Cemetery restoration advances in Bluefield projects
The city commission approved Doug Coleman of the Loewen Group to supply a cemetery marker at wholesale price and granite steps for Tuggle and Walnut Grove Cemeteries. Trustees spearhead fundraising for Walnut Grove with a new security plan, a burial database, and gravel road improvements, targeting 1550 burials across 13 acres.
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Bob Weimer
Virginia Hebert
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West Virginia
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Walnut Grove
Roy Pruett
Weimer
Charles
Danny” Pruett
Bailey
Catherine Posten
Dr. Pruett
Bluefield
Commission
Jordan Nelson
Pocahontas Coalfields
Hattie Hannah
Higginbotham Summit
West Virginia lawmaker touts pension investment reform plan
Senator Oliverio, co sponsor of the senate joint resolution establishing a special election, chairs Investing in West Virginia. He argues modernizing the investment portfolio could yield 1.5 billion in growth over a decade and improve the state bond rating, lowering borrowing costs for schools prisons infrastructure. Interested readers can write to the Investing in West Virginia Committee at 95 Hartford Street Morgantown WV 26506.
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Morgantown
Squirrel Causes Power Outage In Bluefield Area
A squirrel climbed into an electric transformer at 11:20 a.m. triggering a power outage affecting about 1,812 residents in Virginia and West Virginia. Most customers restored by 1 p.m. The animal died, and calls centered on Bluefield Va area with a Falls Mills transformer cited by police.
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Virginia
West Virginia
American Electric Power
Karen Simmons
Mudfork
Tazewell Road
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Falls Mills
Brushfork Road
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AEP
Tazewell County
Rotary Awards Banquet honors Princeton scholars and leaders
Rotarians and new scholarship recipients were honored at the Princeton Rotary Awards Banquet held at the Douglas Center. The 73rd annual event highlighted local college scholarships and community service raising over $8,000 for the Salvation Army kettle drive. Steve Dalton received Rotarian of the Year and Paul Harris Fellow honors went to Jack Stafford. Six Princeton and Pike View High School graduates won $750 scholarships.
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Princeton
Rotary Club of Princeton
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Princeton Club
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Jack Stafford
Paul Harris
Rotary Club
Chicago
Casey Martin
Vic Allen
Bill Armstrong
Bill Sherwood
Ike Southern
Bill Draper
Arnold Lively
Doug Freeman
Dewey Russell
Miss Virginia winner inspires with child first platform
Tara Holland, Miss Virginia, spoke with the Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce about the impact of Kelli Quick's child first platform. Quick earned 12000 in scholarships and roanoke apartment and car for the year after twenty four contestants vied for the crown at the Roanoke Civic Center Auditorium.
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Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Kelli
Virginia
Pat
Tazewell County
Quick
Richlands
Roanoke Civic Center
Russell Quick
Roanoke
Mountainside Apparel may take over coalfield site lease
Mountainside Apparel Inc. could officially assume the Diversified site lease at Council Industrial Park in Grundy, Virginia. Buchanan County IDA and Coalfield EDA approved the deal with Mountainside, aiming for signed documents today and a building occupancy within two weeks. The 10 year lease has a $3500 monthly penalty if Mountainside abandons early, with expected initial hiring above 100 workers from former Diversified staff.
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