Cuts lane reopens on U S 460 Cedar Bluff easing traffic
The eastbound lane will open today with weather permitting and the westbound lane is set to reopen Monday July 1 after delays. A concrete barrier will separate the two directions, a request from Western District Supervisor Bob Wade. Blasting finished last month. 1995 closure redirected 20,000 vehicles daily through Cedar Bluff. A new four lane from Wardell to Southwest Virginia Community College should also finish this week.
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Edar Bluff
Cedar Bluff
Frank Phipps
Virginia Department of Transportation
Tazewell
Phipps
Western District
Bob Wade
U.S. 460
Wardell
Southwest Virginia Community College
Local News Portal Promotes Online Telegraph Page
An advertisement lists the Daily Telegraph’s new online home at bottonline com offering local and national news sports West Virginia and Virginia updates classifieds and more as a switch to a computer page.
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Daily Telegraph
Bottonline.com
West Virginia
Swedish au pair found slain in Boston trash bin
19 year old Karina Holmer, a Swedish au pair in Dover, Massachusetts, was found murdered in a black trash bag behind a building near Zanzibar nightclub. Police say the body was severed at the waist and speculate the killer may have been aiming to cover a sex crime. Neighbors recalled her friendly demeanor and quiet nature as authorities investigate the case.
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Boston
Oston
Karina Holmer
Zanzibar
Holmer
Frank Rapp
Dover
Atabak Roushanaei
Weather and lottery notice from West Virginia daily brief
Mostly sunny today with highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s tonight clear with lows in the 50s. Weather package A-10 invites tips via Cellular One toll free in Mercer and surrounding counties. West Virginia Daily notices lottery numbers 5 9 7 and 4 6 7 3 for Daily 4.
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Mercer, Tazewell
Bland
Monroe
Summers
Fayette
Greenbrier Counties
Deadly truck bomb hits U S Air Force complex in Saudi Arabia
A powerful truck bomb destroyed apartment buildings at a U S Air Force site near Dhahran injuring about 160 and killing 11 Americans. President Clinton vowed punishment and dispatched an FBI team as Saudi, British and French troops manned the area.
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Washington
U.S. Air Force
Saudi Arabia
Clinton
America
FBI
U.S
Dhahran
Defense Department
Dinosaur eggs puzzle prompts CAT scan at VT Blacksburg
LACKSBURG Virginia Tech professor William Greenberg seeks answers from a CAT scan at the Virginia Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine about a potential dinosaur fetus inside fossilized eggs found near the Huang River in China. About 100 million years ago a duck billed dinosaur relative laid eggs later fossilized after floods and climate shifts. Hundreds of eggs were sold for a dollar each before authorities declared them national treasures and banned trade. Greenberg obtained three eggs for study.
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Lacksburg
William Greenberg
Virginia Tech
Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
Blacksburg
China
Huang
Yellow
Greenberg
Virginia
Voters to decide hospital fate on city ballot
Bluefield city voters will decide whether Bluefield Regional Medical Center assets should be leased or sold for citizens' benefit. The City Board approved placing the advisory measure on the November 5 general election ballot for local voters, amid debate over privatization and municipal assets.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Craig Hammond
Webster Gilbreath
Hammond
Board of Directors
City of
BRMC
Princeton Community Hospital
Rudy Brammer
Cit
Dave Shields
State Tax Department
Hammonaé
Frog Level collection of Jack Witten columns shines in Tazewell
A new book Frog Level gathers columnist Jack Witten’s pieces edited by widow Mary. It includes the origin story of Frog Level at Route 19 460 and Route 16, centered on a gas station with Virginia’s last ABC beer license. The crossroad acts as a social hub with politics gossip and Saturday country and bluegrass performances.
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Tazewell
Jack Witten
Mary
Little Crossroad
ABC
Virginia
Witten
Mary Witten
Clinch Valley Printing
Dode Rasnick
Parties divided in Divides sewer line talks
Bluefield Town Council and the Tazewell County Public Service Authority clash over the Sanitary Board sewer extension. PSA may install lines if an agreement fails, while Bluefield officials question the status and potential gains from the project.
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Tazewell
Bluefield Town
Bluefield Divides
PSA
Sanitary Board
Bluefield
Cecile Barrett
Don Dunford
Bluefield Sanitary Board
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