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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 2011
Page
1
Monday January 17 2011 cloud cover and light precipitation expected with a high near 37 degrees. A slight chance of rain before 4 p.m. then a mix of rain snow and sleet possible. Winds from the south at 3 to 8 mph and a 30 percent precipitation chance with little or no snow accumulation anticipated.
West Virginia State Police and Bluefield emergency crews responded to a Sunday report of a male body found in a snow covered creek beside U S Route 52 near the Southview Shopping Center in Bluewell. Troopers examined the scene but provided no additional comment.
Lottery numbers Powerball 9 13 22 23 37 31 and Win for Life 1 3 15 16 24 42 40 are listed. The note promotes paper subscriptions, asks questions about home delivery, and provides contact details for circulation and customer service.
Princeton City Council schedules readings and a public hearing on an ordinance to issue 9.1 million dollars in sewer revenue bonds for expanding the waste water treatment plant. The project total climbs to 11.6 million with a 2.5 million federal grant, with rate impacts avoided by cutting one million in project scope. Sewage from Gardner and surrounding areas uses the plant.
Margie Douglass of Tazewell County announces a third contiguous enterprise zone approved by the Virginia DHCD to spur growth. The new subzone stretches across the central county between North Tazewell and Tazewell, aiming to draw and expand businesses. The zone complements existing zones since 1996, offering incentives to attract new firms and help current ones expand.
Virginia State Senator Phillip P Puckett says the 2011 session started well with reduced partisan rhetoric and a constructive tone from Gov. Bob McDonnell on transportation. He notes focus on retirement, Alcoholic Beverage Control, and transportation, and his appointment as acting chair of the Senate Transportation Committee due to Yvonne Miller’s illness, signaling a leadership role.
Union reports Acting Gov Tomblin plans to tap Marcellus Shale gas. Monroe County residents led by Save the Water Table warn drilling endangers culture, safety, and wildlife. Fischer cites truck traffic, road danger, and overwhelmed rescue squads as fracking expands, with sites needing acres of land and injecting water and chemicals to extract gas.
West Virginia senators Ron Miller of Greenbrier and Mark Wills of Mercer attend a Mercer County NAACP Martin Luther King Jr Luncheon. Both said colleagues and contacts have treated them well as they settle in. Miller recalled feeling overwhelmed when asked by Senate Clerk Darrell Holmes to perform a duty on his first day.
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