Bluewell Days Celebrate Bluewell Fest Draws Big Crowd
Bluewell Days draw crowds as Claude and Nancy Brooks browse flea market items during Bluewell's third annual celebration. Lions Club volunteers serve free FBI hot a dogs as Johnny Bailey notes strong local support and door prizes. Motorcycle poker run grows with over 100 riders joining the event across Route 52 crowds.
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Claude
Nancy Brooks
Bluefield
Bluewell
Bluewell Lion's Club
Nick Amell
Shirley West
John Nelson
Bluewell Lions Club
First Community Bank
Nick Ameli
Calvin Shoemaker
FBI
Carol Lusk
Lions Club
Gary
Ameli
Johnny Bailey
Moyer-Martin Furniture
Bluewell Clinic
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Mercer County Chopper
WOW Retreat aims to educate area women on wellness
Women on Wellness WOW retreat hosted by WISE Woman scheduled for Tuesday June 24 from 8 am to 5 pm at Camp Creek State Park. Co sponsors include WVU CoEWH Bluefield Regional Princeton Community Hospital and Princeton Health and Fitness Center. Participants pay 40 dollars and register online or by phone for a step by step lifestyle plan covering exercise nutrition mental health and chronic disease management.
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Camp Creek State Park
Connie Saunders
Wise Woman
Coewh
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Princeton Community Hospital
Princeton Health and Fitness Center
Princeton
Vietnam Veterans of America
Juston Thacker Foundation
Princeton Library
Siar Bill Lepp
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Tom Bone
Robert Hale
Wildfire
Knoxville
Tenn
Mercer Street
Arctic Ice Vanishes Fast Opens Northwest Passage Route
Earth Talk notes a 20 percent loss of year round Arctic ice since 2007, risking a fully ice free summer by 2030. A new shipping lane through the Northwest Passage may emerge as ice recedes, enabling easier Atlantic Pacific access but signaling broader climate impacts.
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Arctic Ocean
Arctic
Northwest Passage
Canada
Alaska
Greenland
Atlantic
Pacific
Rising seas threaten island nations and coasts worldwide
Scientists warn rising sea levels from global warming will push coasts inland. By 2010, 80 percent of people may live within 62 miles of the coast and 40 percent within 37 miles. Island nations face loss, saltwater intrusion, and habitat destruction, with potential rises up to 213 feet if ice sheets collapse.
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Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change
United Nations Environment Program
World Wildlife Fund
WWF
Central Pacific
Samoa
Tuvalu
Bangladesh
Thailand
Robin
Bell
1963 Bluefield Coal Show Parade a large state event
The 1963 Bluefield Centennial Coal Show Parade drew thousands through downtown Bluefield on May 24 as West Virginia Governor Barron and Marling Ankeny shared co grand marshal duties with State Senator Ray Barnett and National Guard Sgt Jim Childers. The 110 unit parade featured 200 exhibits, the Pioneers Miners Reunion, and a $90,000 Lee Norse continuous miner display for Island Creek.
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Luefield
Bluefield
West Virginia
W.W
Wally” Barron
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Marling Ankeny
Ray Barnett
Jim Childers
National Guard
Pocahontas Electrical and Mechanical Institute
Greater Bluefield
C.W. Connor Jr
Laurenda Meade
Tazewell
Norfolk & Western Railway
Bluefield Avenue
Charles Harris
Pocahontas
A.G. Whited
Richlands
WF. Smith
Wheeling
Lee-Norse Company
Beatrice, Pocahontas
Island Creek
Republic Steel
Buchanan County
Van
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Betty Critch
Cooewh
Critch
Ers
Dudley Robinson
Ireland
Green Matters
EarthTalk
P.O. Box
Westport
Emagazine
Bill Archer
Repass
Bluefield High School
Ivan Repass
Florida
Heber Stafford
Beaver
Beaver High School
Jim Walthall
West Virginia University
Leland
Byrd
WVU
Edward Beach
Mountaineer
Ralph Ball
Bo’ Godsey
L. Hill
Blue Grays
Stafford
Mercer
Appea
Leo Ours, Jr
Glenville State College
Hearthside Books
Leo Ours Sr
662Nd Medical
George Patton
3Rd Army
Europe
Princeton Street
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