Holiday of Lights Brightens Bluefield Festival Display
Bluefield's second annual Holiday of Lights Festival showcases nearly 40 new decorations installed by volunteers and the street department. Attractions include a snowflake corridor, a gingerbread house with four characters, a tree decorated with help from the Fire Department, a G-1 steam engine exhibit, a 40 foot tree at East River Mountain Overlook Park, and displays at local malls and Chicory downtown. The park display runs 6 to 10 each evening through Jan 4, with more than 4600 dollars raised for materials and ongoing contributions accepted at City Hall.
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Luefield
Bluefield
Moorefield
Pocahontas
National Railway Historical Society
East River Mountain
American Electric Power
Holiday Inn
Acme- Kmart
Chicory
State
Charlie Cromer
Bluefield City Hall
Republicans Take Control of Virginia Senate in 1997 Election
In BLUEFIELD VIRGINIA, Republican Randy Forbes won a midterm race against James Wheaton, giving Republicans control of the state Senate for the first time since 1900. The party gains a 2020 split due to Lt. Gov. John Hager’s November victory, with tentative plans for special elections to fill Benedetti and Forbes seats before the January 14 session.
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Bluefield
Virginia General Assembly
Senate
del. J. Randy Forbes
Chesapeake
James J. Wheaton
Mark L. Barley
Forbes
Wheaton
George Allen
Soe Aly
Aser Jr
Reasor
John Hager
Ber
Donald Snore, Jr
Jim Gilmore
Virginia
Joseph B. Benedetti
Richmond
Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services
Benedetti
SBA may fund Bluefield gym floor upgrade by 500000
The West Virginia School Building Authority considered a major improvement grant up to 500000 to replace Bluefield Middle School gym floor and address tile removal at Whitethorn Memorial and Straley. The plan would trim 100000 from other projects to fit SBA limits while asbestos concerns are noted and a January decision looms.
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Princeton
Bluefield
West Virginia School Building Authority
SBA
Mercer County Board of Education
Bluefield Middle School
Deborah Akers
Whitethorn, Memorial
Straley
Mercer Elementary
Cae
Akers
Bill Seaver
Mercer County Board of Educa
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See Land
Oe R. Brooks
Ikos
Grubb
Buefield
Mabel V. Mahood
al Faulkner
Roe G
E.C. Caldwell Jr
Parapt Bluefield
Marshall
Cline Hall
Mission
Sallie Brevick
Bluefield Beverage Co
Sam’s Club
Helen G. Coulling
Erry Bluefield
Lions Club of
Dudley Coden
Trillium Garden Club
Sharon Perkinson
Tabernacleist Church
Citizens
Royal Jewelers
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Loyal Order of Moose
Scott Baptist Church
Williams Chiropractic
Noland Co
Ee Baptist Church
Republican
Bill Archer
The
Daily Telegraph
Partagas
Don Diego
Kroger
Hardee
Lael
Annes
Eae Teese
Toy
Roy Ra
Bre Rae
Valea
Mercer Mall
SEARS
Bluefield State College
Bluefield Ave
Bluefield, WV
Seaver
Gene Bailey
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