Narco-Tunnel Scheme Aimed to Bypass Border
Drug agents described a planned operation using 65 foot deep tunnel from a hidden Mexico base under a cinder block building in Tijuana to a point near Siempre Viva Road in San Diego County. The quarter mile long tunnel would lower duffel bags of cocaine marijuana and other drugs into the United States undetected.
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United States
Mexico
Tijuana
Siempre Viva Road
San Diego County
Port of Entry
Mystery rodent linked illness kills 12 in NM and AZ
Health officials say a mystery illness causing 12 deaths in New Mexico and Arizona since mid May may be tied to a rodent virus. The pattern affects mostly young healthy people, and doctors warn against cleaning rodent droppings or disturbing nests or woodpiles to avoid exposure.
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New Mexico
Arizona
High School Graduations Schedule This Sunday
Athens Bluefield Matoaka Montcalm Oakvale Princeton Spanishburg high schools hold Sunday ceremonies at 2 p m 330 p m with gymnasiums and colleges listed. Also a Black Diamond Girl Scout picnic at Lincolnshire Park and a Tazewell History Society tour with a Mercer Board of Education meeting set for Monday.
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Black Diamond Girl Scout Council
Lincolnshire Park
Tazewell
Weather forecast shows morning showers and clearing
A 60 percent chance of morning showers gives way to partly sunny skies. Tonight remains mostly clear with lows in the mid-50s. A-10 weather package notes this outlook for today and tonight.
Reunited: Clayton Lane’s son greets him after fire
In Bluefield a motor home fire in the northbound I-77 East River Mountain tunnel left 82 year old Clayton Lane with losses and uncertainty. The community rallied quickly with aid from United Way, First Call for Help, and local businesses. Lane received clothing, medical supplies, hearing aids, prescriptions, and a room for the night, as volunteers arrange a local relief fund.
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Bill Craft
United Way of the Virginias
Leslie Moyer
First Call
Lane
Stanley Warren
Bluefield
Robert Miller
ENT
Frank Johnson
Bluefield Family Medicine
Kelly Massie
Bi-Rite Pharmacy
Albert
Marlinton
Clayton Lane
Reunion of father and son after tunnel fire tragedy
In Bluefield a father and son, Clayton and Rick Lane, reunited after his motor home burned in the East River Mountain tunnel on Thursday. The fire left Clayton without possessions and hearing during the day, but a Cincinnati TV report and family calls led to the emotional reunion at the Holiday Inn the following afternoon.
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Bluefield
Clayton Lane
East River Mountain Tunnel
Rick Lane
Cincinnati
Albert
Clayton
Lane
Holiday Inn
Storms Knock Down Trees and Cut Power in Four Seasons Country
Severe thunderstorms swept Four Seasons Country causing hundreds to lose power from Monroe to McDowell Counties. A National Weather Service watch was lifted by 5 15 p m. Trees fell across Bluefield and Welch blocking roads while power lines failed. At least 100 trees were felled in McDowell County and Tazewell County reports cited disrupted traffic and multiple injuries avoided. Downed lines and flooded underpasses delayed travel as winds reached 40 to 60 mph.
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Bluefield
Monroe
McDowell County
National Weather Service
Mercer
McDowell
Summers
West Virginia
Howard Moneypenny
Beckley Weather Service Office
Monroe County
Monniny
Karen Simmons
Appalachian Power Company
Apco
Apco General Line
Harold Lanter
South
Mercer County
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Yer Street
Double Cola
Tazewell County
Tazewell
Dicks Creek
Sheriff's Department
pocthoDowell County
Hawwen
Berwind
Bradshaw
Algoma
Roger Cox
McDowell 911
Cox
Route 52
Welch
Beckley
Moneypenny
Pocahontas High School Reschedules Graduation Ceremonies
Graduation ceremonies at Pocahontas High School were postponed Friday due to a storm related power outage. The events have been moved to today at 7 30 p m in the school auditorium with both ceremonies held there.
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Todd Bovenizer
Graham High School
Graham Middle School
Christinia Riggs
Pocahontas High School
Bluefield City Election Ends With Unchanged Board Totals
Voters canvassed Friday confirm no changes to the upcoming board line up. Webster Gilbreath District 1 Joe Long District 2 Craig Hammond District 3 J Rudolph Brammer at large David Shields at large led as winners while challenged ballots added minor adjustments to several candidates totals. Turnout exceeded 16 year high with about 1,961 ballots cast across 16 candidates for five seats.
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Bluefield
Webster Gilbreath
Joe Long
Craig Hammond
J. Rudolph Brammer
David Shields
Beverly Tresch
John Feuchtenberger
Gail
Paul Oliver
Kathleen Kee Beagle
C.J
Tiny" Thompson
Paul Cole
Joe Turner
Herbert Humphreys
H.C. Adkins
Charles
Chuck” Sampson
Paine
Turner
Oliver
Hammon
Shields
Long
Beagle
Humphreys
Gilbreath
Wilson
Thompson
Brammer
Cole
Sampson
Stephenson
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Bluefield High School
Ned Shott
Bluefield State College
Matoaka High School
Montcalm High School
Oakvale High School
Princeton Senior High School
Spanishburg High School
Tazewell County Historial Society
Neel
Mercer County Board of Education
Central Office
Church News
Ienene
Dear Abby Daily Record
AB Lotteries
West Virginia Daily
Ereerrrrigy
Virginia
Steer Eeannes
Rick
East River Mountain
I-77
Eoheatree Hske
Dayton
Ohio
Florida
CIO
Bill Archer
The
Daily Telegraph
Graham High Graduation
Todd Stringer
Four Seasons
Thayer Street
Todd String
Pocahontas
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