Virus cases rising at Princeton Hospital amid younger COVID patients
Princeton Community Hospital reports 11 in-patient COVID cases with seven in critical care and five on ventilators, nine of the patients unvaccinated. Statewide, hospitalizations surged from 52 to 269, ICU patients from 17 to 101, and ventilated patients from six to 45, driven by the Delta variant and affecting younger people. In Mercer County, 67 new cases in a week include 38 under 29 years old.
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Bluefield Area Plagued by Abnormally Dry Conditions This Summer
The National Weather Service flags Bluefield region as abnormally dry edging toward drought. Meteorologist Patrick Wilson notes minimal precipitation this summer with Mercer County Airport totals at 2.05 inches in May and 2.72 in June, dropping to 2.26 in July, signaling drier than normal conditions across the West Virginia Virginia area.
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Mayor of War fined $460 after two charges dropped
Robert Beavers, 67, was fined $460.50 including costs after pleading guilty to two of four charges in Fayette County. Arrested in May in the Mont Hope area, he faced counts of possession of a controlled substance Quarijuana, driving under the influence, prohibited use of a communications device while driving, and approaching authorized emergency vehicles. The charges arose just before municipal elections when he sought reelection and he was reelected by a wide margin.
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Granada Theater closes on 1.16 million tax credit investment
Bluefield theater restoration moves forward as MVB Bank commits 1.162 million using federal and state historic tax credits. The Granada Theater investment now totals about 4 million, pending final steps, per Brian Tracey of Bluefield Arts and Revitalization Corp.
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