Alyssia joins Southwest Virginia K-9 Rescue Team in training
Marsha Childress of Pounding Mill Va trains Alyssia the Labrador for six months as the newest member of the all volunteer Southwest Virginia K-9 Rescue Team. The dog will assist missing person searches across Tazewell Mercer Russell Buchanan and Dickenson counties and participate in local events while the group seeks donations to fund equipment and a radio system.
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Alyssia
Marsha Childress
Pounding Mill, Va
Southwest Virginia
Tazewell
Pounding Mill
Mercer
Russell
Buchanan
Dickenson
Childress
Paula Shupe
Abingdon
Tazewell County
Richlands
K-9 Rescue Team
BRMC layoffs prompt nurse concerns and job hunt
Former BRMC employee Proffitt, with eight years nursing experience, questions staffing choices after layoffs. Workforce West Virginia counselor Alisha Meador notes ongoing nursing demand and outlines a December 10 meeting to aid displaced BRMC workers with resumes, career help, and area job leads.
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Proffitt
BRMC
Alisha Meador
Career Development Services
WorkForce West Virginia
Summers County
Meador
Princeton
Jody Neal
Donations continue totals and memorials
Sunday contributions show gifts from Sylvia M. Simmons for fifty dollars, an Anonymous donation of one hundred fifty dollars for troops in Iraq, fifty dollars in memory of Mrs. Emily C. Spangler, twenty five dollars in memory of Jeffrey Shott, and a one hundred seventy five dollar cluster from ME Ae yaaa clan totaling one thousand forty nine dollars prior and three hundred twenty four dollars to date.
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Sylvia M. Simmons
Iraq
Emily C. Spangler
Jeffrey Shott
Metro-Style Consolidation Could Reshape Kanawha Valley Fire Service
St. Albans and Nitro already run a mixed department since 1999 with shared stations payment between cities. The plan would extend to full consolidation of departments and overhead such as pension funds, potentially saving money and boosting purchasing power for five career departments in the valley.
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McCabe
St. Albans
Steve Parsons
Parsons
Kanawha Valley
Commission
Christmas memories shape Princeton traditions
The piece recalls local holidays in Princeton through the memories of Elizabeth Osborne Jo Anna Fredeking and Ott Fredeking. It highlights annual parade pride storefront decorations Mercer Street nostalgia and a spirit of community teamwork that sustains the Christmas celebration and town square functions.
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Princeton
Rucker
Elizabeth Osborne
Bluefield
Osborne
BHS
Elizabeth’s
Jo Anna
Ott Fredeking
Walker Street
Jo Anna Fredeking
Fredeking
Mercer Street
Ott
Fredekings
Bill Archer
Barcher
Bdtonline
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