Mosquito Fears Rise As Wet Weather Fuels Population
Greg Jordan reports on rising mosquito numbers in West Virginia due to recent rains and heat. Public health nurse Doris Irwin urges removing standing water from tires, pots, and other receptacles. fish ponds help control larvae, while DEET repellents and screens reduce bites. A tire drive at Oakvale Town Hall runs to July 11 to discard old tires.
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Spider
Ophelia
Curly
Nora
West Virginia
Doris Irwin
Mercer County Health Department
Irwin
Bluefield
Oakvale Town Hall
Local newspaper masthead and biblical verse cited
The piece lists names and titles from the Cluefield Baily Telegraph staff including Darryl Hudson as Publisher and Samantha Perry as Managing Editor, with other editors named. It ends with a quotation from First Corinthians 15 6 AKJV noting that many of the five hundred brothers have fallen asleep.
Mock tornado disaster drill planned for June 14
Area fire departments rescue squads and Bluefield Regional Medical Center plan a Tuesday mock disaster to test hospital emergency response and 911 dispatch. The exercise includes a walking wounded scenario, simulated fatalities, and potential hazmat decontamination, with media participation encouraged and all actions clearly marked as drill.
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Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Pam Wyatt
2 East
BRMC
Mercer County 911
Wyatt
Virginia
Old Northfork High School Deserves Landmark Status
A reader urges designating the nearly 100-year-old Northfork High School and gym as a historical landmark. They cite the building’s place in local culture, its basketball legacy, notable graduates, and potential to spur tourism and a future community center, while addressing mold and asbestos concerns and noting favorable comparisons to renovations elsewhere.
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Northfork High School
McDowell County
Tom Beasley
Jess Fields
Mark Page
Boyd Brothers
Northfork
Tazewell County
Wade
Welch
Pocahontas
Endgame in Afghanistan War debate heats up
Martin Schram notes Obama advisers weigh steeper Afghanistan troop withdrawals amid costs and bin Laden’s death. Gates urges steady pressure as al Qaeda shifts to Yemen. public polls show support for withdrawal rising, with 73 percent backing reducing combat forces this summer.
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New York Times
Barack Obama
Afghanistan
Pentagon
Osama bin Laden
al-Qaeda
Defense
Robert Gates
White House
U.S
America
Taliban
al- Qaeda
Pakistan
Yemen
Anwar al-Awlaki
bin Laden
Central Intelligence Agency
Ali Abdullah Saleh
Obama
Washington Post
United States
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Panama Canal
Greg Jordan
Daily Telegraph
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Bottonline
Cluefield Baily Telegraph
Darryl Hudson
Samantha Perry
Ccc Sparks
Serene Bill Archer
Charles Owens
Andy Patton
Brian Woodson
Moo
Cluttch
Old High School
Elegsran
Arabian Peninsula
Detroit
Martin Schram
Scripps Howard News Service
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