Community festival boost and notes on local officials
Mercer criminal justice system praised by Chief Martin and Judge Frazier as they plan retirements this summer. Celebrate Princeton promotes downtown business in a second AutumnFest style event with Connie Clay and volunteers, while city plans a return of SummerFest activities and a Railroad Museum area festival. The piece notes interim leadership, potential successors, heavy caseloads, and a Senate tribute to In God We Trust with comments from Barbara Hawkins.
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Mercer Criminal Justice System
Martin
Frazier
Bluefield
Princeton
Connie Clay
Mercer County
R.C. “Casey
John R. Frazier
Concord University
Bill Harman
Ed Wiley
Mercer
McDowell
Wiley
U.S
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Byrd
America
Sam Brownback
Kansas
Senate
Congress
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Staff and Bible Verse Mention
A listing of the newspaper staff includes publisher William Randy Deason and executive editor Thomas Colley with editors Samantha Perry and Andy Patton among the senior staff. The page also contains a biblical quotation from Matthew 27 54 AKJV about the centurion and guards witnessing the earthquake and recognizing Jesus as the Son of God.
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Jesus
God
Graduates urged to shape future in Four Seasons Country region
Southern West Virginia and Southwest Virginia celebrates more than 1000 high school graduates as they step toward college, careers, or immediate work. The editorial salute highlights potential Nobel laureates, NASA careers, and future leaders, urging hard work, discipline, and community service to meet regional challenges and write tomorrow’s stories.
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John Nash
Homer Hickam
NASA
West Virginia
Southwest Virginia
Four Seasons
Flags Missing Over Memorial Day Weekend In Bluefield
A reader from Bluefield questions why American flags were not flown along Cumberland Road during Memorial Day weekend, urging city officials to show respect for service members. Letter also comments on Edd Wolfe’s May 21 piece praising reverence and defends younger generations as honoring many things.
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Oemberlana Road
Bluefield
Edd Wolfe
Public Letters to the Editor Policy in Bluefield Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph invites public interest letters but requires signatures full address and phone number for publication. Anonymous letters are not published and pen names are not allowed. Send opinions by mail to Letters to the Editor Bluefield Daily Telegraph 928 Bluefield Avenue Bluefield WV 24701.
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Daily Telegraph
The
Bluefield
War ethics questioned after Haditha killings
Dan K. Thomasson argues war crimes in Haditha reflect stress and systemic issues. He notes Marines face brutal daily violence, condemns illegal orders like My Lai, praises whistleblowers at Abu Ghraib and My Lai, and urges accountability, ethics training, and continued pursuit of justice while preserving American values.
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Ashington
Audie Murphy
Alvin York
Iraq
Haditha
Korea
Vietnam
William Tecumseh Sherman
Abu Ghraib
My Lai
Pentagon
Bush
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Barbara Hawkins
Bluefield Baily Telegraph
William ‘Randy’ Deason
Thomas A. Colley
Samantha Perry
Andy Patton
Brian Woodson
Bill Archer
United States
Ates
Cumberland
Herb Taylor
An, Se
Chicken
William Calley
Dan K. Thomasson
Scripps Howard News Service
Dan K
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