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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 2011
Page
1
Today features a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms with partly sunny skies. Expect a high near 81 degrees and mild, breezy conditions through the afternoon.
Nasdaq posts a 44.00 point gain to 2576.11 while Standard and Poor's 500 rises 2.84 to 1212.92 and the Russell 2000 advances 3.43 to 728.08, signaling broad but uneven gains across major benchmarks.
The Jefferson and Slavery at Monticello exhibit will open January at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. It examines Thomas Jefferson’s conflicted views on slavery, noting his admission that slavery was an abominable crime while he remained a lifelong slaveholder. The museum’s later plans include a new National Mall building in 2015. At Monticello Virginia curators begin restoring Mulberry Row home to enslaved and free workers. an exhibit on Mulberry Row opens in February.
Lottery results listed include West Virginia Daily 3 5 4 3 Daily 4 2 9 0 5 Virginia Pick 3 2 1 7 Pick 4 8 6 0 3. Also mentions Pinnacle Rock accident Bland bridge controversy Postal center meeting PFD celebrates 100 years Ridge Runner Kids fish day and other notes.
A 5.8 magnitude quake near central Virginia spurs 18 aftershocks from 4.5 to 2.0 plus smaller tremors. Damage total exceeds 17 million dollars affecting homes, schools, businesses and government buildings as Louisa County and surrounding areas cope with closures and structural losses.
Dahmon Ikey Ball, newly appointed administrator of Tazewell County Public Service Authority, vows to address ongoing water and sewer needs despite over 79 million dollars in prior projects. Current efforts include Baptist Valley East Phase II Sewer nearing completion and the Horsepen Water Project nearing finish, funded in part by federal stimulus.
Bland County residents in the Kimberland Road community question the absence of a promised 430,650 bridge. Shirley Cox cites a 2009 Daily Telegraph article with former Gov. Tim Kaine claiming the project would start that year, but no bridge has appeared over two years later.
Southern West Virginia highway workers continue summer patching and repaving across Mercer McDowell Raleigh and Wyoming counties. District 10 manager Tom Camden notes peak season due to fiscal year start July 1 and highlights completion of I-77 Princeton to Bluefield repaving with about six million dollars more planned before season's end.
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