Wytheville teen dies in single vehicle crash
A 17 year old from Wytheville died at the scene when a 1989 Ford Crown Victoria ran off Route 100 north of Route 656, struck an embankment, and burned. The single vehicle crash occurred at 11 50 p m Sunday night and remains under investigation by Virginia State Police Trooper D Suthers.
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Ytheville
Wytheville
D. Suthers
Virginia State Police
Suthers
Charles Owens
Cowens
Bottonline
McDowell gets 2.6 million for school construction
In Welch, the state School Building Authority awarded McDowell County 2.6 million dollars for a War K-8 school project next to Big Creek High School. Interim superintendent Jeff Nash confirmed the grant from SBA Executive Director Mark Manchin, noting progress and an anticipated finish around January 2008. Construction by Swope Construction of Bluefield proceeds with cinderblocks soon to rise on the War site.
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Welch
State School Building Authority
McDowell County
Jeff Nash
SBA
Mark Manchin
Nash
Big Creek
War
Mario Poletti
Swope Construction
Bluefield
Bradshaw
Big Creek-Saeger High School
Manchin
Charles Owens
Cowens
Bottonline
Officials: Russell Street apartment fire suspicious
Bluefield officials reported a fire at 520 Russell St in a vacant ground floor apartment with minor smoke damage. Firefighters arrived within a minute, controlled the blaze in about 10 minutes, and described the incident as suspicious while the Fire Marshal will investigate. No injuries.
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Bluefield
Russell St
West Virginia
Richard Hodge
Mercer County
Hodge
Andria Thornhill
Russell Street
Greg Jordan
Gjordan
Bottonline.com
Auction to aid Bluefield child’s therapy opens today
An auction at Summit Theater in downtown Bluefield begins at 7 PM to raise funds for Jacob DeLellis, a 3 year old Bluewell boy with spina bifida and hydrocephalus. About 40 items include an autographed WVU football and celebrity photos from local merchants. Proceeds cover his physical therapy sessions.
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Luefield
Summit Theater
Bluefield
WVU
Jacob DeLellis
Bluewell
Rock slide closes Welch bypass injures no one
McDowell County reports a weekend rock slide on the Welch Bypass blocking traffic to a single lane. No injuries occurred. buses detoured through downtown Welch while crews with a backhoe broke up the boulder. The cause remains under investigation as cleanup continued.
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Boulder
McDowell County
Bradshaw
Jeff Nash
Nash
Welch
McBrayer
Charles Owens
Omens
Miners gain health care funding and AML cleanup boost
U S Senate approves billions to fund lifetime health care for retired miners and widows and to reclaim abandoned West Virginia mines. Sen. Jay Rockefeller says the bill ends a shortfall in the UMWA Trust Funds, preventing benefit cuts for about 17 000 WV miners and widows. WV receives nearly 41 million next year and over 986 million over 15 years for mine reclamation.
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U.S. Senate
West Virginia
U.S
Jay Rockefeller
D-Wv
Rockefeller
Senate
UMWA
West
Virginia
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Cecil Underwood
Bob Wise
Nick Rahall
Shelly Moore Capito
Robert Mollohan
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Bluefield Baily Telegraph
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