Coalfields Expressway opens speedway in Sophia area
Daily Telegraph notes a four mile segment of the Coalfields Expressway near Sophia opened after 19 years of planning. Motorists reportedly reach 115 to 140 mph while speed limits range 55 to 65 mph. Sophia police plan aggressive enforcement amid fatalities and ongoing McDowell County, Welch, and linked projects.
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Fter
Associated Press
Coalfields
Raleigh County
Sophia
McDowell County
Welch
Indian Ridge
Welch and
Wyoming County
Richard Browning
D McDowell
Browning
Washington
McDowell
Wyoming
West Virginia
Raleigh
Virginia
Buchanan, Dickenson
Wise
Paynesville
Beckley
Cluefield Daily Telegraph Publisher and editors listed
The Cluefield Daily Telegraph shows William Randy Deason as publisher with Thomas Colley as executive editor and other senior leadership including managing and city editors. A biblical verse quote appears in the text, citing Leviticus 19 28.
Cheney insult sparks questions on honesty in campaigns
The West Virginia remark by Vice President Cheney during a Washington event draws criticism for tasteless humor and perceived disrespect. He later apologized, but commentators question sincerity and broader campaign rhetoric. The piece notes West Virginia voters and past Bush support, suggesting a pattern in political messaging.
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Dick Cheney
West Virginia
Washington D.C
Cheney
Barack Obama
Massachusetts
Tyler
Richard Cheney
Maryland
Bush
Veterans urge unity for Mercer County CBOC clinic plan
Letters call veterans and local groups to unite for a community based outpatient clinic in Mercer County with Bluefield or Princeton. They note St. Luke's hospital CAD process and insist a certificate of need was filed while urging action to ease travel for veterans and reduce fuel costs.
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Trention
Mercer County
Bluefield
Princeton
St. Lukes Hospital
al Hancock Usaf Ret
Taxwell
Taxwell County
Rocky Gap School
Cookie Johnson
Roger Lowery
Abb
Thanks for colon screening event at Bluefield center
Special thanks to Bluefield Regional Medical Center and all volunteers who helped with colon screenings. Patients were treated with respect and kept well informed. Food was provided after testing to nourish attendees before they returned home.
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Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Boxers warning vs. Nordhaus on global warming policy
Barbara Boxer argues for a strong 70 percent emissions cut over 40 years, but critics say such plans risk massive job losses and high costs with little climate impact. Yale economist Nordhaus favors a gradual global carbon tax, criticizing cap-and-trade as costly and prone to corruption. Freeman Dyson backs tech solutions like engineered trees as a cheaper backstop.
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Barbara Boxer
Congress
Senate
United States
China
India
Boxer
California
William Nordhaus
Yale
United Nations
Green House
al Gore
Nordhaus
Freeman Dyson
New York Review of Books
Dyson
Royal Society
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Coalfields Raceway
Charles Owens
Daily Telegraph
Cowens
Bottonline
Cluefield Daily Telegraph
William ‘Randy’ Deason
Thomas A. Colley
Mountain State Insult
Tazewell
Pocahontas, Boissevain
Abb’s Valley Res
Jay Ambrose
Scripps Howard Newspapers
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