Downtown Dog Show and a Cautionary Scam Tale
A lively street fair dog show in Chicory Square featured categories from biggest to cutest with judge trio including Charlie Cole and Brittany Lester. The piece also warns of a DEA scam targeting a Mercer County woman, detailing methods and the need for vigilance against boiler room phone and online fraud.
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Karen
Samantha Perry
Samantha
Bluefield Merchants Association
Chicory Square
Bland Street
Charlie Cole
Cole Harley Davidson
Brittany Lester
Veterinary Associates
Shadow
Mercer County
U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency
DEA
Vita
Local News Staff and Bible Verse Quoted
A list shows Cluefield Baily Telegraph personnel including News Editor Sports Editor Randy Mooney Publisher Andy Patton Brian Woodson Samantha Perry Editor and Senior Editor Asst. Managing Editor Chi. The text ends with a biblical quotation from Leviticus 19 10 AKJV about leaving grapes for the poor and stranger spoken as a divine command.
Health care exchanges in Southwest Virginia under ACA
The Affordable Care Act takes effect Oct 1 and prompts questions about exchange access in Southwest Virginia. Lawmakers debate whether residents will have multiple exchanges or only a single option, amid regulator reviews and limited high speed internet in coalfield counties. Senators Warner and Kaine voice differing views as enrollment nears. The piece questions timing and seeks clear, local guidance for eligible residents.
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Barack Obama
Virginia
U.S
House of Representatives
Morgan Griffith
Morgan Griffith, R-Va
Mark Warner
D-Va
Warner
Associated Press
Southwest
Washington
West Virginia
Griffith
Tim Kaine
Thanks for 15th Annual Downtown Street Fair in Bluefield
A letter from Art Riley of the Bluefield Downtown Merchants Association thanks volunteers merchants media partners and law enforcement for a successful two-day street fair. The note commends city officials citizens and participating organizations for their hard work and publicity efforts by Daily Telegraph WVVA and others.
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Merchants Street
Bluefield
Daily Telegraph
WVVA
Art Riley
Bluefield Downtown Merchants Association
Former Bluefield board members defend pre election actions
A former Bluefield city board member and other ex officials defend post term moves as not factual. She cites the Roundhouse Square and Coal Heritage Interpretive Walk ribbon cutting before the new board swore in. The project used a Coal Heritage Authority grant tied to the National Coal Heritage Trail with WV DOT and congressional involvement.
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Samantha _. Perry
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
Ms. Perry
Roundhouse Square
West Virginia
West Virginia Department of Transportation
The
Coal Heritage Authority
Nick Rahall
Bluefield Daily An
Roundhouse Square Project Debated and Valued
Editorial notes defend Bluefield Roundhouse Square as a serious intermodal economic plan. It traces a $600,000 earmark post Matz Hotel incident to today’s potential $5 million congressional funding and cites Beclky Beckley Intermodal Gateway and Huntington Pullman Square as comparable successes.
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Bluefield Area
Roundhouse Square
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
Parsons Brinkerhoff
Matz
Colonial Theater
Rahall
United States Congress
City Hall
West Virginia
Federal Transit Administration
Beckley
Huntington Pullman Square
Ms. Perry
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