Three injured in Interstate 77 T-bone crash near East River Mountain
Alfred Davis 79 of Matoaka and two Bland County women were hospitalized after a Tuesday afternoon T-bone collision on I-77 near the East River Mountain Tunnel entrance. Davis was extricated from his vehicle. Phyllis Geldman 67 and Obie Miller 77 were taken to BRMC with chest pains.
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Bluefield
Matoaka
I-77
East River Mountain Tunnel
Alfred Davis
Phyllis Geldman
Bland County
Davis
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Geldman
Obie Miller
Oregon
BRMC
Robert Youther
S.P. Bruno
Virginia rest areas tighten security after robberies and killings
Virginia State Police told the Crime Commission they are using a mix of old fashion policing and new technology to curb violence at interstate rest areas. Since December two people have been robbed and killed and 17 more armed robberies have occurred, mainly along I-95. Measures include a new satellite office at the I-95 rest area in Caroline County, planned video cameras, increased trooper patrols, private security, and emergency phones to connect directly to police.
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Richmond
Virginia
Col
M. Wayne Huggins
Huggins
Virginia Crime Commission
Caroline County
Dale City
New Kent County
Roanoke
Montgomery County
New Kent
Colonial Downs
Bluestone Bureau urged to rejoin Southern West Virginia group
Local hotel operators in Princeton and nearby counties urge Bluestone Convention and Visitors Bureau to reconsider joining the Southern West Virginia Bureau in Beckley. The Beclley group says Bluestone would pay 15 percent of revenue if rejoining. no decision made, plan for July visit to discuss trial membership.
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Bc&w
Southern Bureau
Princeton
Bluestone Convention and Visitors
West Virginia Convention and Visitors Bureau
Beckley
Bluestone Bureau
SWCVB
Lanton
Beckley Bureau
Bluestone
Fayette
Summers
Raleigh
Swvcvb
Mercer County Hotel Manors Association
Deborah Trent
Mercer County
Trent
Bill Craft
Days Inn
Beverly Wellman
Jim Holthaus
Board of
Jim Miller
Doug Freeman
FAA probes cause of deadly Buchanan County plane crash
FAA agents joined Virginia police at the scene in Contra ry to collect information for the NTSB after James Goodwin 31 of Cedar Bluff died when his self built amateur aircraft plunged from about two miles off US 460. The NTSB will review FAA findings to determine a probable cause.
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Federal Aviation Administration
Tazewell County
James Goodwin
Cedar Bluff
Buchanan County
L.J. Ashby
Virginia State Police
Goodwin
Trary
FAA
Charleston
National Transportation Safety Board
David Townsend
Pat Carisco
NTSB
Princeton Donates 5000 To SummerFest And Carnival Opens
The city of Princeton contributed 5000 to SummerFest '97 as the James H. Drew Carnival began operations Tuesday at Princeton High School, with a five day permit allowing set up through Sunday. Mayor Anita Skeens Caldwell accepted the annual donation, and George Lanton of the Princeton Mercer County Chamber of Commerce praised city support contributing to the festival’s success.
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Princeton
James H. Drew
Princeton High School
Anita Skeens Caldwell
Mercer County Chamber of Commerce
George Lanton
SummerFest Kicks Off With Concerts And Family Fun
The SummerFest schedule opens Thursday at 8 p.m. with 1964 The Tribute. Festivities run Friday 4 p.m. to late with clinics, car racing, Kids Place, pageant, balloon art, magic, karaoke, and Top Rope Wrestling behind Princeton High School. Saturday features pancake breakfast, story-telling, petting zoo, car show, dog show, bake-off, auctions, book fair, and chili cook-off plus chili demo, limbo, and more. Pure Country headlines 7 to 11 p.m. The Twilight continues the weekend celebrations.
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Princeton High School
Commission On Aging
Mountain State Street Red Association
Reading Council
Archie Chestnut
International Chili Society
Made In the Shade
West Virginia State Police
Bat-mobile
Pure Country
Pocahontas tour checks restoration work on cemetery walls
Virginia officials led by Ann Andrus and Bill Cosby visited Pocahontas to inspect state funded restoration of the 1893 Presbyterian Church cemetery and Emma Yates Library. They praised adherence to preservation standards amid masons’ traditional techniques and noted the site holds about 3 000 burials from the 1884 East Mine explosion.
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Virginia
Department of Historic Resources
Pocahontas
Ann Andrus
Bill Cosby
Emma Yates
Secretary of the Interior
Cosby
Historic Pocahontas, Inc
Southwest Virginia Improvement Company
Pocahontas East
Pocahontas Cemetery
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Eric DiNovo
Sion
Southern
West Virginia Bureau
Princeton-Mercer County
P.m
Ween Wwf
Sar
Bill Archer
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