Easley Bridge installs 34,000 lb girders for backbone
The Easley Bridge project in Bluefield reaches a milestone as 34,000 pound steel girders forming the backbone of the new bridge are installed along a 106 foot span from Cherry Street to U S Route 52. An 80 ton NW Track Crane aids lifts, with five girders placed on Tuesday and four more expected to be set today, project manager Brian Randolph of Ahern and Associates says. Motorists on U S Route 52 and Bluefield area traffic are affected as construction continues.
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Bluefield
Cherry Street
U.S. Route 52
Brian Randolph
Ahern and Associates
Charleston
Randolph
Mercer Health Department Receives $25,000 Renovation Grant
Governor Cecil Underwood announces a $25,000 grant from the contingency fund to the Mercer County Health Department in Green Valley. Funds will replace heating and cooling units, upgrade wiring and plumbing, and insulate the building, with an additional $15,000 earmarked in the state Budget Digest.
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Bluefield
Cecil Underwood
Mercer County Health Department
Green Valley
Health Department
Kathy Wides
Wides
Flanigan
Wills
Frederick
Ball
Underwood
Humane society president resigns over labrador rescue dispute
Mercer County Humane Society president Randal Hatcher and board member Mary Wedding have resigned after a nine member board meeting. Critics cited the rescue of a pregnant Labrador retriever from the shelter and Hatcher's handling of the dog and its puppies.
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Luefield
Mercer County Umane Society
Randal Hatcher
Mary Wedding
Humane Society Board
Hatcher
Mercer County Humane Society
Randall Hatcher
Turning Creeks into Classrooms by Nerissa Young
Nine James Monroe High School students spent 10 days earning a half credit of science while collecting baseline data on water resources in Monroe County. Under a $1.5 million federal 21st Century Learning Grant, the program surveyed Peters Mountain springs and 26 miles of streams including Dropping Lick, Rich, Turkey, Indian and Back Creeks. Students tested temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, nitrates, conductivity and flow, and documented aquatic life to raise awareness and protect the area’s water resources.
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Tanre Franklin
James Monroe High School
Monroe County
Monroe
State Division of Environmental Protection
Rick Eades
Peters Mountain
Eades
Dropping Lick Creek
Rich Creek
Turkey Creek
Indian Creek
Hans Creek
Cooks Run
Indian Draft
Back Creek
Tina Bozarth
Woman drowns in Buchanan County amid flood waters
Hurley resident Rhonda Collins, 28, drowned in the Left Fork of Lester's Fork after trying to cross a flooded creek during heavy rains in Buchanan County. Sheriff Crouse said she was found after a six hour search. Local leaders described widespread flood damage and emergency declarations, with roads and bridges washed out and residents cut off in Paw Paw.
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Hurley
Buchanan County
Rhonda Collins
Lester’s Fork
Paul Crouse
Crouse
Buchanan County Board of Supervisors
Ray Blankenship
Knox
Trict
Rock Lick
Blankenship
Ray
Pete
Stiltner
Paw Paw
Collins
Boys linked to Marion murder victim in source claims
Grant Town teens David Parker and Jared Wilson, both 17, face first degree murder charges in the death of Arthur J.R. Warren. Prosecutors seek adult trial soon. Warren’s body found near Route 17 with crosses and bouquets. Sources say Warren had sexual relations with Parker and possibly Wilson. Parker’s sister denies the allegations. Warren was described as a 26 year old man.
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Grant Town
Associated Press
David Allen Parker
Jared Wilson
Fairview
Arthur ‘J.R.” Warren
Marion County
Rodney Merrifield
Richard Bunner
Parker
J.R
Sims
South Carolina
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