Flood wall replacement bids due in Welch this Friday
McDowell County recovery continues after the February flood with bids due at Welch city hall for the damaged Vir ginia Avenue flood wall. Mayor Harold McBride advocates additional walls along Lake Drive and Summers Streets, calling flood risk a lifelong concern.
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Welch
McDowell County
Virginia Avenue
City Hall
Harold McBride
Lake Drive
Summers
Riverside Drive
McBride
Florida
U.S
Shelley Moore Capito
R-W.va
Summers Streets
Mercer proposes leash and spay neuter measures at first reading
Princeton area officials set first reading for a spay neuter ordinance and canine control plan aimed at reducing the homeless pet population. The Mercer County Commission will meet at 10 a.m. at the county courthouse to discuss the leash law change clarifying dogs need not be tethered for control.
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Princeton
Mercer County Commission
Commission
Mercer County
Greg Puckett
New pawn shop ordinance eyed to aid theft tracking
Princeton reports a county wide pawn shop ordinance. The measure seeks to empower law enforcement by designating the sheriff to direct electronically reported pawn items. For nine years Mercer County has used Leads Online to track stolen property.
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Princeton
Steven Sommers
Mercer County Sheriff’s Department
Mercer County Commission
West Virginia
Leads
Bluefield student reads over 900 books in AR program
First grader Layla Belt at Bluefield Primary School earned 430.1 reading points with 912 books and 258,598 words read, a 91 percent comprehension score, the top 400-point club in Mercer County. Nine first graders joined the 100-point club as Dairy Queen provided $5 gift certificates.
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Bluefield
Mercer County
Layla Belt
Lou
Kelly Belt
Layla
Diana Standifer
Standifer
Layla Blanchard
Sophia Rush
Cameron Harris
Lydia Peck
Journee Elliot
Alex Santiago
Ava Gillespie
Cindy Stonestreet
Dairy Queen
Ron and
Gail Satterfield
Tara Wyatt
Bluefield Primary School
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