Boy Hit by Car on Tulip Street in Bluefield
Saturday around 2:25 p.m. a 10 year old boy was struck by a car on Tulip Street near Tastee Freeze in Bluefield West End. Police say he rode into the street from an alley and was struck, bouncing off a second car. He suffered head trauma and was taken to Bluefield Regional Medical Center. No charges are filed against the driver.
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Bluefield Fire Depot
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Tulip Street
Bluefield Avenue
West End
R.S. Gibson
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Hi Bluefield Regional Medical Center
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Weller's salamander discovery on Virginia's Whitetop Mountain
Rex Springston reports on biologist Kevin Hamed and colleagues studying Weller's salamander on Whitetop Mountain. The piece discusses salamanders as climate change indicators, the concept of mountains as islands in the sky, and concerns that warming could drive rare species to extinction or retreat from logged areas.
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Virginia
Kevin Hamed
Hamed
Weller
Tennessee
North Carolina
Whitetop
Appalachian Mountains
Virginia Highlands Community College
Abingdon
Bryan Watts
Virginia Commonwealth University
College of William and Ary
U.S
Canada
Blue Ridge Mountains
Chris Burkett
State Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
Mount Rogers
The
Pacific Northwest
Alaska
Blue Ridge
University of Tennessee
Mercer County Tailgate Market Showcases Local Produce
At the Mercer County Tailgate Farmer's Market on Stafford Drive Princeton vendors offer tomatoes beans corn cucumbers and squash. Phyllis Frost and Tom Runyon discuss farming histories while shoppers Ruth McCullough Kim Spain and others praise freshness and local support. Market master Dana Phlegar notes growth and entry costs with weekly openings Wednesdays and Saturdays.
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Phyllis Frost
Bluefield
Frost
Tom Runyon
Princeton
Dana Phlegar
Mercer County
Kim Spain
Spain
Mercer County Farmer's Market Faces School Bathroom Access and Parking Hurdles
Market manager Dana Phlegar says new school bathroom key rules force use of a porta potty, while parking congestion on campus with New River Community Tech College expansion strains space. Mercer County Technical Education Center and School Board officials propose options, including after hours access or paid custodian, but market plans to continue at current spots each Wednesday and Saturday.
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Princeton
McDowell
Summers County
Bluefield
Mercer County
Mercer County Technical Education Center
Stafford Drive
Jodi Richmond
WVU
Kate Coil
Kcoil
Bdionline
Dana Phlegar
Tailgate Farmer's Market
Phlegars
Richmond
Ph Bers
Cox
Board of Education
New River Community Technical College
Mercer
Phiegar
Farmer's Market
Keoil
Big Creek High School Demolition for New Jaeger Elementary
Brown announces plan to replace Jaeger High with a Pre K through fifth grade elementary on the former Big Creek and Jaeger sites. Big Creek High opened in 1932 and closed in June. students move to River View High as the two communities push a shared future. Demolition of Jaeger High has begun with site prep for the new school to follow in coming months.
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Big Creek High School
Big Creek Owls
River View High School
Brown
Big Creek
Jaeger High School
Jaeger Elementary
Rename Mitchell Stadium to honor Coach Gainer
A Bluefield committee urged the city board to rename Mitchell Stadium after Coach Gainer for building the Bluefield High football program. The motion passed unanimously as part of a plan to form a citizen committee to guide the project, seek funding, and explore a wall of fame and potential memorials at the stadium or nearby facilities.
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Bluefield High School
Gainer Road
Bluefield
Cindy Romano
Mitchell Stadium
Graham High
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