Nationally Known Author Speaks At Rotary Meeting
BLUEFIELD Dr James I Robertson Jr a Virginia Tech Civil War scholar told Bluefield Rotary the Civil War was the defining moment in American history He shared vivid stories of common soldiers hunger cold and battle anguish noting 700000 lives lost in four years and linking his family history to Gettysburg Pickett Charge and the 57th Virginia Infantry He urged memory of the war to remain in history and in public life.
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Bluefield
America
James I. Robertson Jr
Virginia Center For
Robertson
Luefield
James E. S. Robertson Jr
John Compton
57Th
Virginia Infantry
Pickett
Gettysburg
Three Die In Route 100 Crash In Giles County
PEARISBURG VA Three young men died in a two vehicle wreck on Route 100 near Pearisburg early Tuesday. A 1993 Ford Mustang carrying Clarence Conley Travis Davis and David Shrader collided with a southbound 1980 dump truck after traveling at high speed. Shrader died en route to Roanoke Memorial. Conley and Davis died at the scene. Police say none wore seat belts and the investigation continues.
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Pearisburg
Giles County
S.H. Hall
Virginia State Police
A.L. Thompson
Hall
Conley
Davis
Shrader
Roanoke Memorial
Thompson
Giles County Rescue Squad
Summers County moves water supply to Bluestone system
The Jumping Branch Nimitz Public Service District shut down its water plant and began delivering water from the Bluestone treatment plant as Summers and Mercer counties push toward Phase III funding. Lonnie Mullins notes the timing as the Jumping Branch plant nears end of life while regional officials pursue state and federal support for broader service.
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Princeton
Mercer
Summers
Jumping
Nimitz Public Service District
Bluestone
Region I Planning and Development Council
West Virginia America Water Company
Mercer Counties
Colleges Take Precautions To Ward Off Dorm Fires
Local colleges enhance fire safety after a Seaton New Jersey blaze killed three students. Authorities say victims ignored alarms and did not evacuate as the dormitory lacked sprinklers. Concord College in Athens reports no sprinklers but smoke detectors and alarms. upgrades will add fire location tech.
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Concord College
Rinceton
Seaton
N.J
New Jersey
Ing
Athens
Rick Dillon
Dillon
AEP crews head to North Carolina storm site
Bluefield crew members from Virginia depart at 10 a.m. Tuesday to aid Duke Power customers after a Nor'easter hit the East Coast. Alan Anderson of Breaks, Virginia, notes past deployments to Virginia Power floods and summer hurricanes as eight crews and a district supervisor respond to the call from North Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Bluefield
American Electric Power Line
Carolinas
Duke Power
Alan Anderson
AEP
Anderson
Breaks
Virginia Power
North Charlotte
N.C
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James J. Robertson, Jr
Stonewall Jackson: the Man
Soldier
West Virginia
Virginia
Days Inn
Wytheville
Charles Owens
John Nelson
Mike Reed
Byron Mann
North Carolina
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