Nelson clinches third term as Oakvale mayor in light turnout
Oakvale voters reelect Nelson to a third term with 23 votes against 15 for write in Tammy Meadows. Recorder Shenae Hill also wins with 34 votes, while all five council members are re-elected without opposition. Incumbent Meadows ran as write-in after missing filing deadline, in a quiet Mercer County town facing frequent residential flooding.
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Oakvale
Mary Nelson
Nelson
Tammy Meadows
Shenae Hill
Jack Thomas
Vicky Rose
Ronnie Rumley
Randy Honaker
Alvin Meadows
Meadows
Mercer County
Matoaka town elections Coburn unopposed again
Matoaka mayor Jack Coburn was re elected without opposition with 38 votes. Town Recorder Marsha Howell also ran unopposed and received 35 votes. Five council seats were won by N Douglas Hawkes 35 votes Van Trevis Hurst 36 votes William Atwood 35 votes Samuel M. Davis 33 votes Luther Smith 36 votes. Coburn called the result business as usual and noted upcoming water and sewer issues.
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Matoaka
Jack Coburn
Marsha Howell
N. Douglas Hawkes
van Trevis Hurst
William
Bill) Atwood
Samuel M. Davis
Luther Smith
Coburn
Town Hall
Mercer County approves sheriff department monitoring equipment plan
Mercer County commissioners approved a five year lease for monitoring equipment for the Sheriff Department. The package includes ankle bracelet home confinement devices and other monitoring gear. Sheriff Harold Buckner said the plan would save taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars over five or six years and the equipment will become the department’s property after the 60 month lease.
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Princeton
Mercer County Sheriff’s Department
Hun
County Commission
Harold Buckner
Sheriff’s Department
Buckner
City election canvass certifies disputed ballots
Bluefield officials concluded a county and city tally of 60 challenged ballots from last week's city vote with few changes. The district I, II, III breakdown was 4, 25 and 21 respectively as observers noted late registrations and out of district votes, while eight candidates gained district votes.
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Bluefield
Drema Shireman
Sandy Cox
Shireman
John Feuchtenberger
Secretary of State
Feuchtenberger
Horton Road
Ron Crabtree
Deb Sarver
Bob Perkinson
Donnie Turner
Kim Long
Local teen to compete in America's Junior Miss pageant
Brushfork teen Kelly Wyrick ages 17 will represent West Virginia at the America's Junior Miss contest in Mobile Alabama on June 27 with a scholarship goal. Wyrick won the state title March 31 at Concord College, aided by her strong grades.
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Brushfork
Kelly Wyrick
West Virginia
Mobile
Ala
Joanna Mathena
Wyrick
Bluefield High School
Concord College
Pam's Place Nears Opening For Shelter in Mercer County
Two years of planning led to the near completion of Pam's Place a women and children temporary shelter in Mercer County. Pam Hawkins Foundation officers told Bluefield Rotarians that CASE of West Virginia will obtain the license and operate the home with the foundation handing over to professionals once ready. The facility will be at the back of the house to protect occupants and avoid neighborhood disruption.
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Bluefield
Princeton
Pam Hawkins
Pam
Hawkins
Princeton man sentenced in DUI death case
Princeton resident Thomas William Bolton, 2, of Old Athens Road, Princeton, was sentenced in County Circuit Court for December 6 2000 crash on I 77. He pleaded guilty to DUI with death involuntary manslaughter and driving revoked for DUI. Sentences total one to 10 years plus one year and six months, to run consecutively.
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Princeton
Thomas William Bolton
Old Athens Road
Bolton
Richard
Adams
John R. Frazier
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Eulas Coe
Amanda Sandifer
Anawalt
Glenwood Park
Mercer Sheriff's Department
Paige Johnson
Kerri
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The
Daily Telegraph Star
Eric DiNovo
Barbara Hawkins
Bluefield Rotary Club
Battered Women’s and Children’s
Pam’s
Pamela Lynne Hawkins
Greg Jordan
Daily Telegraph
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