Concord Bonner Scholars Program Receives 50000 Donation
The West Virginia Legislature allocated 50000 to Concord College for its Bonner Scholars Program as part of a 1 million dollar matching funds drive. Total pledges reach 925000 with a 30 September deadline to secure a 5 million Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation endowment. Dr. Bob Henry Baker notes 20 new scholars join in August, bringing total to about 90. program seeks more male and minority applicants and non-traditional students. Call 304 384 6009 for details.
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Community events and meetings in Bluefield area
Saturday and Monday schedule includes Red Cross at Peterstown Baptist, Widowed Persons Service dinner at College Avenue Baptist, and a Neighborhood Watch kickoff at Greater Bluefield Community Center with contact numbers. Tuesday features Colgan Air chief Charles Colgan speaking at Mercer County Airport during a Chamber breakfast with a $6 fee and reservations urged.
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Bluefield
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South Bluefield
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Mercer County
Greater Bluefield
Weather forecast for today and tonight
Cloudy today with a chance of showers then becoming partly sunny. Tonight mostly clear. Highs in the 70s and lows in the mid 50s. Weather package A-9.
Princeton Man Killed in N C Truck Crash
Joseph D. Ballard a 55 year old Princeton truck driver died when his semi left Route 52 near Pilot Mountain crossing guard rails and a river. The Overnight driver’s rig with two trailers spilled hazardous cargo and caused road closures while investigators examine whether health problems or sleep caused the accident.
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North Carolina
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Green Valley
Bluefield
Greensboro
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Keiger
Reiger
Winston-Salem
Hearing Set On Murder Charge For Davidow In Raleigh County
A Raleigh County Magistrate Court will hear next week whether murder charges against Chip Melton Davidow of Devil's Fork Road will go to a grand jury. He is accused of fatally shooting Kenneth Roscoe Dunahoe, 41, of Bluefield, Virginia, on Devil's Fork Road around 8 am as Dunahoe, delivering for Aratex Uniform Services, was shot multiple times. The sheriff's department continues the investigation.
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Raleigh County
Raleigh
Bluefield
Chip Melton Davidow
Devil's Fork Road
Kenneth
Roscoe Dunahoe
Dunahoe
Aratex Uniform Services
Princeton Summerfest celebrates community this weekend
Princeton Summerfest unfolds today and tomorrow as a wide range of activities fills the festival grounds at Princeton Senior High School and sites on Courthouse Road and Stafford Drive. PMCCC chair Bill Sherwood says the event, themed Celebrations of Community, features the James H. Drew Carnival, new kids activities, bingo, diving demos, Abe Lincoln readings and a beach themed Shag contest before concerts by The Catalinas and The Allegians with sponsor support from local businesses.
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PSHS
Sherwood
Abe Lincoln
West Virginia
West Virnia
Economicevelopment and Tourism Authority
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Hardee's
Andy Clark Ford
Glen Lyn plant not endangered by 765kV line says Apco
Appalachian Power's Glen Lyn Power Plant will continue operating into the 21st century even if the 765kV transmission line from Wyoming County West Virginia to Cloverdale Virginia is built. Plant units 5 and 6 remain, with unit 6 among the system's top 20 most efficient. upgrades and cost comparisons favor extending the existing plant over building a new one.
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Cloverdale
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Appalachian Power Company
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Farley
Appalachian
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Virginia Coal
Ex Buchanan employee indicted for embezzlement
Irene Lockhart 36 of Grundy faces 24 counts of embezzlement for actions from March 1993 to April 1994 totaling about 4000 dollars. She resigned after 18 years in May and waived right to be arraigned before the grand jury. Grand jury convenes July 20.
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Buchanan County Treasury Cement
Irene Lockhart
District Judicial Court
Grand Jury
Lockhart
County Treasury
Max Lewis
Virginia
Grand
City prepares for future leak liability in Princeton
Vice Mayor Bill Draper and Council member Robert Walt Hall moved to empower building inspector John Bailey to handle underground storage tank inspections. The council unanimously approved spending up to 1200 dollars to send Bailey to a University of Wisconsin workshop on liquid storage tank technology, despite lacking budgeted funds.
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Bill Draper
Robert Walthall
John Bailey
Bailey
University of Wisconsin
Dick Shakman
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