Bomb scare in Beckley prompts city evacuation and bomb unit plan
A Beckley employee found an 8 to 10 inch pipe bomb near the Municipal Building. Fire crews and ATF along with the state fire marshal deactivated and removed the device while residents were evacuated and a street closed. Officials expressed need for a local bomb unit.
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Randy
Bandy
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Charleston
Bragg
Beckley Fire Department
Raleigh
ATF
West Virginia
City Hall
Tazewell County officials plan state meetings in Richmond
Tazewell County officials along with Richlands leaders will meet with top state officials in Richmond January 19 and 20 to discuss needs for the coming year. The group will present Tazewell bicentennial apple butter gifts and meet on issues from transportation to water and housing programs.
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Ichlands
Virginia Film Office
Virginia Tourism Corporation
Richmond
Ginger Branton
Richlands Area
Tim Taylor
Richlands
Branton
Tazewell
Five new members join Tazewell PSA board
In Tazewell County Virginia five new PSA members were appointed by the county supervisors: Jimmy Jones Earl Griffith Bruce Compton Anthony Leon Yost and Dana Bowling. Existing members Don Payne and Allen Hess were removed from the PSA board. The first meeting of the new board is set for Tuesday Jan 25 at 7 pm and the appointments take effect Jan 10. Jones and Griffith also serve as county supervisors. Jones scheduled a Vision Summit for Monday at Springville Elementary School to discuss a proposed Bluefield Divides sewer project and the role of state and federal funding. The new board aims to pursue water and sewer projects countywide with PSA director Jim Spencer.
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Tazewell
Hess
PSA
Payne
Authority
Bill Rasnick
Earl Griffith
Jones
Griffith
Board of Supervisors
Tazewell County
Jim Spencer
Vision
Springville
Bluefield
Bluestone Valley
PSA Board
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Authority Board
Coyote bounty approved by Tazewell County Supervisors
The Tazewell County Board of Supervisors unanimously enacted a coyote bounty offering 50 dollars for each carcass brought to the landfill. Up to 2,500 dollars yearly funded by county funds, with strict verification and affidavit requirements. Violations carry up to 2,500 dollar fine and up to a year in jail.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Sam Gillespie
Farm Bureau
Gillespie
Board of Supervisors
Clinton convenes Mideast talks with Barak and Sharaa
Clinton organized face-to-face talks in Shepherdstown bringing Israel Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Syria Foreign Minister Farouk al Sharaa into a three-way session with President Clinton. A prior two-way meeting and a canceled session highlighted tensions over negotiation order. Officials warned a full accord by week’s end was unlikely.
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Shepherdstown
Clinton
Israel
Syria
Ehud Barak
Farouk al-Sharaa
Washington
State Department
James P Rubin
Golan Heights
Israel-Syria
Mass tort litigation warned by Blalock at Rotary
Wheeling attorney Larry Blalock of Jackson and Kelly warned Bluefield Rotary Club that mass torts are reaching a crisis point in the United States. He cited increased plaintiff consolidation against larger companies for bigger sums and noted a history of cautious regulatory responses to saccharin and breast implant cases amid unconfirmed disease links.
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United States
Wheeling
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Virginia Economic Development Partnership
Mark R. Kilduff
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Russell County
Claypool Hill
Eric DiNovo
James Wallace
American-West Virginia Water Company
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Charles Owens
Daily Telegraph Star
Mideast
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al- Sharaa
Blalock
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