Virginia fuel aid mail error prompts extended deadline
Hundreds of forms were sent to incorrect addresses across Southwest Virginia delaying heating fuel assistance for families. Officials urged quick action, with a deadline extension to Dec. 7 and local agencies ready to process applications for those affected.
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Virginia
Richmond
Puckett
Tazewell
Buchanan
Russell
Dickenson
Boucher
Commonwealth Department of Social Services
Sonia I. Rivera
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Sen
Phillip Puckett
Atkins
Rex Tester
Tazewell County
Postal Service
Marcella Williams
Virginia Department of Social Services
Commonwealth
Williams
Department of Social Services
Bland
Giles
Beatles Death Reverberates Through Mercer County Echoes
Tim Waugh and classmates at PikeView High recall the Beatles era as George Harrison dies. Donnie Goins and Betty Goins share memories of Beatlemania, Ed Sullivan Show viewing, and long hair nostalgia. George Santon reflects on the era’s impact and its symbol of the 60s, while the group’s legacy endures in songs like While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Within You and Without You.
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Tim Waugh
PikeView
Mercer County
George Harrison
Donnie Goins
Effron’s Men’s
Bluefield Avenue
North America
Donnie
Betty Goins
Bluefield
al Land
Goins
Ed Sullivan
Bramwell High School
George
George Santon
State orders oversight of Southern West Virginia county schools
State Board of Education intervenes after audit finds failures to provide high quality education and unsafe conditions in many schools. Mount View High, labeled seriously impaired, will receive focused reforms under interim principal Dan Zirkle while renovations and new facilities, including three new schools, are planned amid a $172 million Corps project.
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State Board of Education
McClung
West Virginia
Mount View High School
Welch
Dan Zirkle
Pike View High School
Princeton
Zirkle
Mount View
Big Creek High School
Northfork Middle School
Northfork
Jaeger High School
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Teen dies in Raleigh County dump truck crash
A Bluefield Virginia teenager, Travis Lee Sluss, 17, died at the scene after a single vehicle crash on Battoff Mountain in Raleigh County. The dump truck carrying asphalt reportedly lost brakes and overturned while turning onto Terry Road. The vehicle owner, Lawrence Beavers Jr., was charged with no insurance and permitting an unauthorized driver. the driver lacked a CDL. The driver was treated and released, with further charges pending after investigation. Deputy Stan Ellison led the report, aided by Deputy Jason Ballenger and the DOT.
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Beckley
Bluefield
Raleigh County
Battoff Mountain
Terry Road
Travis Lee Sluss
Stan Ellison
Raleigh General Hospital
Ellison
Jason Ballenger
Department of Transportation
Hundreds attend remembrance service at Memorial Funeral Directory
Approximately 200 people gathered at Johnston Chapel Baptist Church for a Service of Remembrance hosted by Memorial Funeral Directory on Athens Road in Princeton. Charles Mathena noted it was the funeral home’s first such service for families of those who died in the past year, with Rev John King presiding and Rev Jimmy Nossinger singing.
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Princeton
Memorial Funeral Directory
Athens Road
Charles Mathena
Funeral Home
Johnston Chapel Baptist Church
Halls Ridge Road
John King
Debbie Warren
Memorial
Jimmy Nossinger
Whispering Hope
Mathena
Marvin Mills
Bill Fredeking
Marquetta Mathena
Terri Fredeking
Kara Hamilton
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McDowell
A-1
Najjar Cardiology, P.C. Sakib
Najjar, M.D
F.A.C.P
F.A.C.C
Cherry Street
American Board of Cardiology
Nipleato
American Board of Internal Medicine
Sakib Najjar
Arew
American College of Cardiology
American College of Physicians
Mrs. Najjar
New Hope
Baily Telegraph
Frank’s
Mobile Home Park
Rasta
Ony
Blan
ROS
Ashland
Rossignol
Liberty 5
Sparta
Sargeant
Ouglag
M-S Finter
Brick Street
Dougles Sporting Goods
Ful Line Kids
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