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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 2000
Page
1
Mostly cloudy conditions across the region with daytime highs ranging from 75 to 80 degrees. Light winds and a slight chance of isolated showers in the afternoon.
Buchanan General Hospital in Grundy Virginia will transfer management to Wellmont Health Systems under a contract effective Oct 1. Wellmont runs four other facilities in Tennessee and Virginia and will appoint a new administrator and chief financial officer, expanding purchasing power.
TAZEWELL Va Former Tazewell County Sheriff Joe Johnson and two former deputies Lt George Horne and Sgt Edward Skip Honaker were indicted on one count each of embezzlement and conspiracy for illegally selling a coin collection held as evidence. They will appear at docket call November 14 in Tazewell County Circuit Court.
Four remaining Survivor contestants Kelly Wiglesworth Rudy Boesch Richard Hatch and Susan Hawk pose for a Got Milk ad in Los Angeles as the CBS reality series nears its finale. Bob Denver predicts a large audience for tonight's Pulau Tiga Island finale with a million dollar prize.
CBS reality show strands 16 castaways on a Borneo island for a $1 million prize. Four remain: Richard Hatch, Kelly Wiglesworth, Rudy Boesch, and Susan Hawk. Gilligan’s Island star Denver says she has no winner prediction and notes mixed appeal among viewers.
BLUEFIELD The city board heard residents at a second public hearing seeking input on solutions to city problems. Mayor Paul Cole said the first hearing yielded some good ideas and noted meetings with department directors in the interim. He pledged to develop a plan to keep the city as good as now or better. Jim Godwin Jr. addressed the board with budget concerns and urged continued effort to improve controls.
McDowell County residents dumped over 1,000 tons of litter in three days as a free annual trash dropoff ends. Volunteers will haul debris to the Mercer County landfill in coming weeks because McDowell lacks a local site. Gordon Lambert notes the program runs with Havace detachment of the Department of Highways and sites at Blackwolf Elkhorn Big Creek Bradshaw Twin Branch and Saeger.
Bluefield officials heard that the King Coal Highway will cut from Bluefield to Williamson travel time to about 87 minutes once the project opens. Mike Mitchem announced groundbreaking for the John Nash Boulevard interchange on I-73/74 near Bluefield with construction starting spring 2001. The project will boost safety and regional growth as West Virginia links I-73/74 from Myrtle Beach to Michigan and Chicago.
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