Weather forecast for today with isolated afternoon storms
Today includes a chance of showers and thunderstorms mainly after noon. A mostly cloudy sky is expected with a high near 82 degrees.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 2008
Page
1
Today includes a chance of showers and thunderstorms mainly after noon. A mostly cloudy sky is expected with a high near 82 degrees.
Mercer County authorities investigate a fatal shooting in Lorton Lick. Renee Loriie Coleman, 19, of Panther, died at Bluefield Regional Medical Center from a chest wound received at a residence around 4:45 p.m. Investigators have not reported arrests and work to gather statements from several people at the scene.
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Tazewell County Supervisors unanimously authorized a public hearing for September 4 on general obligation school bonds up to 8.7 million to finance capital projects. They delayed action on a Bluestone Regional Business and Technology Park joint economic development authority and heard residents’ Peel Chestnut Mountain address concerns while noting a 96 percent 2007 tax collection rate. County Attorney Eric Young urged delaying until September after Bluefield and Richlands hold their hearings.
Bluefield Virginia area residents report gasoline prices near 3.72 per gallon with calls for deeper cuts. Pat O Neal says 2.50 or lower would feel like real relief while Samuel Asbury targets 3.50 and dreams of 2.50. A professional driver inputs even lower hopes.
The Hugh I. Shott Jr. Foundation provides two grants to Bluefield to improve recreation. One funds renovating Mitchell Stadium locker rooms, the other backs construction of nine new tennis courts at Bluefield City Park. City officials call the park a vital asset for the community in Bluefield and Bluefield, Virginia.
A volunteer committee in Athens outlined plans to plant bushes and build six temporary benches, a footpath, and a vine trellis on two town owned vacant lots. Concord University students and town crews will contribute labor while Bonner Scholars and freshmen volunteers join to help. Projected trellis and benches cost about 350 dollars.
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