New Year Brings Rebuilding Hope After West Virginia Floods
Charles Owens reports on McDowell County and surrounding areas entering a hopeful new year after devastating floods on May 2 2002 and earlier July 8 2001. Despite losses, residents rebuild with projects in Welch Bluefield and McDowell County including a $1 million Bluefield town hall and a new high school while waterways and infrastructure are restored and renewed.
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McDowell County
West Virginia
Bluefield
Welch
K.A. Ammar Jr
Big Creek
Tazewell County
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Editorial Desk Listing
The text lists staff roles including News Editor State Editor Sports Editor and others such as Executive Editor Managing Editor City County Editor Senior Copy Editor and a quoted biblical verse attributed to a fatherly admonition. It reads like a masthead snippet from the Bluefield Daily Telegraph.
Unemployment Insurance Debate Opens 2003 Session
Congress opens the 2003 session with the Unemployment Insurance program renewal on the agenda. Rep. Rick Boucher urges immediate action, backed by Sen. Rockefeller, as unemployment totals rise in Virginia and West Virginia with national layoffs near a million. Local voters face possible hardship without extended benefits.
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House of Representatives
Virginia
Rick Boucher
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
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West Virginia
Jay Rockefeller
U.S. Senate
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Senate
Shameful scramble band remarks spark UVA letter debate
A UVA alumnus criticizes the university pep band and its scramble antics. The writer condemns offensiveness, calls for apology and a real marching band, rejects political correctness, and compares UVA to Virginia Tech and other schools. He laments long-standing band antics overshadowing the team and questions tradition versus offense.
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Gize
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UVA
Virginia Tech
Virginians
WVU
Telegraph Letters Policy
The Daily Telegraph invites readers to send letters on public interest topics. Letters should be concise and must include the writer’s signature address and phone number for publication consideration.
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Daily Telegraph
Wilda Witt remembered for grace and coal giving legacy
A portrait of Wilda Scott Witt born April 10, 1909 in Parrottsville Tennessee and raised in Greenville Tennessee. Her life includes hardships triumphs and a 2002 family memoir chapter. Jim Davidson praises her generosity devotion to community and enduring values.
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United States of America
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Robert E. Perry
North Pole
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Parrottsville
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Wilda
Holston
Greenville
Wilda Witt
Bluefield
West Virginia
Cecile Barrett
Jack
Maw
America
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