Mercer truancy program ends funding in Mercer County
The Mercer County truancy program, funded by TANF under Welfare Reform, will not be renewed next year. Joanne Boileau of Children’s Home Society told the Mercer County Board of Education the program ended June 30 after beginning in fall 2000 to improve attendance and grades. The voluntary social work initiative served 24 schools, opened 298 cases, and aimed to address underlying family issues while re engaging students and parents in education.
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Bluefield
Mercer County
Joanne Boileau
Children’s Home Society
Mercer County Board of Education
Boileau
Heat wave boosts area retail sales in Bluefield region
Local residents endured a seventh day of heat with temperatures near 85 at Mercer County Airport as a high west of the region and an upper level low on the gulf coast kept humidity high. Store managers report air conditioners and fans selling rapidly with a 50 percent year over year sales boost, while forecasts indicate a return of drier air and a slight cooldown later in the week.
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Bluefield
Jim Hudgins
National Weather Service
Blacksburg
Gulf Coast
Hutchins
Mercer County
Gary Beever
Bluefield K-Mart
Beever
Robbie Hutchens
Princeton
Lowe’s
Ers
Floods reshape life in Spencer Curve and Northfork Hollow
In the Spencer Curve and Northfork Hollow communities near Anawalt, residents recount the July 8 2001 floods that displaced families, destroyed homes and a store, and drew aid from FEMA, Salvation Army, Red Cross, and National Guard. Grandparents Walker and the Potters describe rebuilding efforts, flood-proofing with FEMA, and ongoing recovery as locals call for creek dredging and timber control to slow future floods. The Potters reopen daily for FEMA workers, while church and neighbors remain pivotal to renewal.
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Walker
Riverside
June
Spencer Curve
Anawalt
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA
Jake
Sue Potter
Worth
Bear Wallow Hollow
Northfork Hollow
Department of Highways
Potter
Art Hodges
District 10
Gardener
Kimball
Jake Potter
Art
Potters
Salvation Army
Red Cross
Potter’s
National Guard
Bill Archer
Barcher
Charles Owens
Cowens
Remembering the July 2001 Bishop floods in Tazewell County Virginia
In Bishop and surrounding Tazewell County, residents continue healing a year after the July 8 2001 flood. Salvation Army Captain Bob Mullins notes mobile feeding units and shelter aided many as residents recount lost homes and long rebuilding efforts. Emergency services director Sandy Edder and Bishop locals describe ongoing stress, gratitude for help, and lasting memories of a devastating disaster.
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Bob Mullins
Salvation Army
Tazewell
Virginia
Sandy Edder
Edder
Bishop
Tazewell County
Betty Vance
Vance
Karen Hargrave
Hargrave
Charlotte Carr
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Kentucky
Captain Mullins
Mullins
Bluefield Re evaluates Business Licenses
Bluefield shifts its business license structure causing possible delays in mailing 2002 03 licenses. City Manager Ron Crabtree says existing legal licenses from last year will suffice until re evaluation completes. The city created a questionnaire to map local businesses and update records. Some responses have been slow to return.
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Bluefield
Ron Crabtree
Crabtree
Vagrant, suspicious person, and vehicle theft blotter items
Police blotter reports a vagrant seen Saturday at Marathon gas on Cumberland Road told to leave and depart. A Sunday suspicious person was checked around W V Manor with building and streets secured. Juveniles were stopped Saturday attempting to break into a vehicle at the Community Center on College Avenue and escorted home.
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Marathon
Cumberland Road
A.B. Palmer
W.V. Manor
T.E. Brewster
College Avenue
S.S. Whitt
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B.S. Burner
Hardee
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Sgt
T.R. Miller
Bland and
Eldredge
Fairmont Street
R.J. Jackson
Rogers Street
Michael David Harless
Spanishburg
C.T. Lowe
Athens Road
M.D. Ash Investi
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J.E. Parks
Petit Larceny
Green Valley Animal Hospital
J.E Parks
HMGP
Mercer County Commission
West Virginia
American Network Insurance Company
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