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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 2004
Page
5
The piece notes that drilling activity with over 1,000 US rigs and open-market gas near $6 per thousand cubic feet fail to offset higher demand. Cooler summer reduced usage in power plants contrasts with more combustion gas turbines and an improving economy increasing gas use, contributing to higher residential bills despite downward price swings.
West Virginia Public Service Commission reviews Bluefield Gas Company's request to raise residential gas rates by 12.9 percent. A typical customer paying 95 dollars two years ago, 135 last winter, would face 152 dollars this winter. The decision hinges on natural gas costs and recovering open-market charges from prior years. Other WV distributors like Equitable Gas and Hope are pursuing larger increases.
West Virginia interim sessions at Glade Springs focused on insurance costs and access for uninsured residents. Testimony highlighted auto, home, and business premiums rising, with examples from a mining firm showing an 11 percent jump to 50,000 dollars annually. Local officials and lawmakers from Mercer and Greenbrier counties visited Concord University, Pinecrest State Hospital, Camp Creek State Park, and other sites as preparations for 2005 proceed.
The Mercer County school district uses a federal grant to fund new non fiction books for Kindergartens through third grade, with every elementary receiving $12,000 for books and identical literacy software. The program expands library hours before after and during summer, and adds a library computer per site.
The article follows GHS seniors Peters Ammar and others as they pursue back-to-school shopping. They emphasize choosing style over substance, frequent mall trips, and the need for jeans, skirts, blouses, shoes, makeup, and jewelry. Pleated and tweed skirts are highlighted as big sellers.
The feature outlines top back-to-school fashions for girls and women including pleated and tweed skirts, ponchos, and shorts while noting school dress codes. Bluefield High School and Tazewell County rules emphasize mid-thigh hems, three-finger strap width, midriff coverage, and waist guidelines, with warnings about animal jewelry and outdoor clothing.
Residents from Clear Fork and Marsh Creek rally lawmakers and Corps of Engineers over flood damage tied to mountaintop removal and sludge dams. They accuse agencies of indifference, warn of drownings, and urge coordinated funding and enforcement amid federal budget cuts.
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