Top 10 stories of 2014 in Four Seasons Country region
The Daily Telegraph staff reveal the year’s most significant local headlines across southern West Virginia and Southwest Virginia. War on coal looms as a core theme, with mentions of a town fire, interstate tunnel blaze, a tornado in Mercer County, bank robberies, and political shifts impacting the coal economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Southwest Virginia
Mercer County
Washington
Virginia
Virginia General Assembly
Terry McAuliffe
Commonwealth
Barack Obama
Charleston
Bill Archer
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Staff Roster and Quote
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists staff editors including News Editor Andy Patton and Sports Editor Brian Woodson with Samantha Perry as Senior Editor and Bill Archer as Assistant Managing Editor. A biblical quote from Psalms 49:16-17 AKJV appears, noting wealth and mortality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Owens
Daily Telegraph
Cowens
Bdtowens
Andy Patton
Brian Woodson
Bill Archer
Downtown Bluefield and Princeton host New Year celebrations
Bluefield's second annual Lemon Drop lights up Depot District with a giant lemon drop at midnight. Free hot chocolate and popcorn, live broadcast, DJ Kes Black, and traffic restrictions. Princeton holds the Downtown Countdown on Mercer Street with the giant ball drop at midnight, fireworks sponsored by Ramey Toyota, performances by multiple acts, teen dance at Stages Music School, and a DJ in town square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer Street
Princeton
Raleigh Street
Bluefield
America
Ferguson
Ukraine
Depot District
Commerce Street
Doug Dillon
Adventure Radio
Beautification Commission
Patty Hudson
Kes Black
Princeton Fire Department
Ramey Toyota Entertainment
Option 22
Tim & Maggie
Doc Greenberg
Stages Music School
West Virginia
Community Connections
Mercer County
Greg Puckett
Straley School
Obama’s Cuba policy called disgraceful in editorial view
The letter argues Obama admires the Castro regime and mocks Rubio’s critique. It accuses the president of pandering to a totalitarian state, praising Marxist rhetoric while seeking to remove Cuba from terrorism lists. It asserts Obama’s foreign policy risks a failed legacy and reflects naivete and disdain for dissent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marco Rubio
R-Fla
U.s.-Cuba
Barack Obama
John F. Gene
Castro Brothers
Obama
Cuba
State Department
Third World
Latin America
White House
Communist Party of Cuba
Sen. Rubio
Are We a Nation That Tortures
Op-ed argues the United States should renounce torture and questions whether the nation tortures. It contrasts Clinton and Bush statements, cites waterboarding and other methods, notes 9/11 and Iraq context, questions ethics, and urges honesty about history and policy. John M. Crisp, Tribune News Service columnist, references Cheney and Lewinsky in context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
United States
CIA
Dick Cheney
Grover Flint
Cheney
James Bradley
Flint
Senate
U.S
New York City
George Bush
Iraq
Monica Lewinski
John M. Crisp
Tribune News Service
del Mar College
Corpus Christi
Texas
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Bluefield Baily Telegraph
Randy Mooney
Samantha Perry
Congress
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