Water will flow to the Divides
Groundbreaking for the Bluefield Divides Water Project occurred along U S Route 460 with Tazewell County Public Service Authority officials praising the long-awaited effort. PSA administrator Jim Spencer announced an $18000 monthly trenching rental and that water to the Lakeview Subdivision could arrive within a month, with plans to extend toward Springville thereafter.
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Bluefield
U.S. U.S. Rt. 460
Jim Spencer
Tazewell County
Lakeview
Spencer
PSA
Springville
Lions Mercer Aviation Days Kick Off At Mercer County Airport
The Bluefield Lions Club presents Mercer Aviation Days at Mercer County Airport this Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. A jet fighter flyover is planned for 3 p.m. Saturday. Tickets cost 5 dollars. The event continues Sunday.
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Bluefield Lions Club
Mercer County
Bluefield
Mercer Aviation
Weather Brief Today Mostly Sunny With Warm Highs
A weather package reports today will be mostly sunny with daytime highs in the mid 80s to around 90. Tonight remains mostly clear with overnight lows from 55 to 70.
Cellular One toll free tip line announced for six counties
A news tip line invites callers in Mercer Tazewell Bland Monroe Summers Fayette and Greenbrier counties to dial Cellular One toll free for tips. The service aims to streamline reader submissions and quicken news gathering across the region.
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Mercer
Tazewell
Bland
Monroe
Summers
Fayette and
Greenbrier Counties
McDowell sheriff blasts 911 plan measures
McDowell County Sheriff Don Hicks blasted a county plan to dispatch all emergency 911 calls to the McDowell County Ambulance Authority starting July 1. Sheriff Hicks warned the plan could harm public safety and officers, noting the current system worked and backing contracts with private services as backups. Gordon Lambert, commission president, said private ambulances are being asked to sign backup contracts, with Quality and Jaeger already signed but Widener not at Northfork as of Thursday.
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Hicks
Widener
Widener Ambulance Service
Lambert
Quality and
Jaeger Ambulance Services
Widener’s
Northfork
World leaders pledge solidarity after Saudi truck bombing
President Clinton and seven major industrial democracies condemn the Barbarous Saudi attack that killed 19 Americans. They pledge unity to fight terrorism by legal means and plan a Paris meeting of security officials next month to expand cross border cooperation and law enforcement sharing, including bomb detection gear.
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Dhahran
Saudi Arabia
Perogues
France
Lyon
United States
Britain
Japan
Germany
Canada
Italy
Paris
Jacques Chi
U.S
Israel
Mike McCurry
Joy cleanup site set to be fit for residential use
EPA on scene coordinator Dr. Walter Lee said the Joy Manufacturing cleanup near Bluefield High School should be finished and the 3 acre site closed by May 1997. Once cleared the area will be safe for residential use and could host a kindergarten, though PCB contamination has been found off site on nearby property.
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Bluefield
Environmental Protection Agency
Joy Manufacturing
Washington Street
Walter Lee
City Hall
Lee
Bluefield High School
Minimal PCB levels found at high school site cleanups
He stated the disclosed amount is minimal and not a health hazard. Tests show 1 op per million of airborne PCB concentration is acceptable. the high school site measured .7 per million, below that. PCB also detected on Mintwood Road and Rockwood near Mintwood. sites have been cleaned up.
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Mintwood Road
Rockwood
Mintwood
Warner Twins Stir Virginia Senate Race Confusion
In Virginia the Senate race features John Warner seeking a fourth term and Democrat Mark Warner, a political newcomer, both using the surname Warner. The ballot provides no party identifiers, leaving voters and even top politicians mixing up the two War ners at rallies and events.
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Alexandria
Virginia
Senate
Warner
John Warner
Mark Warner
Warners
James Moran
8Th
Mark
Charles Robb
D-Va
Robb
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Jacques Chirac
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