Earthquake Dominates East Coast News Day
Samantha Perry recalls a 5.8 magnitude quake that hit central Virginia at 1 51 p m and rattled readers across West Virginia and the Daily Telegraph region. She quotes Trooper Horton and notes readers posted 15 comments online as staff staffed the day with updates and revising copy.
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United States Geological Survey
U.S
Virginia
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M.S. Horton
Monroe County
Mercer County
Horton
Spanishburg
Daily Telegraph
Cluefield Daily Telegraph Personnel Note
Publication staff listing shows Darryl Hudson as Publisher News Editor with Sports Editor Andy Patton Brian Woodson Samantha Perry as Managing Editor Senior Editor and City Editor Charles Owens. Scriptural quote from Acts 16 30 31 AKJV appears in this message.
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Andy Patton
Brian Woodson
Judges Propose Mercer County Truancy Initiative
Three circuit court judges Derek Swope William Sadler and Omar Aboulhosa plan a noon September 15 meeting with the Mercer County Board of Education to outline a new truancy program. The open public session details a cooperative effort with the Health and Human Services department probation office and the Board of Education to keep children in school and reduce linked social ills.
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Mercer County
Derek Swope
William Sadler
Omar Aboulhosa
Mercer County Board of Education
Aboulhosa
Department of Health and Human Services
Mercer County Probation Department
Board of Education
Aboulhosn
Daily Telegraph
State Supreme Court of Appeals
High Court
Kanawha County
Boycott WVVA Over WCYB Signal Move in Tazewell Va
A letter from Bobby McCall of Tazewell urges residents to protest WVVA for blocking WCYB and to contact WVVA executives and their congressman. He defends free enterprise and argues rural broadband grants support access, urging citizens to boycott until WCYB is viewable.
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Time Warner
WCYB
Tazewell County
WVVA
Tazewell
Beckley
Conyers
Monica Conyers
Detroit
McDonalds
Alderson
W.va
West Virginia
Public letters sought by the Daily TelegraphBluefield submission details
The Daily Telegraph invites letters on public issues. Writers must include signature, address and phone number. submissions by mail to Bluefield Daily Telegraph P O Box 1599 Bluefield WV 24701 or by email editor bdtonline com.
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Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
Mercer County redistricting proposal criticized by Conyers
Mercer County Commission forwarded a plan to divide Mercer County into three delegate districts defined by current magisterial boundaries. The idea, pushed in a letter to Speaker Rick Thompson, may offer a better redistricting solution amid partisan debates.
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Mike Vinciguerra
Mercer County Commission
House
Rick Thompson
Mercer County
Conyers criticism sparks West Virginia coal debate
Local reaction to Rep. John Conyers remarks on clean coal and energy policy highlights tensions over Michigan’s auto industry decline. The piece notes sponsor Robert W Edwards III MD and contact info for Jonathan's Hope Foundation, plus personal comments from Bluefield resident Wilson Butt.
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Robert W. Edwards III
Brad Lane
Chris Hansen
Jonathan’s Hope Foundation
Tomblin
Michigan
John Conyers
D-Mich
Conyers
West Virginia
EPA
Rep. Conyers
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