New Leadership in Princeton Brings Hope for Mercer Street
Bluefield reports cooler mornings and variable rain while Princeton moves toward bids for a new city hall police station and a New River campus at the former First Community Bank building on Mercer Street. Bids open Aug 15 as college enrollment targets 450 to 500 at the Mercer Street site, boosting downtown commerce and student activity. Mayor Cole and four new council members were sworn in, facing challenges from ordinances to the Colonial Intermodal Center project now named Roundhouse Square, with funds to be raised for construction.
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Princeton
First Community Bank
Mercer Street
Bank
New River Community and Technical College
Ellie Doom
Mercer County
Mercer County Career and Technical Education Center
Tom Cole
Barbara Thompson Smith
Ellen Light
Mike Gibson
Chuck McGonagle
Colonial Intermodal Center
Local Newspaper Masthead and Editorial Quote
The document lists staff roles including Randy Mooney publisher news editor and sports editor Andy Patton, with Brian Woodson and Samantha Perry as editors and an assistant managing editor. It concludes with a biblical quotation about loving one’s neighbor, attributed to the LORD.
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Andy Patton
Brian Woodson
Rockefeller proposal aims to ease black lung relief for miners
U S Senator Jay Rockefeller introduces the Black Lung Health Improvements Act of 2013 to cut dust exposure, simplify health records access in claims, aid legal representation when benefits are denied, fund research, aid long time miners and families, and study streamlined applications. The act follows years of delayed or denied federal black lung benefits amid safety reform talks.
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Washington
U.S
Jay Rockefeller
D-W.va
Government Accountability Office
Rockefeller
Robert C. Byrd
Upper Big Branch
Barack Obama
West Virginia
Virginia
U.S. Senate
House of Representatives
Small Business Letter Opposes HIT Tax Proposal
A Bluefield reader cites a family business started in 1963 and warns the Health Insurance Tax will burden small employers by shifting costs from insurers to the small business sector. The writer notes HIT funding federal reform and urges support for the Jobs and Premium Protect Act S 603 HR 763 to repeal the tax.
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Congress Titsine Shields Engineering
Bluefield
Heath
Daily Telegraph invites public opinion letters for publication
The Daily Telegraph announces that letters on public interest topics will be published. Writers must include signature address and phone number. opinions may be submitted by email to editor at bdtonline.com.
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Daily Telegraph
Readers weigh in on birds, crime, and taxes in McDowell County
Readers react to two men charged with soliciting in McDowell County and two women charged with assaulting a confidential police informant. Comments also touch on bird related topics, e-cigarette regulation, and a poll about summer vacation.
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McDowell County
Derek Z
Barbara H
Bill S
Shirl M
Community letters debate school start after Labor Day
Readers weigh in on school calendars and summer breaks with opinions supporting a after Labor Day start and others favoring longer breaks. Comments touch on curriculum, teacher retraining, and accountability in local crime and justice stories.
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Angela P
Donna H
LaTasha W
Lori B
Alicia P
Delta F
Michael Q
Eugene H
Sheila P Shorter
Robert B
Brian
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Cluefield Baily Telegraph
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Samantha Perry
Bill Archer
Harles Owens
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Nyc
Scott H
Jerry W
Ronnie M
Mike W
Joseph L
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Feds
Mike H
Steven M
Allie
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