Rocket Boys and the Coalwood Saga Revisited
Charles Owens recalls his long pursuit of Homer Hickam’s Rocket Boys letters and memoirs, reflecting on the 1954 origins of the story, the 1999 October Sky film, and his own years as a McDowell County reporter covering the Big Creek Missile Agency and Hickam’s Coalwood world.
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Rocket Boys
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Coalwood Way
West Virginia
Billy Rose
Jimmy O'Dell Carroll
Quentin Wilson
Roy Lee Cook
Sherman Siers
Big Creek
Coalwood
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Editorial Staff Listing
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph announces staff assignments with Randy Mooney as News Editor and Andy Patton as Publisher and Sports Editor Samantha Perry serves as Editor. Assistant Managing Editor Charles Owens and George Thwaites are listed among the leadership team.
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Charles Owens
Daily Telegraph
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Mercer County Courthouse to Begin ADA Renovations
The Mercer County Commission advertised bids for an ADA compliance project at the 1930 courthouse. A low bidder will add a main entrance ramp, new steps, and sidewalk along the north side, with drainage fixes and historic-preservation considerations.
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Mercer County Commission
Bill Archer
State Office of Historic Preservation
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Daily Telegraph
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Charleston
Trump urges new path on North Korea talks
Daniel R. DePetris argues Washington should abandon fixation on immediate denuclearization and pursue a pragmatic approach with Kim Jong Un. He urges a third summit with a realistic agenda, liaison offices, and greater inter-Korean cooperation to ease tensions and improve U.S. security.
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Letters about Mount Everest risks and permits
A Virginia reader argues Everest climbs are reckless and deadly. He notes 11 recent deaths, high costs, the death zone, and unrecovered bodies, questions Nepali permit numbers, and urges a law to ban climbing Everest.
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Ron Penland
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