Welch sewer project bids invited to fix combined system
Welch seeks bids for a 4 million dollar sewer renovation to meet federal Clean Water Act deadlines. Two contracts cover new gravity sewers and manholes and aim to reduce combined sewer overflow points from 8 to 3. Construction slated to begin spring with bid results in January and completion targeted by 2014.
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Welch
Donnie Barie
Environmental Protection Agency
West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
Barie
EPA
Stat
West Virginia Department F of Environmental Protection
State
DEP
Buchanan County man sentenced for drug distribution
Michael Allen Keen 54 of Maxie Virginia received a 22 year prison term for distribution of hydrocodone and probation violations. The sentencing reflected a prior record including violent offenses and a 2010 Buchanan County drug distribution conviction. Keen will serve seven years behind bars then seven years on supervised probation as part of his suspended sentence.
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Commonwealth
Gerald Arrington
Keen
Florida
Buchanan County
Arrington
Three Suspects Sought in Monroe County Robbery
Monroe County Sheriff Mike Gravely says three masked individuals fled after injuring two people during a Wednesday evening robbery in Union. Both victims, Worrell and Moore, were hospitalized with non life threatening injuries. Moore was released, Worrell remains hospitalized. Call 304-772-3912 with information.
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Monroe County
Mike Gravely
Union
Worrell
Moore
Princeton Community Hospital
Gravely
Kate Coil
Keotl Bdtonline
West Virginia education board members resign over firing
West Virginia Board of Education members Jenny Phillips and Priscilla Haden resign after the abrupt firing of superintendent Joren Marple. The letters to Gov. Tomblin criticized the process, with Haden denouncing the method and Phillips lamenting reputational harm and a lack of regard for children. The board had already chosen James Phares as interim superintendent.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Marple
Haden
Kanawha County
Associated Press
Phillips
Altogee Gat & Wola
Tomblin
Panhandle
James Phares
Wade Singer
Phares
Pocahontas
Marion
Randolph County
Shott Yuletide Breakfast Tradition Continues in Bluefield
In Bluefield Virginia the 63rd Annual Yuletide Breakfast hosted by the Shott family at Fincastle Country Club drew many relatives and old friends. Attendees recalled the founder James H. Shott Sr and shared memories of the Swing Kings band while noting invitations mailed and the longstanding community event.
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James H
Smokey’ Shott III
Jim Ferguson
Richard Ammar
Shott
Fincastle Country Club
Bluefield
Dick Copeland
Ed Gilger
Fincastle
Rick Tabor
James H. Shott Sr
Hugh Ike Shott Sr
Pete
College Avenue
John C. Shott
Smokey” Shott II
Smokey Shott
Ron Campbell
Swing Kings
Whistv
Cecil Surratt
City Auditorium
Campbell
Dan Pochick
Rish Equipment
Rish Board of Directors
Environmental Protection Agency
Lisa Jackson
Pochick
John H Shott
Mike Shott
Smokey
Mike
Drew and
Jay Shott
Hugh Ike Shott
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Sunset News Observer
WHIS
James H. Shott
Whis TV
Wvvatv
Bluefield Gas Company
JanPak
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Gift of Life
Red Cross
Jenn Davis
Mercer Mall
Sam Proto
Jon Bolt
Welch Sewer
Jon Bott
Vera Daily Telegraph
Bay
Sheriff Mike Gravely
W.va. Education Board
University City Bird
Blacksburg
By Bill Archer
Bluepeta Dauty Telegraph
North Carolina
Drew Shott
Chris Thompson
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