Day after look ahead for Bluefield and Princeton after elections
Bluefield and Princeton prepare for post election analysis as organizers and residents review results from Tuesday voting. Local officials expect implications on policy and upcoming agendas, with community meetings planned to discuss next steps.
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Bluefield
Princeton
Germany confronts Kohl over firebombing killings
Political leaders criticized Chancellor Kohl for his measured response after a Turkish apartment house was firebombed on Saturday, an attack that killed five Turkish residents and sparked violent protests across Germany, the deadliest since neo-Nazi outrages after unification in 1990.
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Helmut Kohl
Germany
ATM Threats Rise as Card Data Is Stolen
Criminals install a fake ATM at a Connecticut mall to skim user card data and drain bank accounts nationwide. The article notes ATMs total 87,000 machines and face rising nonviolent data theft, shifting concern from physical assault to cyber enabled fraud.
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Connecticut
Industrial breakfast tour at Cardinal Metals
Richlands Area Chamber of Commerce sponsors an 8 a.m. breakfast tour of Cardinal Metals in Pounding Mill Virginia. An American Red Cross Bloodmobile will operate noon to 6 p.m. at the Bluefield Youth Center with a 100 pint quota. A reception for the Three Artists Four Seasons Art Exhibit runs noon to 1 p.m. at Flat Top National Bank showcasing Erma Bond Janie Light and Marija Zarini Pascuzzi. The exhibit displays watercolor acrylics and oils through June 11 during banking hours.
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Richlands Area
American Red Cross Bloodmobile
Bluefield
Four Seasons
Flat Top National Bank
Erma Bond
Janie Light
Marija Zarini-Pascuzzi
Partly Cloudy with Evening Showers In Coastal Area
Partly cloudy today with a high in the mid 70s. A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms is possible late tonight and again tonight. Weather package A-10 notes this forecast for the coastal region.
Moore named new president of Bluefield State College
Dr. Robert Moore was chosen by the West Virginia Small College System Board of Directors to lead Bluefield State College beginning June 7. After 19 years at the college, Moore praised staff support and pledged to move the institution into the 21st Century while interim president Leonard Nelson completes a transition.
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Robert Moore
Bluefield State College
West Virginia Small College System Board of Directors
Charleston
BSC
State College System
Paul Marion
Moore
Leonard Nelson
A.A
al Modena
R.W. “Buz” Wilkinson
Modena
Wilkinson
I-73/74 Corridor Gains Ground with ISTEA Push
West Virginia lawmakers and highway advocates gathered at the Holiday Inn to map ISTEA’s High Priority Corridors and explore funding for I-73/74. Rep. Nick Rahall outlined ISTEA’s reach beyond highways, highlighting $8 million yearly design funds and WV’s potential $1.3 billion over six years, with three HPCs identified including Route 52 segments and Shawnee Parkway planning.
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Bluefield
Detroit
Mich
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S.C
Holiday Inn
U.S
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U.S. House
Ohio
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
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ISTEA
Huntington
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Williamson
I-77
Shawnee Parkway
Wyoming-McDowell-Mercer Junction
Secretary of Transportation
Proposals Seek I-73 74 Linking Five States Across East
North and South region advocates back a new interstate tying Ohio Virginia West Virginia North and South Carolina to spur access and growth. Mayors and business leaders push upgrades to Route 23 and direct routes through Marlboro County Myrtle Beach holds funds and seeks closest alignment.
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Ohio
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Carl Stark
Great Lakes
Florida
Stark
Myrtle Beach
Franklin T. Gerlach
Portsmouth
Chicago
Detroit
Marlboro County
John A. Seism
Zeb Thomas
Graham High allows limited parent photography at graduation
Graham High School will permit parents to photograph or record the graduation in a special seating section in the gym. Cameras or camcorders on the floor are prohibited. The school will record the ceremony and offer copies on request for a fee.
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Bluefield
Graham High School
Graham High
Sam Crockett
Crockett
Miners Strike Expands With 3000 More Walkout Members
The United Mine Workers ordered 3000 miners in West Virginia and three other states to join a four wave strike against Peabody Holding Co CONSOL Inc and others. The action targets mines including Peabody subsidiaries and CONSOL sites across Illinois Ohio Indiana and Raleigh County West Virginia as contract talks stall over job guarantees and operator leverage.
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United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Peabody Holding Co. Inc
St. Louis
Consol Inc
Upper St. Clair
Richard Trumka
Eugene Claypole
UMW District 31
Fairmont
Eastern Associated Coal Corp
Fairview
Marion County
Consol
Blacksville No. 2
Monongalia County
Eastern Associated
Peabody
UMW
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
Raleigh County
W.va
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Trumka
U.S
Joel Klings
Henderson
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