Millennium on Parade clock float wins Best Overall
Bluefield Virginia held a Millennium Parade on Saturday with the First Community Bank clock float portraying past present and future. The event included participation by the fire department Uncle Sam represented by Pete White and the Bluefield VFW Color Guard. Staff photos by John Nelson.
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First Community Bank
Bluefield
Fire Department
Uncle Sam
Pete White
VFW
John Nelson
Bluefield Millennium Parade Draws Sunny Crowd in Virginia’s Tallest Town
Bluefield Virginia hosts a millennium parade with 46 units including floats and placard marchers from United Way of the Virginias. Parade chair Cecile Barrett notes dream weather and plans for future millennial events. Autumn Jamboree expanded to a two day event under Millennium Committee leadership.
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Bluefield
Virginia
United Way of the Virginias
Cecile Barrett
Barrett
Barbara Bates
Mercer County wins over $1 million in state Budget Digest funds
State Budget Digest allocations total $1,112,500 via Delegate Richard Flanigan and others for Mercer County. Grant recipients include West Virginia Geographic Alliance Concord College, Mercer County Board of Education, Shawnee Parkway Authority, Pinnacle Rock State Park, Craft Memorial Library, Princeton Public Library, Windy Mountain Learning Center, Straley Elementary, and local agencies such as Mercer County Commission for Partnership Grants, E-911/OES, and the Princeton Rescue Squad among others.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Del
Mark Wills
D-Mercer
Leonard Anderson
Dsummers
Richard Flanigan
Eustace Frederick
Homer Ball
Wills and Anderson
Wills
House of Delegates
Flanigan
Frederick
Anderson
Him
Ball
Mercer
Monroe
Summers
Fayette Counties
West Virginia Geographic Alliance - Concord College
Mercer County Board of Education
Shawnee Parkway Authority
Pinnacle Rock
Craft Memorial Library
Princeton Public Library
Windy Mountain Learning Center
Straley
Mercer County Commission For Partnership
Appalachian Area Agency On Aging
Hatfield-McCoy Regional Recreational Authority
Pam’s Place
Princeton Rescue Squad
Mercer County Health Department
PikeView High School
Mercer County Commission
Mercer County Commission On Aging
Rockefeller blasts GOP on Balanced Budget Act
U S Senator Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia criticizes the Balanced Budget Act calling it too far and damaging health care providers dependent on Medicare. He doubts major changes will occur despite Congress approving a $27 billion adjustment last year to aid hospitals, admitting he once altered a word to add ten billion dollars in relief.
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Rinceton
U.S
Jay Rockefeller
D-Wv
West Virginia
Congress
Rockefeller
Bluefield woman questions value of Declaration copy
A McDowell County resident found a Declaration of Independence copy behind a frame at a Bluefield yard sale and sought appraisal after its $8 million auction headline. Experts note it is parchment and a reproduction, not the original document A-3.
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Bluefield
McDowell County
Jean Blevins
Skygusty
Lois Wolfe
Craft Memorial Library
Blevins
The
Daily Telegraph
Stuart McGehee
Eastern Regional Coal Archives
McGehee
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Graham
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