Bluefield’s Separate Recreation Facility Faces Demolition
A community meeting at IPS Church on Wayne Street August 17 will discuss replacing Bluefield’s last remnant of separate but equal era street recreation with a picnic pavilion and modern playground. The piece recalls 1950s segregated life, efforts by Black GIs and NAACP reforms, and calls to preserve the site built in 1952 with 1100 attendees at opening.
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Kresge
Chicory Square
Bluefield Rescue
IPS
Wayne Street
Pam Jeffries
John Rankin
Bluefield State College
Peanut Gallery
NAACP
U.S. Supreme Court
Plessy Vs. Ferguson
Hardy Street
Bluefield Hosts Inaugural Pet Extravaganza at Lotito Park
The City of Bluefield hosted the inaugural Bluefield Pet Extravaganza at Lotito Park on Saturday. Dogs were washed, microchipped, and vaccinated by Veterinary Associates with Mercer County Animal Shelter also present offering adoptions and microchip services. Officials emphasized rabies vaccinations and city tags, with microchips linking to owner contact through universal scanners. The event aims to grow yearly, expanding awareness of pet care and identification.
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Bluefield
Lotito Park
Lori Mills
Mercer County Animal Shelter
Mills
Mercer County
Martin
U.S
Blake Stowers
Listowers
Josh Cline
Robert Flowers
Dorian Cox
Joe Bellwash Mena
Clean coal promise faces world demand and CCS push
Earth Talk examines continued reliance on coal for global power as demand grows toward nine billion metric tons annually by 2019. Experts advocate carbon capture and storage to curb emissions, highlighting SaskPower’s Boundary Dam project as a leading example of full-scale clean coal.
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International Energy Agency
IEA
China
India
Asia
Europe
U.S
Eric Redman
Summit Power Group
SaskPower
Boundary Dam
Saskatchewan
Former Telegraph reporter key player in Washington life
The obituary notes Bluefield native Ralph Edwin Griffith, 89, of Asheville, who served as a submariner in World War II and built a journalism and political career across Bluefield, Knoxville, Washington, and Tennessee. He helped install Washingtons first fiber optic cable for congressional broadcast and later led GOP and press roles before retirement in 1989.
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Sheville
N.C
Bluefield
Ralph Edwin Griffith
Asheville
Griffith
Beaver School
U.S. Navy
U.S.S. Piranha
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Sunset News Observer
Dunn
Washington
Gerald Ford
National Republican Governor's Association
Congress
Capitol Building
Sunset News
Easton
Gail Henderson Griffith
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Bluefield Pet
Ear EarthTalk
Sally Ristau
Erie
Bill Archer
Telegraph
Corky’ Foster
WELCH
Lance Cpl
Julius C
Corky” Foster
U.S.M.C
Camp LeJeune
Vietnam
Foster
Big Sandy River
Coney Island
Veteran Memorial Park
West Virginia University
Tazewell County
Sanders
Walmart
June Brown
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Bedford Street
Mt. Zion
Randy Phillips
Ran Henry
Mercer Mall
Henry
Spurrier
Life and Times
South
Steve Spurrier
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