Miscalculations blamed for largest New Mexico blaze
U S Forest Service review cites miscalculations and underestimation of dry conditions in planned April burn that exploded into the state’s largest spring fire. It damaged hundreds of homes, displaced thousands, and threatened villages and water supplies as spot fires escaped containment.
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Albuquerque
N.M
U.S. Forest Service
New Mexico
U.S. Forest
Randy Moore
U.S
National Interagency Fire Center
United States
Teresa Leger Fernandez
Forest Service
Biden marks milestone as vaccines expand to under 5
President Biden visited a Washington vaccination clinic to celebrate that vaccines are now available for children as young as six months. He noted Florida’s delay and urged parents to consult doctors while stressing universal access and nonpoliticization of the effort. He and First Lady Jill Biden met newly vaccinated families at Church of the Holy Communion.
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Washington
Joe Biden
Biden
United States
White House
Florida
Ron DeSantis
Jill Biden
Church of the Holy Communion
Beau
Associated Press
White
Texas boy dies after being left in hot car
A 5-year-old boy died in a Houston area car after his mother left him buckled inside while preparing for his sister’s birthday. Temperatures exceeded 100 degrees as the family returned from a store and the mother later found him unresponsive in the vehicle. Emergency crews pronounced him dead at the scene.
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Texas
Houston
Harris County
Ed Gonzalez
Gonzalez
Bluefield opens new transit transfer station in $2.7 million project
Spearheaded by the city, the state and federal transit agencies funded a $2.7 million transfer station on a former Brownfield site to shelter Greyhound riders and serve natural gas vehicles. BAT serves Mercer and McDowell counties with routes from Athens to Welch. Swope Construction built the facility.
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Public Transit
City of
Bluefield
Brownfield
Bill Robinson
State Division of Public Transit
Greyhound
Princeton Avenue
Old Gulf Station
Bluefield Avenue
City Hall
BAT
Mercer
McDowell
Welch
Athens
Princeton
Gary
Premier
McDowell County
Swope Construction of
Charles Boothe
Boothe
Bottonline
Gas tax pause battles Iowa West Virginia Virginia factions
Swope warned of bond default risk tied to a $35 million monthly gas tax revenue. He criticized the gas tax pause as a Democratic ploy, while noting West Virginians drive through traffic accounts for 85 percent of purchases. Virginia also killed a three-month gas tax pause after House approval. Biden weighs a federal holiday, needing Congress approval. Gas prices hover near $4.65 a gallon.
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Swope
West Virginia
Virginia
Glenn Youngkin
House
Senate
Joe Biden
Congress
Charles Boothe
Coothe
Bdionline
Patchwork Quilters Plan Fall Show with Charity Raffles
Betty Watson and Kuppusami lead Patchwork Quilters in planning a fall themed show titled A Little Bit of Fall. They solicit quilts from groups in Tazewell and nearby towns, award multiple categories, and offer two viewer’s choice winners. Proceeds support Children’s Home Society and Abel Center while classes and a scissors sharpening service are featured.
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Betty Watson
Kappusami
Kuppusami
Watson
Carole Buckman
Tazewell
Beckley
Princeton
Bland
Richlands
Cindy Osborn
Jan Nelson
Children’s Home Society
Abel Center
Abel
Bluefield State College Alzheimer’s
Former Mercer County teacher sentenced pending for sexting minors
Attorney Brian K Cochran notes investigation by Mercer County Sheriff’s Department and says Stehlin, arrested in North Carolina on August 11 2021, faces up to 10 years for three counts of sending obscene material to minors. Victims were Princeton Middle School students. Stehlin taught there years earlier. Sentencing set for August. Cochran credits law enforcement and victims.
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Brian K. Cochran
Stehlin
North Carolina
Mercer County
Princeton Middle School
S.A. Sommers
Mercer County Sheriff’s Department
Sommers
Snapchat
Facebook
Cochran
Adam Wolfe
John Williams
Southern Regional
Greg Jordan
Gjordan
Bdiontine
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