Record cold clogs DOH work in Bluefield region
Record cold temperatures ranging from minus 9 to minus 22 grip the region on Monday. Mercer County highway officials report DOH graders largely idle with equipment failures. Hydraulic systems fail, brakes lock, air compression lags, and fuel mixes freeze. Materials and stockpiles freeze, delaying deliveries. Workers log long hours amid the cold and disruption.
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Bluefield
Mercer County
Buddy Campbell
Campbell
DOH
Jack
Record Arctic Freeze Closes Virginia Schools and Hamps VDOT Crews
In Tazewell and surrounding counties Southwest Virginia ties record lows from 24 to 26 degrees below zero. Power outages affected about 297 customers as VDOT equipment froze and spreaders failed. schools in Tazewell Buchanan Bland Wythe and Giles counties remained closed. Assistant resident engineer Mickey Cochran said most equipment froze despite running idle, delaying snow removal on secondary roads. Tip Top thermometer registered 29 degrees.
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Tazewell
Virginia
Buchanan
Virginia Department of Transportation
Bland
Wythe
Giles
Mickey Cochran
VDOT
Cochran
Tip Top
Snow Scenes Pop Up in Four Seasons Country
Residents cope with heavy snowfall by digging out and creating artful snow scenes. Dean Agnew of Bluefield sprays snow across Bland Street while Bud Coppinger crafts a humorous snow display on Springdale in South Bluefield. Spray painting in snow has grown popular with the latest accumulations.
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Four Seasons
Dean Agnew
Bluefield
Bland Street
Bud Coppinger
Springdale
South Bluefield
AEP Customers Hit All-Time Peak Demand
Fen BLUEFIELD The record shattering blast of frigid air across the region drives a surge in electric power use. American Electric Power customers reach a new all time peak demand of 19 557 000 kW by 8 a m Monday, surpassing the prior 19 516 000 kW on Aug 14 1995.
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Bluefield
American Electric Power
Mercer County Board Sessions on School Improvement and Walls
The Mercer County Board of Education will hold a special session Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Seminar Center County Technical Education Complex Princeton for School Improvement Council Input Sessions and Change Order PikeView High Gymnasium Walls. On Wednesday February 7 at 3 p.m. the board will meet in the Central Office Conference Room Princeton for Work Session Strategic Planning and Personnel.
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Mercer County Board of Education
County Technical Education Complex
Princeton
PikeView High
Unclear Weather Forecast Brief
Partly cloudy today with highs of 25 to 30 degrees. Tonight will bring increasing clouds and lows ranging from the single digits to the teens. Weather package A-10.
Cellular One Tip Line Opens Across Several Counties
A toll free number invites residents in Mercer and neighboring counties to call for news tips. The service covers Mercer, Tazewell, Bland, Monrow, Summers, Fayette and Greenbrier counties with a dedicated free line for tips and information sharing.
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Mercer, Tazewell
Bland
Monroe
Summers
Fayette
Greenbrier Counties
Buchanan Supervisors endorse Coalfields Expressway route
The Buchanan County Board of Supervisors backed a proposed Coalfields Expressway route after a planning commission review found other VDOT options too costly. The plan runs from the West Virginia line at Wimmer Gap near Bradshaw, west along ridge lines south of Route 83 to Grundy, crosses US 460 near Tockland, skirts Grundy Airport toward Poplar Gap and Bull Gap, then crosses Route 80 near Breaks Park. In other business, Vansant Elementary seventh grade teacher W J Caudill was named county administrator after a three hour session.
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Grundy
Buchanan County Board of Supervisors
Buchanan County Planning Commission
Virginia Department of Transportation
VDOT
West Virginia
Wimmer Gap
Bradshaw
Tockland
Poplar Gap
Bull Gap
Breaks
Vansant Elementary School
W.J. Caudill
Clinton budget sketches campaign aims amid deficit push
President Clinton's 20 page budget outline reads as a campaign manifesto rather than a strict spending plan. It envisions zero deficits by 2002 and a modest tax cut, while proposing more funding for Medicaid Medicare education and the environment than Republicans want. The introductory essay echoes the State of the Union line that the era of big government is over with most deficit cuts concentrated in 2000 and 2001.
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Washington
Clinton
Clinton outlines plan cutting programs to balance budget
President Clinton told governors that his plan would downsize government yet protect Medicare Medicaid education and the environment while cutting taxes for working families. He avoided detailing how roughly 300 billion dollars in seven year savings would come from defense and nondefense areas, to be released in mid March with a full budget blueprint.
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Clinton
Congress
Congressional Budget Office
FEMA and OES outline public assistance guidelines Mercer floods
FEMA and the State Office of Emergency Services outlined public assistance guidelines at a meeting in the E 911 Center for Mercer County agencies and responders. Steve Simpson of the State OES reviewed flood and blizzard aid rules, noting 25 counties including Mercer are in the incident period which began January 19 and continues. Teams are to visit Mercer within three weeks, with reimbursements possible for emergency response agency equipment and related costs. Represented groups included Bluefield and Princeton cities, Lashmeet Public Service District, Highways, several fire departments, sanitary boards, and the Mercer County OES.
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Princeton
Federal Emergency Management Agency
State Office of Emergency Service
Mercer County
E-911
Steve Simpson
OES
Simpson
Mercer
Monroe
Summers
FEMA
City of
Bluefield
Lashmeet Public Service District
Division of Highways
Bluestone Valley
Green Valley
Glenwood
Princeton Sanitary Board
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Wayne Shumate
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