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Firewalls Ignite Mercer County Courthouse Dispute
Mercer County officials and State Fire Marshal Walter Smittle discussed firewalls at the courthouse and considered alternatives while an injunction blocks construction. Lawyers from Princeton and Bluefield backed the injunction, and officials prepare a plan for jail renovations to meet federal orders. The piece also notes low turnout at pensioner meetings for UMWA candidates, July 4 fireworks warnings, and local church leadership changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
County Commission
Walter Smittle
Charleston
Ray Bragg
Joe Coburn
Fred Parker
G. Cameron Hunter
William O. Bivens Jr
Princeton
Robert E. Holroyd
Smittle
State Attorney General's Office
Bluefield
Charles Cunningham
David W. Knight
John Copenhaver
U. S. District Court
Mercer County Pensioners Association
UMWA
Sam Church
Rich Trumka
Trumka
Church
West Virginia
Hill’s
Edwin Wiley
Naomi Cloud
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Tennys Cheatwood
Athens
John Mendez
First United Methodist Church
Ernest Six
Douglas Holland
First Baptist Church
Holland
Whitmire
S. C
Rescue Squad
First Baptist