Night time concert moved to August 19 in Bluefield
The city night time concert at Chicory Square featuring Vic Sorrell and hosted by Main Street Bluefield has been rescheduled to August 19 due to scheduling conflicts. Program Manager Beth Andrick said the events are popular and co-sponsored by the Daily Telegraph.
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Beth Andrick
Vic Sorrell
Andrick
Main Street
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
11 year old drives 50 miles as mom gyms
An 11 year old girl drove 50 miles to her aunt's house while her mother, Patricia Wright, 33, finished a workout in a Roanoke County health club. The girls stopped to gas up the family car, a 1995 Subaru, and police treated the incident as possible abduction.
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Latisha Wright
Shakierra S. Mack
Roanoke County
Lynchburg
Dave Flynn
Patricia Wright
Ms. Wright
Flynn
Latisha
North Carolina
Sons of Italy Dinner Meeting in Bluefield
The Sons of Italy holds a dinner meeting at the Brass Lantern in Bluefield at 7 p.m. Five scholarship awards will be presented and each recipient will give a short presentation. Also, Mercer County Democrat Club Picnic set for Saturday August 9 from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at the Bluefield Police Firing Range.
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Brass Lantern
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Weather Inside Visit Telegraph Site For Tips
Inside weather note directs readers to the Daily Telegraph site for updates and urges tips via a toll free number in Mercer Tazewell Bland Mon Summers Fayette and Greenbrier counties. Football reference appears garbled.
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Tazewell
Bland
Mon- Summers
Fayette
Greenbrier Counties
Massey Coal Eyes West Virginia HQ Move After Buyout
A. T. Massey Coal Company may relocate its Richmond headquarters to West Virginia or Bluefield after acquiring United Coal Company of Grundy Va for an undisclosed sum. Officials told the states are under discussion with no site chosen yet. The deal, effective July 31, marks Massey’s first Virginia mining operation with Wellmore and Knox Creek mines in Buchanan and Richlands, Virginia.
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A.T. Massey Coal Company
Richmond, Va
West Virginia
United Coal Company
Grundy
A.T. Massey
Bill Marcum
Marcum
United Coal
Buchanan County
Wellmore
Big Rock
Knox Creek
Richlands
Virginia
Grant aids Pre-Employment Center at Southwest Virginia CC
Rep. Rick Boucher announced a $300,000 grant from the Economic Development Administration to expand Southwest Virginia Community College's Pre-Employment Training Center in Richlands Virginia. The aid will fund retraining and job placement services for workers in coal counties amid plant closures, supporting regional employment and economic recovery.
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Rick Boucher
D-Va
Southwest Virginia Community College
Economic Development Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce
Boucher
Virginia
Horton
Andy Chafin
Cumberland Plateau Planning District Commission
Charles King
Windy Mountain Learning Center Opens New Year
Windy Mountain Learning Center launches for dropouts aged 16 to 21 with sessions from 9 a.m. to 2 30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Executive Director Sandy Graham says the program accepts Mercer County residents and Virginia residents under new guidelines, aiming to provide work experience and community service as the facility begins the year with about $84 000 in fund balance.
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Windy Mount—tain
Sandy Graham
Windy Mountain
Mercer County
Virginia
Graham
UPS Teamsters hold talks as strike disrupts deliveries
Negotiators for the Teamsters and United Parcel Service returned to the bargaining table for the first time since a national strike. UPS labeled its last offer final while the union demands more full-time jobs and a pension concession. Ron Carey pledged continued talks, and UPS CEO James Kelly expressed perplexity over the union blocking a vote on the proposal. Talks lasted over four hours with no clear progress reports. UPS distributed its offer to employees receiving paychecks.
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Teamsters Union
United Parcel Service
United States
Teamsters
Ron Carey
UPS
James P. Kelly
Kelly
How the brain locks in new skills over time
Researchers from Johns Hopkins show memory for a new skill moves from front to back brain regions over about five to six hours. A neural window of vulnerability exists during this period when learning a second skill can erase the first memory.
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Henry H. Holcomb
Johns Hopkins University
Holcomb
Freeman Post Office Closes After Lease Issues
The Freeman Post Office ends service with postmaster Carol Powell and investigator Sherry Marrs stating 285 boxes will move to Bramwell. Beginning today customers receive service from Bramwell, with roadside deliveries introduced. Officials say the shutdown arose from lease renewal problems and deny a rural office consolidation plan.
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Carol Powell
Post Office
Sherry Marrs
Marrs
Bramwell
Freeman Post Office
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