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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 2000
Page
1
Gov Cecil Underwood presided at the May 5 dedication of Bluefield Intermediate School. The page also notes a later October 30 visit by former President George Bush campaigning for his son George W Bush, who carried West Virginia in a razor close election against Al Gore.
The Daily Telegraph Editorial Board lists the year’s most notable events. Groundbreaking for the King Coal Highway and Coalfields Expressway tops the list, followed by the Keystone Bank closing and arrests, hospital consolidation talks, Bluefield city finances, state police controversy, Grundy flood plan efforts, a Pocahontas triple murder case, Tazewell School Board changes, the Easley Bridge project, and the 2000 election with notable visits by national figures.
AEP spokeswoman notes coal remains cost effective despite volatile fuel markets. Gas trades around 10 to 11 dollars per million BTUs while fuel oil is near 8. coal sits at about 2. West Virginia customers receive most power from coal with small hydro and some nuclear capacity in the mix. The article frames coal as economically advantageous amid broader energy price moves.
Bluefield area shoppers share 2001 hopes and doubts as they consider New Year goals. Some plan to exercise more or see the outside world, while others dismiss resolutions as pointless due to past failures. A Wythe County couple wishes for continued improvements seen in 2000.
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