluestone and Pocahontas Virginia out of service for years. Pocahontas aims to use the line for a tourist train with a loop via Matoaka. A public environmental assessment will follow and officials will respond to inquiries within 15 days after the assessment is public. A meeting is set August 27 at the Pocahontas Exhibition Mine to discuss the project with regional officials and representatives of a tourist train authority from Virginia and West Virginia.
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Pocahontas
John Pat Hurley
Hurley
Bramwell
Matoaka
STB
Surface Transportation Board
K Street
N.W
Washington, D.C
Pocahontas Exhibition Mine
Virginias
U.S
Rick Boucher
Philip Puckett
Jackie Stump
West Virginia
Postal workers exposed to unknown substance at Bluefield Post Office
Bluefield police and firefighters investigated a late Monday incident at the Bluefield Post Office. Three postal employees were decontaminated in the BRMC emergency room. a fourth was to report to the hospital. Authorities awaited a hazardous materials team to identify the substance, with reports of white powder and no substance. The Mercer County Health Department, FBI, and state and local emergency offices were notified.
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Bluefield
Bluefield City
BRMC
Tom Helton
Helton
Mercer County Health Department
FBI
OES
Beasley Assault Case Continued To October In Knoxville
Sgt Britt Beasley of the Mercer County Sheriff's Department sees the assault case moved to Monday Oct 13 in General Sessions Court Knoxville. An assault warrant was filed after a domestic dispute with a woman alleging she was struck several times. Beasley posted bond and denies the allegations while awaiting his day in court.
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Princeton
Knoxville
Tenn
Britt Beasley
Mercer County Sheriff’s Department
General Sessions
Criminal Division Court
Janet Gurwitch
Beasley
Randall Earnest
Earnest
Bond
Livestock Auction Prices Reported From Virginia Markets
At Tazewell and NarrowsVirginia markets July 31 and Aug 2 sales featured feeders and slaughter cattle with varied weights. Prices covered steers heifers cows bulls calves goats and sheep with ranges from 20s to mid 100s and sales figures listing many weight bands and buyer options. Notable totals include 458 head sold at Narrows and multiple cattle classes with Holstein and stock cow categories represented.
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Tazewell
Farmers Livestock Market Inc
Narrows
Narrows Livestock Auction Market Inc
Princeton CPR Class Offered By Princeton Community Hospital
Princeton Community Hospital will offer a Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation class on Tuesday August 12 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the education classrooms. To register call 487-7074 or 487-7283.
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PCH
CPR
Princeton
Princeton Community Hospital
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