Mercer grants bolster Day Report Center and court security
Mercer County receives two grants totaling 157,403 to support an alternative Day Report Center and to upgrade court security. The Day Report Center aids nonviolent offenders with tailored supervision, while funds fund closed circuit and motion sensitive equipment for the main courthouse and annex.
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West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
West Virginia Division of Criminal Justice Services
West Virginia Court
BHS sinkhole may soon get fix
Mercer County Board of Education advances remediation for Bluefield High School sinkhole on the Cumberland Road side entrance. Bid letting approved but not yet advertised, awaiting DEP permit for a Class V injection well. If permit stalls, contracts will not be awarded.
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Rinceton
Bluefield High School
Mercer County Board of Education
Jim Akers
BHS
Cumberland Road
Marshall Miller & Associates
West Virginia
Hatfield-McCoy Trail Official to Speak at CVB Meeting
The Mercer County Convention and Visitors Bureau schedules a 4:30 p.m. board meeting at the Technical Center Seminar Center with Matt Ballard, executive director of the Hatfield McCoy Trail, as speaker. Attendees interested in the trail or marketing are invited to attend. for information call 325 8438.
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The
Mercer County Convention and Visitors Bureau
Mercer County Technical Center
Matt Ballard
Correction on July 6 Bluefield college budget cuts
The July 6 Bluefield Daily Telegraph box listing state college cuts had errors. Correct figures show Bluefield State College with 437000 dollars and Concord College with 1000000 dollars in fiscal year July 1 cuts.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield State College
Concord College
Feds map water impoundments in southern West Virginia
Federal officials begin aerial mapping of 13 mine water impoundments in McDowell, Mercer, Mingo and Wyoming counties using a helicopter with a 30 foot sensing device to detect potential acidic drainage. Partners include MSHA, OSM, WVDEP, and NETL. Results hoped for August 15 with full data by year end.
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Princeton
West Virginia
Terry Ackman
National Energy Technology Laboratory
Pittsburgh
NETL
U.S. Department of Energy
McDowell
Mercer
Mingo
Wyoming
Ackman
Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration
Office of
West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
National Technology Transfer Center
West Virginia Jesuit University
Wheeling
Martin County
Kenna Amos
Kamos
Bdtonline
Infant hospitalized after Mercer Mall wreck near Ceres Elementary
A 7-month-old infant was taken to Bluefield Regional Medical Center for observation after a two-vehicle crash on Mercer Mall Road near Ceres Elementary. The infant, in a child-safety seat in a Honda Accord, was rear-ended by a Ford F-150. The pickup driver initially fled but returned. no other injuries were reported. Green Valley- Glenwood Volunteer Fire Department and Bluefield Rescue Squad responded.
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Charles Owens
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Mercer Mall
Ceres Elementary
R.A. Maddy
West Virginia
Princeton
Maddy
Green Valley
Glenwood
Bluefield
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Mercer County
Mercer County Commission
West Virginia Court Security Board
Jim Terry
Jterry
By C. Kenna Amos
Akers
Bottonline.com
Lenard Horwitz
D.P.M
College Avenue
Feds
KraftMaid
Athens Road
Virginia
Fancy Gap Hwy
Cana, VA
VISA
Mastercard
Wrostssr & Insul
Holiday Inn
Big Laurel Highway
AmEx
Ronald B. Gorayeb
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