GED Class of 2000 Receives Certificates in Mercer County
Forty eight area residents earned GED certificates at a ceremony held at Pike View High School marking a new chapter after work at Windy Mountain Learning Center in Bluefield and Mercer County Adult Learning Academy in Princeton. Speakers highlighted the shift toward skills based work and the value of education for adults, noting Mercer County’s strong basic education system and rising employer expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner
Windy Mountain
Bluefield
Mercer County
Princeton
Pike View High School
Steve Dalton
Princeton Rotary Club
Sherwood
Faye Robertson
One Valley Bank of
Mercer County, Inc
End of an Era in Mercer County Schools
More than 200 years of history end as four Mercer County elementary schools close Thursday. Ramsey and Wade in Bluefield join Thorn and Knob in Princeton in consolidations into two new facilities. Mercer and Straley in Princeton serve grades 3-5, while Princeton Primary houses K-2. Bluefield’s K-2 attend Whitethorn and Memorial, with 3-5 at the Bluefield Intermediate. Cumberland Heights and Silver Springs become preschool centers. Final days included normal classes and a field day at Bluefield City Park with partners like the Bluefield Holiday Inn.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Ramsey and
Wade
Bluefield
Thorn and Knob
Mercer and Straley
Whitethorn
Memorial
Cumberland Heights
Silver Springs
Bluefield City Park
JoAnna Fredeking
Thorn Elementary
Bluefield Holiday Inn
Starland Heights ground broken in McDowell County housing project
Officials in McDowell County broke ground Tuesday on the 1.5 million Starland Heights rental housing development at the former Starland Drive-In site in Big Four. The 40-unit project, first phase seven two story townhouses and one accessible unit, supports residents displaced by the Tug Fork flood control effort and reflects a major housing initiative since coal camp development.
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McDowell County
Starland Heights
Carl Urps
Gordon Lambert
Daniel Parish
Larry Hughes
Safe Board
Rosemarie Williams
Cathy Rose
Sandra Proffitt
Mary Skeens
Randy Moore
The
West Virginia Housing Development Fund
SAFE
Sharon Yates
Jeff Molenda
Robin Pruitt
Carol Carter
Starland Drive-In
Big Four
Tug Fork
Yates
Swope Construction Company
Carl “Randy” Moore
State Housing Development Fund
Army Corps
Moore
Starland
Opening hearts Vigil celebrates Mercer County foster families
Foster Mother Michelle Armstead testifies at Mercer County first celebration for Foster Care during a candlelight service. Nearly 100 foster parents children volunteers and staff attended. Judge Pat Valeyko noted 156 local children need foster homes but only 54 locations exist, underscoring a community need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michelle Armstead
Mercer County
Pat Valeyko
Valeyko
Voices of Christ Choir
United For Foster Care
State workers’ comp deficit slashed by reform efforts
West Virginia officials told Bluefield Rotary that the workers compensation program has reduced its large deficit. Commissioner William F. Vieweg credited Ed Burdette and staff for reforms, including rate reductions and restructured classifications, aiming to end deficit financing and meet future obligations.
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Bluefield
William F. Vieweg
West Virginia
Bureau of Employment Programs
Bluefield Rotary Club
Ed Burdette
Vieweg
Burdette
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Kearing the Six
William Sherwood
John Nelso
Cecilia Holston
Nathanial Hoge
John N
Thorn
Mary Ellen Hill
Jessica Riffe
Britney Spears
Welch
McDowell County Community Action Network
McDowell County Redevelopment Authority
Charles Owens
Barbara Hawkins
Daily Telegraph
John Nelson
Rotary
Cecil Underwood
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