Santa's travel plans teased with space shuttle and TV pals
AAA Bluefield Vice President Laura Gooch cites Santa plans across Greenland and Iceland with constant contact via cellular and pager. Local officials quip Rudolph may rest, Santa to use a space shuttle, while community volunteers gear up for the 82nd Community Christmas Tree program featuring Ray Brooks and Swing Kings amid town groups.
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AAA
Bluefield Automobile Club
Laura Gooch
Santa
Gooch
Greenland
Iceland
Mercer County Commission
Bill Draper
Rudolph
Seattle
Wash
Stephens
Roy Rogers
Ray Brooks
Snoop
Scoop
Whis-Tv
Swing Kings
Cecil Surratt
City Auditorium
O.C
Brooks
O.C. Young
Surratt
Don Whitt
Mark Pennington
Tammy Brown
Karl Miller
Barry Bowman
Benny Belcher
Keith Pennington
Jeremy Brown
East End Concerned Citizens
Princeton Jaycees
Bluefield Rotary Club
Rotary Interact
East River Street Reds
Icy Roads Strain Mercer County as Crews Trekk Into Christmas
Road crews salted main routes Wednesday and projected continued work. Ice patches and black ice on Route 10 and Route 20 sparked dozens of accidents across Mercer County, Wythe Virginia, and neighboring counties. Emergency crews rescued several people, including two women and a four year old, as responders treated injuries and traffic slowed on I-77 and the Bluestone region. VDOT officials promised ample salt and gravel with liquid chloride to accelerate road treatment ahead of more snow.
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Eddie Kessler
State Division of Highways
Route 10
Route 20
Mercer County
Wytheville
Virginia State Police
Virginia
Bland, Tazewell
Wythe, Smyth
Buchanan
Russell
Lake Shawnee
Princeton Rescue Squad
Matoaka Volunteer Fire Department
W.W. Worley II
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
Worley
Montcalm
Bluestone Travel Plaza
Camp Creek
Bluestone Bridge
Tazewell County
911
Cochran
VDOT
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Bluefield Auditorium
Jamie Bailey
Raekwon Leggett
Bluefield
W.D Harty
Mickey Cochran
Virginia Department of Transportation
Tazewell
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