Leaders share ideas at Bluefield point of view breakfast
At the Legislative Point of View Breakfast in Bluefield attendance reached 130 attendees as lawmakers from Virginia and West Virginia outlined priorities. Discussions covered redistricting, budget cuts, job creation, energy development, and higher education, with speakers urging focus on coalbed methane, renewable energy, and state university support.
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Bluefield
Greater
Princeton- Mercer County
Tazewell
Chambers of Commerce
Virginias
Charleston
Richmond
West Virginia Senate
Virginia
New River
Phillip P Puckett
Russell
Anne B. Crockett- Stark
Wythe
Virginia General Assembly
William C. Wampler Jr
R-Bristol
Wampler
Crockett-Stark
Bland County
James W
Morefield
R-Tazewell
Puckett
Energy
H. Truman Chafin D-Mingo
Senate
Mark Wills
Ron Miller
Jeffrey V. Kessler
Marshall
Chafin
Wills
Bluefield State College
Concord University
Wyoming
Joe Ellington
Marty Gearheart
Mercer County
Ellington
Gearheart
West Virginia
Bill Archer
Barcher
Bottonline
Tazewell County Sheriff's office launches Facebook page
Tazewell County Virginia sheriff office announces a new Facebook page to inform residents about wanted persons missing persons crimes and emergency situations. Chief Deputy Chris Boyd notes real time updates across multiple locales and broad audience reach. Two officers receive lieutenant promotions Lt Neil Turley to oversee Narcotics Enforcement and Lt Mike Mosley to lead General Investigations.
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Azewell
Tazewell County
Boyd
Facebook
Neil Turley
Tazewell County Sheriff's Office
Mike Mosley
Mosley
Sheriff’s Office
Woman jailed two years in embezzlement case
Judy Hall of Abingdon Virginia pleaded guilty to embezzling 389,607 from Tug River Health Care Association in 2008 using forged checks. She received 24 months in federal prison plus three years of supervised release and restitution of 389,607.36 and a 100 special assessment.
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Beckley
Abingdon, Va
Tug River Health Care Association
Judy Hall
U.S. District Court
U.S
Irene C. Berger
Southern District of
West Virginia
Hall
Berger
U.S. Attorney For
Southern District of West Virginia
Tug River
Abingdon
Erik Goes
USS
Mary Lou Newberger
Drug roundup by Task Force and deputies in Montcalm area
Mercer County sheriff's deputies and Southern Regional Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force arrested suspects in an early morning roundup in Montcalm. Captain Mike Gills said names and ages were not released. initial appearances were Thursday with no bond set. The arrests involved a variety of mainly prescription drugs including oxycodone and hydrocodone. No incidents were reported.
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Montcalm
Mercer County Sheriff’s Deputies
Mike Gills
Mercer County Sheriff’s Department
Gills
Mercer County extends fall semester amid snow delays
Mercer County administrators will end the first semester January 21 and start the second on January 24 to recover six instructional days lost to a snowy December. Exams for first semester are set for January 20 and 21 for students not meeting exemption requirements. January 14 remains a CD Day. January 17 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Kellan Sarles
Mercer schools to get over quarter million in funding
Mercer County schools will receive 272000 dollars this fiscal year under the Keystone Program to fund professional development and staff at Bluefield Intermediate School Glenwood School and Princeton Primary. The initiative will train staff implement Capturing Kids Hearts and place up to 12 students in short term rotations for behavior and learning support.
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Mercer County
Princeton
Department of Student Services
WV Department of Education
Bluefield
Glenwood
Kellan Sarles
Sarles
BIS
Rick Ball
Keystone
Ball
One injured in two-vehicle crash near Bluewell
A two-vehicle collision at Spurrier Road and Route 20 near Bluewell sent a Pontiac driver to Bluefield Regional Medical Center and then Roanoke Memorial Hospital with life threatening injuries. A 19 year old passenger in the Lumina was treated at BRMC for serious but non life threatening injuries. The crash remains under investigation with responders from Bluewell Volunteer Fire Department and Bluefield Rescue on scene.
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Bluewell
Virginia
Spurrier Road
Route 20
W.A. Pendleton
West Virginia
Princeton
Pontiac
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
BRMC
Roanoke Memorial Hospital
Pendleton
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