Verizon landline workers strike after stalled contract talks
About 45,000 Verizon wireline employees from Massachusetts to Washington, D C walk off after midnight contract expiry. The strike targets FiOS installations and landline repairs while Verizon’s wireless arm remains unaffected. Union members decry concessions while Verizon cites a declining wireline business and seeks changes in health care costs and pensions.
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Pediatricians Back Safer Play In Hot School Sports
AP reports the American Academy of Pediatrics updates heat risk guidelines for youth sports. With rising August temperatures, the policy urges individualized evaluation, hydration, two weeks of acclimatization, emergency plans, and vigilant supervision to prevent heat illness while allowing healthy play.
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Tazewell readies for 2011-2012 school year renovations
Tazewell County schools complete summer renovations, including HVAC upgrades at Tazewell High and gym and training facility work at Graham High. Principal Lawson praises Bluefield community support. Initiatives include online curriculum mapping, reading goals, and staff development as schools reopen August 18 for the 2011-2012 year.
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Crash scene at Kroger store injures four on break
Firefighters and medics work to free four Bluewell Kroger employees pinned by a 1997 Cavalier that struck a picnic table during a store break. Staff photo by Eric DiNovo.
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Runaway crash injures Kroger workers at parklet
A driver lost control in a Mercer County parking lot and slammed into a wooden picnic table where Kroger employees on break were seated. Several victims suffered broken bones and internal injuries. The driver was arrested on multiple charges. another man was charged with obstructing police. The incident, near 2:35 p.m., remains under investigation with multiple agencies responding.
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Portraits by North Carolina painter Sparks linked to Gallaudet leaders
Ballard recalls William Sparks, deaf Gallaudet alum and noted painter, who created a 1974 Ballard portrait and later painted Gallaudet’s 4th president Edward Merrill Jr. in 1979. Sparks’ portrait of Dr Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet was not chosen in 1983, sparking stories of his wife as interpreter.
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Peterstown
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Morris
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Kelly Wilmore
Monroe County
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Marlee Matlin
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