Weekend Forecast Improves With Sunny Breaks After Rain
The forecast calls for a 30 percent chance of showers on Saturday. Mostly sunny later with a high near 49 degrees. West wind 8 to 18 mph, gusts up to 29 mph.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 2012
Page
1
The forecast calls for a 30 percent chance of showers on Saturday. Mostly sunny later with a high near 49 degrees. West wind 8 to 18 mph, gusts up to 29 mph.
Sports brief notes a matchup between the Lady Bears and Green Wave on January 27. Financial market lines are shown for Dow Jones Nasdaq and S&P indices, with volumes and diary summaries, but no clear game score or outcome.
The West Virginia Daily reports Lottery results with West Virginia Daily 3 4 7 0 and Daily 4 1 3 4 1. Virginia Pick 3 1 4 0 and Pick 4 4 6 4 0 are listed.
Kroger officials announced the closing of the Cumberland Road Bluefield store and the nearby Bluefield Beverage bottling plant. About 164 workers will be laid off, with 28 full time employees possibly moving to other stores and 260 part time staff losing their jobs. Severance offered. landlord to take back building. company cites profitability and cost control as reasons.
Bluefield Virginia faces adverse effects after the closure of Bluefield Beverage and the Cumberland Road Kroger store. Town officials note job losses for fulltime workers and a broader hit to water and consumer services as Flowers Bakery previously shut down. Local manager Mike Watson cites broader economic strain from the closures and ongoing utility pressures in Bluefield.
Bluefield residents react with sadness and anger as Kroger on Fast Cumberland Road announces closing. Lifelong customers like Francine Saunders fear losing convenient access and worry about elderly shoppers without cars finding suitable alternatives. Employees and the community brace for the impact on daily groceries and local jobs.
Senate President Jeffrey Kessler backs Gov Tomblin’s 76 page anti drug package. He says action may come next week from the Senate Judiciary Committee. The plan targets prescription drug reporting to trace narcotics flow and calls for more funding for treatment facilities and community services to aid addicts.
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