This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 2001
Page
1
Tug River Clinic sponsors a series offering free admission to teachers and students who complete a health screening survey. The schedule runs today at Berwind Pool from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Also today at Panther Pool 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. and Thursday at Gary Pool 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Welch McDowell County School Superintendent Kenneth Roberts ordered the temporary closure of flood damaged Northfork Middle School under state code 18 4 10. All 75 students will transfer to Welch Middle School with the closure length listed as indefinite. Roberts said he will seek a state School Building Authority grant to possibly build a new middle school on Tom's Mountain near Welch to consolidate Northfork and Welch students. The grant application will be submitted to the state prior to further action.
Pocahontas Land Company, a Norfolk Southern unit, donates 42 acres across three parcels in McDowell County to fund emergency and permanent housing for up to 200 families displaced by the July 8 flood. The parcels include a 20-acre site on Tom’s Mountain near Welch, a 20-acre tract at U.S. Steel’s old 12 Camp near Anawalt, and a 2-acre lot on Kimball Hill near Kimball High School.
The Bovisinis Department of Health issued a fish advisory urging people not to eat carp from parts of the New River between Radford and the state line near Glen Lyn and from the Bluestone River between Bluefield and Glen Lyn after tests found PCBs in fish.
West Virginia leads the nation with the highest disability rate. About 400,000 residents, or 22 percent of the 1.8 million people, are disabled according to the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey. The study covers 700,000 households and excludes those in institutions.
Linda Oney, owner of Tubby the English Bulldog, condemns Mercer County Animal Shelter Director Teresa Dobbins for a "senseless, useless death" and asks for safety changes to prevent a similar tragedy. She says Tubby was healthy before euthanasia and describes the event as causing horror and pain to her family. Dobbins recounted receiving a call about an ill dog foaming at the mouth.
Classified items and features such as comics, crossword, Dear Abby, horoscope, obituaries, police blotter, sports recap, TV listings, Viewpoint, and weather create the page’s short items and notes. This summary captures the readable elements and typical column structure present in a local newspaper section.
At 7 p.m. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9696 in Bluefield Va hosts a meeting. The Mercer County Composite Squadron holds a session 7-9 p.m. at Mercer County Airport. A Bluefield City Board meeting begins 7:30 p.m. in the city board room.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.