Inmates Indicted at Welch FCI McDowell Prison
A federal grand jury in Beckley returned two indictments naming Justin Davis and Jason Dunlap, inmates at FCI McDowell. Davis, 28, faces a one count charge of possessing a prohibited object marijuana. Dunlap, 35, is charged with attempting to escape from FCI McDowell after prior bank robbery convictions. Initial appearances and hearings have not been scheduled.
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Justin Davis
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Bill Archer
Barcher
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Public hearings planned on West Virginia highway funding
Blue Ribbon Highways Commission will hold hearings in Beckley Wheeling Fairmont Martinsburg Parkersburg and Huntington to gather input on a plan to raise taxes and fees for road repair. A Mercer County session is likely as officials seek more than 400 million dollars in new annual road funding.
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West Virginia
Blue Ribbon Highways Commission
Mercer County
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Register-Herald
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Wheeling
Fairmont
Martinsburg
Parkersburg
Huntington
Commission
Marc Meachum
Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Pizatella
Meachum
King Coal
Nick J. Rahall
Charles Owens
Cowens
Bottonline
Budget talk for Tazewell County 2013 2014 session
Local residents and officials discussed the proposed 2013 2014 Tazewell County budget of 108.5 million dollars with 55 percent for schools and a 51.34 million general fund. The plan adds 120000 for four sheriff vehicles and funds for EMS, parks, animal shelter, and a food bank supported by Bobby Shew Community Center, with a vote set for June 27.
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Tazewell
Patricia
Pat” Green
Green
General Fund
Department of Social Services
Bobby Shew
Pocahontas
Bobby Shew Community Center
Hunley
Hundreds of miners protest Patriot bankruptcy in Kentucky
Hundreds of coal miners gathered outside the Henderson County Courthouse in western Kentucky to protest Patriot Coal Corp. benefit cuts during its bankruptcy. About a dozen union members were arrested as they demonstrated. the event featured leaders and lawmakers and drew white Peabody Promised Peabody Lied shirts amid calls that the health care and pension cuts threaten retirees' lives.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Patriot Coal Corp
United Mine Workers 69 O1 America
Henderson County
Patriot
St. Louis
Peabody Energy
Peabody
Dan Kane
United Mine Workers
The
Jerry Rhoads
Madisonville
Brent Yeats
Greenville
Big Business
Yonts
Firefighter injured as three departments battle residential blaze
Three departments responded to a Lily Grove house fire in Princeton on Union Drive. A Princeton Fire Department member suffered head and neck injuries when roof debris fell, was treated at Princeton Community Hospital as a precaution, and transported by Princeton Rescue Squad. Fire origin believed internal per preliminary inquiry. East River, Green Valley Glenwood, and Princeton Fire departments, plus rescue units, were dispatched at 3 41 p m according to Mercer County 911.
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Dare
Lily Grove
Fast River Fire Department
Nelson Short
Princeton Fire Department
Princeton
Union Drive
Short
East River Volunteer Fire Department
Green Valley
At the Sign of the Tea Cup Tea at Craft Memorial Library
Bluefield Craft Memorial Library hosts a 2 p.m. Thursday tea with light refreshments and entertainment sponsored by Friends of the Library part of the 100th anniversary celebra tion. Free event at 600 Commerce St. Registration required by phone call or online.
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Friends of the Library
Bluefield Public Library
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