Power outage hits Bluefield area during icy weather
AEP linked a Saturday outage in the College Avenue area to ice damaged lines along East River Mountain. About 1,200 customers lost power at 9:07 a.m., with crews restoring service by 1:25 p.m. Public relations director Karen Simmons urged turning off most appliances to avoid surges and advised leaving one light on to gauge restoration.
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Bluefield
AEP
College Avenue
Karen Simmons
East River Mountain
Simmons
Parole Officers to Get Better Gear in 1999
Parole officers in RINCETON Mercer County will receive improved equipment in 1999 from the county commission and the sheriff s department. The donation includes bullet proof vests and two way radios valued at 5 000. District Supervisor Doug Workman notes this level of cooperation is unique in West Virginia.
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Rinceton - Mercer Pecuns
County Commission
Sheriffs Department
Charles Vannatter
West Virginia
Doug Workman
New River 10 mile parkway to cost 35 million
New River Parkway Authority prioritizes a Sandstone crossing for a 10 mile Interstate 64 to Hinton parkway route. The two lane slow speed parkway along River Road is estimated at 35 million with 12.4 million from the National Park Service for a visitor center at Sandstone. EPA has signed on and final DEIS planned for April 1999. right of way and final plans to follow.
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Hinton
New River Parkway Authority
Doug Tolbert
Hinton Parkway
Authority
Sandstone
Tolbert
Division of Highway Officials
DEIS
National Park Service
Environmental Protection Agency
Ice and trees blamed as Virginia power outages persist
In Richmond Virginia, more than 160000 residents remained without electricity despite all night repair efforts by Virginia Power and help from out of state crews. Ice and felled trees caused most outages and melting ice worsened the situation as trees snapped back into place. Williamsburg was hard hit with limited gas and power for emergency generators. Chambres seniors lost power and workers evacuated 56 assisted living clients to Williamsburg Hospitality House.
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Richmond
Virginia Power
Williamsburg
Chambres
Relocation planned for Tazewell County Volunteer Fire Department
Tazewell County officials consider moving the Springville Divides unit from the fairgrounds to along Route 19 460 near Ramey’s Chevrolet. Supervisors approved a six month $100 option to buy two parcels for $25 000 to enable the change. The site would bring the department closer to Springville and lower insurance rates while keeping the Bluefield Va fire district as the current response partner. The county aims to establish a satellite station near Springville school. The move would keep the fair grounds for the county fair and related events.
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Mazewell
Tazewell
Springville
Board of Supervisors
Ramey’s
Jimmy Jones
Jones
Bluefield
Richard Farthing
Bluefield State EET seniors push high tech projects
Bluefield State College electrical engineering technology seniors lead bold projects from programmable controllers to obstacle course robots. Roy Pruett and Dr. Robert Riggins supervise teams building autonomous vehicles and light beam communications. Two students won top prizes at the ISMC exhibit in Charleston.
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Rinceton - Santa
Jplan
Bluefield State College
Jim Nelson
Bluefield State
Roy Pruett
Nelson
International Society For Measurement and Controls
Charleston
Pruett
Princeton
Mercer County
BSC
Robert Riggins
Chad Baker
EET
Riggins
Baker
Oakland
Chris Lafferty
DeWayne Bowles
Arthur Ball
Steve
Todd) Browning
Cullen Medley
Richard Midkiff
Rodney Price
Mickey Udy
Terry Wells
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Darel Carter
American Electric Power
Tony Barbery
The
Daily Telegraph
Electrical Engineers
Greg Jordan
Academy of Careers and Technology
Beckley
Lin Electronics
Cullen Mediey
Virgil Harden
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