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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 2016
Page
2
Parkways authority backs keeping tolls after 2019 amid a $400 million state deficit. Greg Barr notes tolls raise about $90 million yearly, mainly from out of state travelers, while opposition lawmaker Marty Gearheart aims to ensure maintenance shifts to the Division of Highways.
A Virginia radon study in Tazewell County found 55 percent of 176 tested homes with elevated radon levels above 4 pCi/L. Experts warned mitigation is needed as exposure is a health hazard and can raise lung cancer risk, especially for smokers. Mitigation costs vary from 800 to 3,000 dollars, with rural areas harder to access.
Commissioner Jeff Dunn stated the execution caused no pain while no suffering occurred, describing it as avoidable. The case involved Kreg Smith, who killed store clerk Casey Wilson during a 1994 robbery. A jury favored life imprisonment 7-5, but a judge imposed death, calling the killing execution style.
Tazewell County Animal Shelter McDowell County Humane Society Pet Haven Falls Mills and Save-A-Pet Food Bark each received a share of the shelter drive donations. Darlene Little said the contributions will help keep pets fed when owners cannot pay for food. Pet Haven noted the load will aid adoptions, while area shelters described being filled during the holiday season and thanked the community for its generosity.
Proceeds from a book sale by Tree's 14 grocery stores support the Little Jimmie campaign. A community Christmas Tree event is set for Thursday Dec 22 from noon to 1 30 PM at the city auditorium on Stadium Drive Bluefield WV. Donations to the Community Christmas Tree Fund via Bluefield Daily Telegraph PO Box 1599 or in person are welcomed with checks payable to the fund. Saturday gifts include $50 in memory of Mrs Clyde Barr and Benny, $20 in memory of Russell Booth and Ruth Sawyer, and $100 from the Gary Coaldiggers High School Alumni Association, bringing total to about $22 551.
The Commerce official notes Dunkin Donuts’ top selling product as The Little General Store and other firms expand or reopen in Princeton. Sonic Drive-In resumes operations on Stafford Drive, a larger Little Caesars is rising across the street, and Exit 9 development along I 77 and US 460 remains robust. A Mexican restaurant at Walmart off Greasy Ridge Road is relocating. Contact Greg Jordan at gjordan bottonline com.
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