Weather forecast for Monday July 11 2016
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3 p.m. Patchy fog before 9 a.m. Otherwise mostly sunny with a high near 83 and a low near 64. Light and variable wind.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 2016
Page
1
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3 p.m. Patchy fog before 9 a.m. Otherwise mostly sunny with a high near 83 and a low near 64. Light and variable wind.
Appalachian Power reports about 9,000 customers still without electricity in southern West Virginia two days after severe thunderstorms. Nearly 7,600 outages are in Raleigh County with trees, roots and wind damage blamed. Other affected counties include Fayette Logan McDowell Mingo and Summers as peak outages neared 65,000 customers.
The event at Chicory Square centers on Second Chance for cats organized by The Nelons Group to celebrate West Virginia Day. Dick Copeland Square hosts activities supporting animal welfare with community involvement.
Rock man Christopher Allen Mounts, 34, drowned Saturday while rescuing his son at the Cascades pool at the bottom of the 66 ft falls in Pembroke Virginia. Giles County Sheriff said Mounts pushed his son to shore but went under and did not reemerge. Rescue squads searched. a State Police diver found the body at 11:55 p.m. Autopsy planned. Water was high from recent rains and the Cascades have seen a recent death as well.
The Project Jonah aquaculture venture in Tazewell County aims to create hundreds of jobs with ties to Israel. Delegates visited Israel to study the concept with Virginia Tech and an Israeli firm, but no firm announcements have been made yet as officials pursue various options and await solid momentum.
Mercer County Commission weighs merging Matoaka town hall precinct 48 into Lashmeet Matoaka School precinct 58 on Tuesday. County Clerk Verlin Moye cites lower turnout, proximity, convenience, handicap access, and parking. a merger could save about one thousand dollars. He frames the move as a business decision amid declining population and better voting machine tech.
Bluefield readers learn of a local effort by residents to form a preservation group and restore the Granada Theater on Commerce Street along with other downtown buildings. Julie Hurley of the Bluefield Preservation Society notes the drive began after downtown declines and the loss of the Colonial Theater.
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