Wall Street Steady as Earnings News Lifts Stocks
Modest gains push major indices higher on positive earnings reports. New Hope flood victims await word on temporary housing options as residents prepare a prayer vigil for the store’s future. Local shoppers flock to postgame sales amid Super Bowl weekend momentum.
Chamber Hosts Legislator Coffee Chats in Princeton
The Princeton Mercer Chamber sponsors Monday coffee chats at the MCTEC Seminar Center starting 9 a.m. Each week features a one on one meeting with a legislator. The first session is Monday Jan 27 with Marshall Long answering questions and detailing the current legislative session.
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Open-heart center planned by Mercer County hospitals
Bluefield Regional Medical Center, Princeton Community Hospital, and Charleston Area Medical Center filed a certificate of need with the state Health Care Authority for an open heart surgery center at BRMC. The three-hospital joint venture aims to expand advanced cardiac and cancer services for southern West Virginia and Southwest Virginia.
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Malpractice bill may soon see action in Charleston
A comprehensive medical malpractice package may move to committee action next week. Senate Judiciary Chairman Jeffrey Kessler wants data on the proposed mutual’s finances before acting. He aims to link civil justice reforms with establishing a physicians mutual to address insurer crises. A separate citizens group urged medicine board scrutiny of doctors with multiple malpractice losses.
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Council to review Streetscape grant request on East Mercer
The Public Works and Recreation Committee approved forwarding a nearly 200000 dollar Small Cities Block Grant application to the council for the Streetscape project on East Mercer Street. The Feb 10 council meeting will consider it. The Knob playground project also neared completion.
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Coldest temperatures since 1994 hit Four Seasons Country
Meteorologist Steven Keighton of the Blacksburg National Weather Service says Thursday brought record cold for the area with a low near 3 and a high of 9 degrees. Snow fell across BLUEFIELD as arctic air chilled the region, though the day did not surpass the 1963 record low of 6 degrees.
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Steven Keighton
Blacksburg
Bluefield
Four Seasons Country Braces for Cold Snap and Snow
Residents huddle indoors as temperatures plummet to record lows and several inches of snow blanket roads. Athens resident Ricky Meadows says he will stay inside and wait for warmer days to shovel, reflecting a widespread desire to endure the chill.
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Four Seasons
Ricky Meadows
Athens
Fyluefield
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