Temperatures plunge to subzero across multiple towns
Bluefield logged eight degrees below zero tying a 1970 record while Charleston -4 Huntington -7 Parkersburg -9 and Elkins -15 set new lows. A Blacksburg NWS spokesman noted no Virginia records Sunday with near record lows expected tonight. Bland hit -11 with incomplete records. Few emergencies reported. Mercer and McDowell counties saw minimal outages and no major calls for assistance.
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Huntington
Parkersburg
Elkins
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Virginia
Bland
NWS
Mercer County
Sheriff’s Department
Mercer Communications
McDowell County
Sheriff's Department
Mahalia Jackson concert Thursday at Tazewell High School
Tickets remain for a 7:30 p.m. Mahalia Jackson show at the Tazewell High School auditorium sponsored by CART. Advance prices are 8 dollars for adults and 6 dollars for children, with tickets available in Bluefield at Town Hall.
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CART
Bluefield
Town Hall
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Bluefield College
Mercer County Board of Education
Mercer County Technical Education Complex
Princeton
Mercer County Board of Realtors
Mayflower
Weather Outlook and Lottery Results Digest
Partly cloudy today with highs in the mid to upper 20s and tonight lows from 5 below zero to 15 above. A weather package includes regional details and a tip to call a toll free number for tips. Powerball numbers drawn 10 16 18 39 45 with 38 as the Powerball. nine $100,000 tickets sold none winner. Virginia Lotto drawing 12 27 32 35 40 44 with no winner. Estimated Powerball jackpot about 21 million dollars.
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Virginia Lotto
Bitter West Virginia cold sets record lows this weekend
Arctic air plunged West Virginia to 19 below in Mannington and other spots with Martinsburg at 13 below. A Raleigh County crash killed 19 year old Tonya Burgess. driver Stephanie McAlpine was hospitalized. Police noted hazardous road conditions and motorists faced closures and speed restrictions amid blowing snow.
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Mannington
Marion County
National Weather Service
Martinsburg
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Raleigh County
Tonya Burgess
Coal City
Stephanie Mc
Public hearing on Jewell Ridge School in Virginia
The Tazewell County School Board will hold a public hearing at 5 30 p m Tuesday on the future of Jewell Ridge Elementary School weather permitting Enrollment has fallen from over 100 to 52 in four years and closing could save the county over 200 000 Officials and community leaders voiced varied views with no decision yet and plans to redraw school zones were discussed as the budget process begins
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Tazewell County
Jewell Ridge
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Jewell Ridge Recreation and Development Corporation
JRRDC
Millard Farmer
Tom Witten
Jewell Ridge Elementary
Woodrow Mullins
School Closings and Zone Policy Hints at Consolidation
At a board meeting Dick Stone proposed IVINCIUANUS area as a possible fix for declining enrollment. He is JRRDC treasurer and former November candidate for the school board now held by Kenneth Franklin. Witten cites an open policy allowing Richlands residents to choose schools, though no transportation is provided outside zones. About a dozen Jewell Ridge Elementary students ride to Richlands High and then attend Richlands or Cedar Bluff Elementary, with talks of closing another elementary school.
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Dick Stone
Stone
JRRDC
Kenneth Franklin
Witten
Richlands
Jewell Ridge
Richlands High School
Richlands Elementary
Cedar Bluff
Buchanan County eyes future costs in school consolidation plan
Buchanan and Tazewell counties wrestle with closing schools as coal declines pressuring budgets. With local funds per student higher than peers, rising future costs and enrollment drops fuel debate. Officials warn drastic action could affect about 175 people and worry educators like Edgar Childress.
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Buchanan
Tazewell
Roger Rife
Buchanan County
Board of Supervisors
Rife
Southwest
Virginia
Wythe County
Tazewell County
Edgar Childress
Buchanan Education Association
WVNET Colleges tap into network for educational telecomputing
Tony Barbery reports from Athens on WVNET, funded by NSF and WVU system, expanding high speed lines and dial up modems to 16 major and 10 branch campuses. Affiliates can access the Internet for 80 hours monthly at 15 dollars with shareware and freeware options. Humbert demonstrates access to WVNET’s World Wide Web page and university libraries.
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Concord College
Humbert
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Apple
Trumpet
Netscape
Eudora
Concord
Bluefield State College
Wvnet World
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Jewell Ridge School
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Greg Crue
Daily Telear
Tony Barbery
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University of Pittsburgh
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