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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 2015
Page
1
A slight chance of showers before 10 a.m. giving way to partly sunny skies and a high near 72. Southwest wind about 9 mph. Precipitation risk 20 percent. Tonight a chance of showers mainly from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Phoenix firefighters rescued a cat trapped in a chimney on Christmas morning. Adrienne Gill’s visiting daughter’s new pet had been missing since Thursday. Fire crews freed the soot covered cat in twenty minutes. the chimney was subsequently boarded up.
A structure fire in Duhring severely damaged a home early Tuesday. Police and firefighters investigated possible causes as neighbors reported a missing occupant. The incident prompted a temporary road closure and a nearby shelter was opened for residents. Local officials urged caution as crews worked through the scene.
Virginia officials confront rising heroin and prescription opioid overdoses with projections of more than 850 deaths this year and potential surpassing 1,000 in 2016. Officials cite a statewide and national surge, urging expanded Medicaid treatment, physician training, and a community based, multi agency response across state and federal levels.
Shoppers flocked to the Big K Mart in Bluefield for the day after Christmas sales. Manager Sandy Cox said staff were fully staffed and customers crowded the parking lot as expected exchanges and bargain hunting boosted early, steady trade.
Bramwell, once called the Capital of the Coalfields, melds coal history with a lone land anomaly under a town perched on a Bluestone River peninsula. Mayor Lou Stoker recounts investors and surveyor Isaiah Welch shaping the village, the Bluestone Coal Company and Pocahontas Land Corporation filings, and a 500,000 acre tract tied to a 1873 inquiry into coal oil and gas prospects. The tale frames a coal rush era and the town’s unique geology.
Bluefield city aims to build a two section dog park between Shenandoah and Rockbridge streets at the old Fairview Cemetery site. City manager Dane Rideout says donations are scarce with only 790 dollars collected toward a 75,000 dollar goal on GoFundMe. Officials intend to start construction once funds are secured.
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