Colgan Air pro poses to take over Bluefield Beckley service
Colgan Air Inc proposes to take over essential air service in Bluefield and Beckley after filing with the Department of Transportation. Local officials tour a Beechcraft 1900 at Mercer County Airport and push to restore reliable regional air travel. Colgan executives promise better reliability and capacity for 19 passengers, reducing bumps during bad weather.
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Bluefield
Mercer County
Ron Satterfield
Mercer County Airport Authority
Department of Transportation
Manassas
Colgan Air Inc
Essential Air Service
Beckley
Colgan Air
Ccair
Charlotte
N.C
Fincastle Country Club
Colgan
Nicholson Sued Over Golf Club Assault Claim
Robert Blank accuses Jack Nicholson of assault and battery after a February 8 confrontation in which Nicholson allegedly used a golf club to strike a Mercedes blocking his path. Blank says he feared for his life. city may file misdemeanor vandalism charge pending review.
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Jack Nicholson
Rick Schmidt
Robert Blank
Nicholson
Blank
Sandy Bresler
McDowell Black Lung Association Meeting at Welch Library
On Saturday February 26 at 1 p.m. the McDowell Black Lung Association holds its monthly meeting at the Welch library. Members should attend as plans for an upcoming Washington D.C. trip will be discussed. On Monday February 28 at noon the Tazewell County Community Policy and Management Team meets in the Fincastle Restaurant upstairs room. The meeting is open to the public.
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McDowell Black Lung Association
Welch
Washington, D.C
Tazewell County Community Policy and Management Team
Fincastle
Weather and Lottery Brief For Today
A 30 percent chance of rain with west winds 15 to 25 mph. Highs in the mid-30s. Tonight partly cloudy with lows in the mid-20s. Lotteries section follows.
Stormy weather prompts flood watch across Mercer and nearby counties
Rain and strong winds caused a flash flood watch in the Bluefield area Wednesday with lighter rain moving out and a forecast of light snow later. Officials reported no flooding threats, noting rivers were within normal levels while scattered showers and wind affected Mercer and nearby counties in Virginia and West Virginia.
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Bluefield
National Weather Service
Mercer County
Nelson Short
Giles County
Bland County
Olen Sexton
Sexton
Weather Service
West Virginia
Grady
Pickens
Randolph County
Lewisburg
Logan
Kerrigan shines as Harding fades in Olympic figure skating
Nancy Kerrigan delivered a near flawless program to a sold out arena, drawing thunderous acclaim and lifting her toward Friday's gold medal. Tonya Harding faltered with two jumps and finished 10th while Ukraine’s Oksana Baiul and France’s Surya Bonaly stood ahead.
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Hamar
Norway
Nancy Kerrigan
Tonya Harding
Harding
Kerrigan
Oksana Baiul
Ukraine
Surya Bonaly
France
Katarina Witt
Robin Hood
Evy Scotvold
Frank
Tonya
USA
Tamarac progress reported for Beckley artisan center
West Virginia Parkway Authority heard that Tamarac the planned multi million dollar Beckley arts center is coming along nicely. A Tamarac shop is planned at The Greenbrier and arts and crafts projects are proposed for state parks.
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Charleston
Tamarac
Beckley
West Virginia
Charles Miller
Chambers hear updates from West Virginia state director
Charleston based State Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Steve Roberts met with Mercer County chamber delegates and other regional chambers. He urged greater lobbying to inform lawmakers on reinvestment needs and highlighted three issues: a one percent corporate tax cut, environmental parody, and Workers' Compensation reform. He argued the corporate cut is symbolic and would barely affect state revenues. He cautioned against overly strict environmental standards and called for fixing the Workers' Compensation system to improve West Virginia's business climate.
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Charleston
State Chamber of Commerce
Steve Roberts
Mercer County Chamber
Greater Bluefield
Princeton
Mercer County Chambers of Commerce
Roberts
Chamber
West Virginia
Virginia
Division of Environmental Protection
EPA
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Greater
CSO
Mary Con
West Virginia Daily
Daily
Abby
Daily Record
Eddie Lee Isom
Teresa Cutlip
Daily Telegraph
Nancy Ices
Nancy
Men “Kerrigan
Disney
A-s
Senos
Todd Stringer
Oakvale
Mercer Mall
Barbara Hawkins
The
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