Weather update from Bluefield temperatures report
Associated Press Graphics notes yesterday's Bluefield temperatures with a high of 42 and low of 32. The record highs and lows for Bluefield show 78 and 4 degrees on earlier dates in 1923 and 1954 respectively.
Clearing by noon forecast for region with cool highs
The National Weather Service expects clearing conditions by noon with highs in the mid 40s. Tonight will be mostly clear with lows in the mid 20s. Sunday through Wednesday show mostly sunny to fair skies with highs ranging from the mid 40s to the 50s and overnight lows in the 20s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Weather Service
Weather report summarized for regional conditions
Mostly sunny today with highs in the 40s and 50s across regions. Tonight turning mostly clear and breezy with mid to upper 20s to low 30s. Sunday remains partly sunny with highs around 40s, scattered rain or snow possible in mountains and eastern areas. Clear to partly cloudy nights with lows from the mid teens to upper 20s.
Iraq to Free Foreign Hostages Amid Gulf Crisis
Amid a crisis escalation, Iraq’s National Assembly endorsed freeing all foreigners held in Iraq and Kuwait. About 900 Americans and other Westerners could apply for exit visas to be flown out on Iraqi Airways to Amman. Foreign missions plan to withdraw after exits proceed. U.S. diplomats in Kuwait will depart once evacuees are safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ropeans
Iraqi Airways
Amman
Jordan
U.S. State Department
Kuwait
Emirate
Iraq
London
Foreign Office
National Assembly
Saddam
al- Mansour Melia Hotel
Baghad
United States
U.S
Joseph Wilson
Princeton Maintains Garbage Fee Amid Rate Hike
The city cites a plan to cover a 401 percent Mercer County landfill rate increase, aiming to avoid service cuts and ticketing. Officials say the fee is designed to cover costs, not to generate profit for Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
West Virginia
Mercer County
Juhl
Bluefield Reservists Prepare for 180 Day Europe Deployment
Fourteen soldiers of the 304th Mill Police Company in Bluefield joined with 307th Military Police Company members from New Kensington to begin processing at Fort Indiantown Gap Pa for deployment to Europe. In total 176 soldiers from both units will leave for Fort Indiantown Gap for an undetermined period. The callup is 180 days and could be extended with Congress approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon
Congress
Community Kool Aid drive aids 101st Airborne shipments
JROTC units collect drink mixes from Kroger stores and others to send to Fort Campbell and airlift to Saudi Arabia before Christmas. Two battalions of the 101st Airborne including the 327th Infantry Battalion receive the shipments as stores anticipate a run on Kool Aid. pickups run Dec 10 to 17, with cadets at grocery locations after 5 pm weekdays and 9 am to 7 pm weekends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krogers
New River
JROTC
Fort Campbel
Saudi Arabia
Bailey
101St Airborne
327Th Infantry
McKinney
327Th
Bastogne
Cold Rain Skirts Southeast as Front Dips South
A cold front sweeps through the Southeast bringing showers and cooler air. Temperatures fall to the 40s while parts of Florida reach the 60s and 70s before the cold front cools conditions. Rain totals reach a quarter to half an inch in Key West and Albany with warnings along the Gulf Coast and lake advisories in south Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
Louisiana
Atlantic Coast
Florida Peninsula
Plains States
Key West
Fla
Albany
Gulf Coast
Galveston, Texas
Texas
Students get space lesson as NASA battles shuttle woes
NASA astronauts delivered a space classroom from the shuttle Columbia to 41 middle school students at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville. The lesson, part of a teacher in space dream, aired as the mission faced computer glitches affecting the Astro observatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NASA
Huntsville
Ala
Shuttle
Christa McAuliffe
Columbia
Jeffrey Hoffman
Astro Observatory
Earth
The
Space Agency
Challenger
Karen Widenhofer
Madison County
Marshall Space Flight Center
McAuliffe
New Hampshire
Denny Elkins
Snellville
Hoffman
Desma
Also Mentioned on This Page
Associated Press
Virginia
Ohio
Huntington
Wheeling
Morgantown
Charleston
Bluefield
Martinsburg
W.va
Charlottesville
Roanoke
Bristol
Washington
N.C
Richmond
Norfolk
West Virginia Virginia City
City
Bristol High
Beckley Charleston
Clarksburg
Lynchburg
Elkins
Outlook
Bluefield Area
North Carolina
Kentucky
West
Yellowstone
Mont
Hi Lo
Kansas City
N.Y
Las Vegas
Anchorage
Los Angeles
Louisville
Lubbock
Atlantic City
Miami Beach
Midland-Odessa
Billings
Mils-St Paul
Bismarck
Birmingham
New Orleans
New York City
Brownsville
Buffalo
New
North Platte
Burlington
Via
Oklahoma City
Schene
Omaha
S.C
Orlando
Philadelphia
Charlotte
Pittsburgh
Portland
Maine
Ine
Ore
Cleveland
Providence
S. Ti
Raleigh-Durham
Columbus
Rapid City
Concord
N.H
Reno
CLR
Dallas-Ft Worth
Cdy
Dayton
St Louis
Des Moines
Salt Lake City
Deroit
San Antonio
San Diego
el Paso
San Francisco
Evansville
Santa Fe
Fairbanks
Wilkes-Barr
Wilmington del
High
Fallbrook, Calif
National Weather
Accu-Weather, Inc
Wat
Gulf
Robert Vinton
N.M
Baghdad
Sue
Marshall