Longtime Bluefield beauty academy founder dies at 81
Nancy Jane Fife Smith led West Virginia's Little French Beauty Academy from 1931, guiding women into business and offering safety during troubles. Born in Jaeger, she built a landmark institution, bought in 1963, and ran it until 2001 before her death at Good Shepherd nursing home in Kentucky. Survivors include four children.
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Bluefield
Nancy Jane
Fife) Smith
Little French Beauty Academy
Little French
West Virginia
Smith
Jaeger
Jaeger High School
Coal& Coke Building
Federal Street
Christy Smith Hildabrand
Hildabrand
Good Shepherd Community Nursing Home
Phelps
Albert Summers
Mother
Mary Burnley
Melvin Grubb
Pinnacle Prep Plant Earns Holmes Safety Award
Pineville Cliffs Natural Resources announced that its Pinnacle Prep Plant in Wyoming County received the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association Award at the 30th West Virginia State Council meeting. The plant reported over 400 days without a lost time accident and praised the Safety programs and training contributing to a strong safety culture.
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Pineville
Nelson
West Virginia Coal Operations
Cliffs
Barry O’bryan
O'Bryan
Pinnacle Prep
BP oil spill anniversary divides greens on Gulf restoration
Earth Talk notes the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster and BP cleanup efforts. The National Wildlife Federation warns wildlife and ecosystems remain harmed with dolphin deaths and sea turtle strandings rising, while BP supporters say progress returns the Gulf to pre spill baseline. Enviro groups urge more funding and accountability in court outcomes.
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Mary Johannson
New York
Louisiana
Deepwater Horizon
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Doug Inkley
National Wildlife Federation
NWF
Inkley
Venice
Gulf Region
David Muth
Mississippi River Delta
Mercer County Actor Projects Highlight Summer Season
Princeton native Kevin Sizemore, known for Red Line and TV roles, lines up multiple releases this summer and fall. His film Heartfall wrapped in Wheeling with son Gunnar, aiming for EchoLight’s $1 million prize, while his TV appearances include Under the Dome and Necessary Roughness.
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Rinceton
Kevin Sizemore
Princeton
Los Angeles
Sizemore
Gunnar Sizemore
EchoLight Studios
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Mark
Florida State University
Ian MacDonald
MacDonald
Justin E. Stumberg
Department of Defense Oil Fire
Bill Archer
Mercer County
Mary Whitt
Tazewell
Tazewell County
PBE Group
Pyott- Boone Electronics
Whitt
PBE
Stuart Champion de Crespigny
Mary
Danny
Gratton
Community Foundation of the Virginias Inc
Carole Dodson
Mary Azzo
Gene Bailey
Carl Gillespie
Eugenia Hancock
Harry Kammer
Mary Raub
Jim Stearts
Susan Cooper- Snyder
Bettye van Dyke
Susan Whittaker
Jim Ferguson
Church
Scott Street Baptist Church
Bastian
Red Fire Singers
Red Hawk Jones
Brown Eagle
Crow
Little Chipmunk
Wolf Creek
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Sherri Dillon
Zack Cooley
Zumbathen
Mercer Mall
Chickfila
Stephanie Musick
Smusick
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Gov’s
Grundy
Buchanan County
Virginia
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