Doctors Win Recommendation For Hospital In Richlands
RICHLANDS VA Voting 15-4 with one abstention the Planning District IT Subarea Health Council approved a certificate of need for a 76 bed hospital to be built on a 10 acre tract at Claypool Hill. The RMA seeks to replace Mattie Williams Hospital with a new 76 bed facility while Humana operates Clinch Valley and may pursue a 200 bed project. Final state approval by James Kenley is required before construction can begin.
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Wilson Ramsey
Ally Telegraph
Richlands
Subarea Health Council
Richlands Medical Association
Southwest Virginia Community College
James Davis
RMA
State Health Systems Agency
HSA
James Kenley
Mattie Williams
Claypool Hill
Humana, Inc
United States
Great Britain
Switzerland
Clinch Valley Community Hospital
Humana
Mattie Williams Hospital
Kenley
Missing Plane Search Centers Near Wolf Pen
A private plane carrying three passengers vanished after leaving Mercer County Airport en route to Griffith Indiana. Civil Air Patrol led a multi state search centered around Wolf Pen Wyoming County and Pineville with over 100 CAP members and six planes. Ground teams scoured mountainous terrain while air patrols covered parts of West Virginia Kentucky Virginia and Indiana. The pilot was Harold Nicholson Jr and the passengers were his parents.
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Ward Morgan
Daily Telegraph
Wyoming County
Mercer County
Indiana
Princeton
Griffith
Ind
Civil Air Patrol
West Virginia
Civil Aeronautics Board
Charleston
Wolf Pen
Pineville
Welch
Bluefield
CAP
Federal Aviation Administration
Harold Nicholson, Jr
Merrillville
Raleigh
Kentucky
Virginia
Morgantown
Huntington
Parkersburg
Helen Dilley
Bluefield Board backs Boone murder probe as proper
The Bluefield Board of Directors asserts the initial investigation of Charles Boone's murder by the Bluefield Police was proper and no further inquiry is needed. Mayor Paul Cole Jr says the informal review is complete, with board members expressing satisfaction and unity in the handling by Police Chief James A. Bivens.
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Ward Morgan
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield Board of Directors
Bluefield Police Department
Charles Boone
Bluefield
Paul Cole, Jr
James A
Tony) Bivens
Paul Oliver Sr
Bivens
Cole
Boone
Ben Paine
Bond Hearing For Smith Likely Delayed In Virginia
Pearisburg Va authorities say a bond hearing for Randall Lee Smith, charged with killing two Appalachian Trail hikers, is unlikely. The $200000 bond remains in place as Smith lacks funds. Attorneys consider psychiatric exam but no decision. Preliminary hearing set for Aug 19. motion for change of venue opposed.
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Vlah
Pearisburg
Hezekiah Osborne
Randall Lee Smith
Smith
Michael Davis
Robert Mountford, Jr
Laura Susan Ramsay
Giles County
Davis
J. Livingstone Dillon
Osborne
James Cornwell
Bond
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Pearlsburg
Bluefield Principal Transferred and Central Junior High Kept Open
Mercer County Board of Education transferred Bluefield High School Principal George Erps to Administrative Assistant-Special Projects and approved keeping Central Junior High open for one more year under a fire commission plan. The board also upheld the superintendent’s termination of the assistant transportation director Ray Whitaker, who may appeal to the circuit court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Hawkins
Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Mercer County Board of Education
Bluefield
Central
Board of Education
Bluefield High School
George Erps
John M. Hughes
West Virginia Fire Commission
Central Junior High
Hughes
Fire Commission
Bluefield Junior High Schoool
Ray Whitaker
Mercer County Circuit Court
Harold Brewster
Ben Faulkner
Whitaker
Weekend Weather Outlook With Warm Humidity Rise
Friday brings partly cloudy skies with a chance of showers or storms today and tonight. Highs reach the upper 70s to mid 80s, lows upper 50s to mid 60s, and Saturday highs in the 80s. The National Weather Service extends the period to Monday with warm humid air, showers possible in the mountains, highs 80 to 90, lows 60 to 70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Weather Service
Tax Cut Amendment Rejected By Senate
Washington AP Democratic senators failed to shift Reagan’s three year tax cut plan. The Senate rejected Bradley’s amendment 57 to 42, denying relief for lower and middle income families. Kennedy and Bumpers offered a similar plan. it lost 76 to 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reagan
Senate
Bill Bradley
D-N.j
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Dale Bumpers
D-Ark
Kennedy
Bradley
Sen
Gary Hart
D-Cole
Davy Man Convicted In Testerman Murder Case
Davy Williams of Welch was found guilty by a mixed-gender McDowell County jury of murder robbery and arson in the December 1980 death of Harold Testerman. The court heard circumstantial evidence and testimony from Floyd Franklin who implicated Williams. Williams showed no reaction in court as the verdict was read and mercy was not recommended.
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Pat Cecil
Telegraph
Welch
David Williams
Davy
Marytown
Harold Testerman
McDowell County
Williams
Testerman
Phil LaCaria
Rick Marensky
Floyd Franklin
Franklin
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David Barbe
Boston
He's
Nicholson
Denise
Harold
Alice Nicholson
Miss Nicholson
Board of Directors
AAAS
Mercer Circuit Court
Church
Davy Man
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