Cable theft disrupts 240 Frontier customers in West Virginia
West Virginia State Police investigators pursue a copper cable theft in the Big Sandy Hensley area that cut phone and broadband service for about 240 Frontier customers. Frontier urges tips via 1-800-590-6605 or 304-436-2101. repair crews restored service after overnight work.
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Welch Detachment
West Virginia State Police
Frontier Communications
Frontier
Big Sandy
Mike Swatts
Swatts
Welch
Dan Page
A P Christian
J.R. Coburn
Cable
Coburn
Christian
Bill Archer
Barcher
Bottonline
Matoaka fires police chief over missing academy training
Matoaka Mayor Todd Colona confirms firing Police Chief John Sommers for not completing training at the West Virginia State Police Academy. Colona will serve as interim chief until a trained replacement is hired. Sommers says a complaint prompted the action and notes a fire debris cleanup issue remains under review.
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Matoaka
Todd Colona
John Sommers
Colona
West Virginia State Police Academy
John
Sommers
Three men cited for riding ATVs in Bluefield city limits
Bluefield police cited Alex Brown 20 Tyrek Miller 20 and Taurean Miller 22 all of Bluefield for riding ATVs within the city limits. Two ATVs driven by Tyrek and Taurean Miller were stopped on Pulaski Street by Lt. G W Lightfoot and another ATV driven by Brown was stopped on Pulaski Street. Police noted city code bans riding ATVs in the city and that ATV activity has been a long-standing issue. Contact Blake Stowers at lstowers bdtonline.com.
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Bluefield
Alex Brown
Tyrek Miller
Taurean Miller
D.A. Pennington
City of
ATV
Pulaski Street
Pennington
Blake Stowers
Lstowers
Bdtonline
Officials respond to possible bomb threat at Riverview Elementary
At 9:40 a.m. Wednesday, Grundy law enforcement evacuated Riverview Elementary students to Grundy High School after a handwritten note was found in a girls restroom. An EDD K-9 and a state police helicopter searched the school. no threat was found. Investigators from the Buchanan County Sheriff's Office and Virginia Bureau of Investigation will continue the probe. Some parents collected children at Grundy High School after the area was cleared.
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Riverview Elementary
Grundy
Grundy High School
Virginia State Police
Ray Foster
Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office
Virginia Bureau of Investigation and Investiga
Tors
Sheriff’s Office
Riverview
Blake Stowers
Lstowers
Bdtonline
West Virginia REAP grants total 1.8 million in Charleston
Thirty recipients share 1.8 million in REAP grants from the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection. City of Bluefield receives 21,500 for recycling coordinator and program costs. Empire Waste Systems 30,878 funds truck chassis. Lusk Disposal 52,500 buys dumpsters. Mercer County Solid Waste Authority 100,000 backs facility expansion. Monroe County Commission 48,977 for MS support group building foundation. Princeton MS group meets last Tuesday monthly. call Doug Mullins 304-753-9126.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Department of Environmental Protection
Mercer County
City of Bluefield
Empire Waste Systems
Lusk Disposal
Mercer County Solid Waste Authority
Monroe County
Monroe County Commission
Doug Mullins
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Rockford
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USL Outlander
Conquest
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Pantill.com
Oakvale Road
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Main Street
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Rocky Gap Tree Service
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