Local News Briefs from Bdtonline on January 18 2011
A compact digest from the Bdtonline site dated Tuesday January 18 2011 highlights regional events and notices. Readers see brief items on community happenings, public affairs, and local updates presented in concise newspaper card style.
Weather Outlook With Showers Possible In Afternoon
Today forecast calls for a 30 percent chance of showers mainly after 3 p.m. Partly sunny conditions expected with a high around 44 degrees.
Bluefield wrestlers show steady improvement progress
A brief sports item notes Bluefield wrestlers improving this season. The short report highlights growing success and team momentum as they compete in recent meets.
Lottery numbers and contact for newspaper customer service
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Funding stalls for Bluefield skate park project
Bluefield residents question the Wade Center skate park project after a year with no construction. Activists say city funding and a state grant coverages stalled, despite community demand for a safe legal space for youth skateboarding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Wade Center
Pat Kadar
Kadar
Bluefield Skateboarders Association
Bluefield Town Skaters
Virginia bill could override Tazewell ridgeline law
Senate Bill 862 backed by Sen. Frank Wagner would modify state energy policy to curb local government limits on renewable energy projects including wind. The Commerce and Labor Committee did not act but may revisit next week. Critics say the measure could override Tazewell County’s ridgeline protections adopted last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell
Virginia Beach
Tazewell County
Senate
Commonwealth
Frank Wagner
Commerce and Labor Committee
Phillip Puckett
D-Russell
Puckett
Chamber
Bluefield
James W
Will
Morefield and I
Anne B
Crockett-Stark
Wagner
County Board of Supervisors
Volunteers turn day off into day on at Concord University
About a dozen Bonner Scholars from Concord University spent Martin Luther King Day serving the Bluefield Union Mission. The group, part of AmeriCorps Visita, chose a day of service instead of a day off, continuing a two year effort after last year’s project at Heaven Sent Ministries in Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord Banner
Victoria McClain
Bonner
Kathy Ball
Bluefield Union Mission
Martin Luther King Jr
Luefield
Martin Luther King
Concord
University
Bluefield
Alex Hosseini
AmeriCorps Visita
Concord University Banner House
Princeton
Coyote bounty eyed to fund livestock protection
In Tazewell County Virginia officials consider paying bounties for coyote hides to boost county funds and curb the predator population. Board chair David Anderson and Vice-Chair Mike Hymes say hides sold through Farm Bureau partners could finance bounties while reducing losses to sheep goats and pets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell
Burkes Garden
Tazewell County
David Anderson
Mike Hymes
Farm Bureau
Anderson
Hymes
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