Birthday Week Snow Distractions Across a Winter Past
Charles Owens reflects on birthday week storms that forced a week off work, the pain of shoveling heavy snow, flat tires, and the long gray winter from December into March. He recalls childhood birthdays before Christmas and hopes for sunshine or lottery luck to break the cycle.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Staff Roles and Quotation
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists Darryl Hudson as Publisher and News Editor Samantha Perry as Managing Editor Senior Editor City Editor. A biblical quote from Jeremiah 8 11 AKJV appears praising false peace amid no true peace.
Tazewell County seeks bids for school HVAC and doors
The Tazewell County School Board is seeking bids for new doors, sidewalk work and heating cooling units at Tazewell High School, Graham Middle School and Richlands High School. About 1.8 million in federal subsidy funds will finance the project with work to start next year and be completed by spring. The upgrade aims to provide climate control and cost savings while improving learning environments.
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Tazewell County
Tazewell High School
Graham Middle School
Richlands High School
Brenda Lawson
Lawson
Tazewell High
Graham Middle
Richlands High
EPA protections in West Virginia debate raise public concern
The letter criticizes Shott’s EPA framing, arguing against anti environmental rhetoric. It defends EPA actions under Obama, notes environmental harm from coal industry practices, and asserts the EPA weighs public good over business profits while serving the people.
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R. Shott
Daily Telegraph
Mr. Shott
EPA
Mr. Short
West Virginia
United States
Shott
Athens
Telegraph Letter Submission Policy Noting Signatures
The Daily Telegraph invites letters on public matters but requires the writer’s signature address and phone number for publication. Pen names and anonymous letters are not used. signatures will be published.
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Daily Telegraph
Mames
Bi Careuaan
Christmas parties and dances light up Mercer and Bluefield
Mercer County Democrat Club hosts its annual Christmas party at the Sugar Shack in Princeton on December 13 at 6 p.m. Tickets are $17 and sold through Julie Ball with a possible guest speaker. The Bluefield Shrine Club and Bluefield Dance Club also held holiday events, including a children’s Christmas party with Santa and a Fall Ball at Fincastle Country Club. Gov Earl Ray Tomblin and First Lady Joanne plan four Christmas parties and a governor’s mansion open house, urging nonperishable food donations to the United Way campaign to fight hunger in West Virginia.
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McDowell County
Mercer County Democrat Club
Sugar Shack
Princeton
Mercer Democrats
Julie Ball
Bluefield
Santa
Earl Ray Tomblin
Joanne
West Virginia
United Way
Tomblin
United Way State Campaign
Mountaineer Food Bank
Huntington Food Bank
Governor’s Mansion
Bluefield Holiday Events and Town Concerns Highlight Prints
Local note by Wilson Butt recalls the Bluefield Bluefield area holiday events. The Bluefield Dance Club hosted a Fall Ball at Fincastle Country Club with out of town guests, donations directed to United Way and food banks. Summit Theater staged Songs of the Season with Impressions Bistro dinner. tickets via Four Seasons Answering Service. Butt defends police staffing and urges focus on crime to attract good citizens.
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Summit Theater
Summit Singers
Bluefield
Impressions Bistro
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Darryl Hudson
Samantha Perry
City Editor
Jeremiah
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Bluefield Dance Club
Fincastle Country Club
Wilson Butt
Joe Wilson
Department of Highways