Rate hike requests target Bluefield natural gas customers
Cardinal and Mountaineer natural gas companies seek PSC approval for higher rates. Cardinal serves about 3,400 Bluefield customers proposing an 18 percent increase raising residential bills by about 15.30 monthly. Mountaineer, serving roughly 220,000 statewide including Mercer McDowell and Monroe counties, seeks a 14.03 percent rise.
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Charleston
Cardinal
Mountaineer
Bluefield
Resi
Mercer
McDowell
Monroe Counties
80 year old homecoming soldier killed in Pearl Harbor
SPANISHBURG On Christmas Day 1941 the Bluefield Daily Telegraph reported a Glenwood Park family learning their son, Bernard Ramon Wimmer, a Navy Fire Controlman first class, was missing after action. The notice, dated Christmas Eve, reflects wartime secrecy as the United States entered World War II.
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Spanishburg
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
United States Navy
Sidney Harrison Wimmer
Glenwood Park
Randall Jacobs
Bernard Ramon Wimmer
Wimmer
United States
ARC Advises Localities on ARP Funding Pilot
The Appalachian Regional Commission is seeking an organization to design and run a Community Capacity-Building Pilot to help local officials plan ARP funded projects. The program aims to position Appalachian communities for effective use of ARP money.
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Charleston
Appalachian Regional Commission
ARC
Child Protect marks 20 years aiding local children
Mercer County nonprofit Child Protect celebrated its 20th anniversary with a community event at Dick Copeland Town Square. The organization has aided 5,000 children, growing from one person in 2006 to a staff of 13 and a budget over 1 million dollars, with programs including the Child Advocacy Center and the Starting Points Family Resource Center.
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Jessica Nuzzo
Justin Byrd
Mercer County
Dick Copeland Square
Princeton
Child Project
Dick Copeland
Mercer Street
Common Ground
John Shott
Child
Child Protect
Woodard
Starting Points Family Resource Center
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Mountaineer Gas
Charles Boothe
State Public Service Commission
PSC
Pearl Harbor
By Greg Jordan
Child Protect’s State Board of Directors
Protect
Shott
Shiloh Woodard
West Virginia
Virginia
Abby
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