Bluefield Plans to Resurface City Streets This Spring
Bluefield will hold public hearings on March 6 at City Hall at 7 30 p m to air opinions on resurfacing plans funded by 29000 in Small City Block Grant money from a 1986 grant. The city expects 35000 in repairs with bids to be sought and choice of roads decided by staff and the public works department. DOH plans mid summer resurfacing on Bland Street US 19 and Cherry Street to the medical center.
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Bluefield
Bill Looney
City Hall
Public Works Department
Looney
West Virginia Department of Highways
DOH
Bruce E. Leedy
Bland Street
Cumberland Road
College Avenue
Highand Avenue
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Bluefield State College captures rape case probe
Bluefield police plan release of a composite sketch in a sexual assault at Bluefield State College. Detective Mike Poe said leads are being checked and more information, including the sketch, should be available today.
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Bluefield
Police Deent
Bluefield State College
Mike Poe
Bluefield appoints Coggsdale as administrative assistant
City Manager Bill Looney announced John Waverly Coggsdale III as administrative assistant for the city of Bluefield. His duties include special projects analytical studies and staff assistance to city departments. Looney said the move comes after Keith Buchanan left and will shift duties to Coggsdale with a focus on efficiency measures.
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Bill Looney
John Waverly Coggsdale III
Bluefield
Keith) Buchanan
Coggsdale
Looney
Curt Barber
Bland Man Dies In Route 52 Wreck In Virginia
Bland County man Lacy Brown Southerland III of Rocky Gap died in a single vehicle crash on Route 52 near Rocky Gap. The incident occurred Tuesday evening and his body was found shortly after daybreak. Investigating officer Trp. J.T. Brown said he lost control and went into a creek embankment while heading north.
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Bland
Wytheville
Lacy Brown Southerland III
Rocky Gap
J.T. Brown
Southerland
State hosts hardwood conference in West Virginia
Sen Robert Byrd announced an international conference on the future of the hardwood industry will be held May 17 to 19 at the Charleston Civic Center. Byrd chairs the event with the U S Forest Service and wood industry groups with experts from the United States Canada Taiwan and other nations expected to attend. The talks align with Byrd’s push to attract a woodworking manufacturing facility to Mercer County and foster a Forest Service private sector partnership to provide crafts men access to costly modern equipment.
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Washington
West Virginia
Robert Byrd
Byrd
U.S. Forest Service
Charleston Civic Center
United States
Canada
Taiwan
Mercer County
Forest Service
Pamela Porter
Mercer County School Board Special Session
Princeton report: The Mercer County Board of Education meets today at 1 p.m. in the Central Office conference room for a Level II grievance hearing, field trip consideration, budget supplements and transfers, and personnel matters.
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Princeton
Mercer County Board of Education
Ribbon cuttings mark new Princeton businesses today
Two new Princeton shops hold ribbon ceremonies. Touch of Class in Pine Plaza Shopping Center opens at 10 a.m. Mane Event at 312 South Walker begins around 10:30 a.m. City officials will welcome them and the public is invited.
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Princeton
Pine Plaza
South Walker
Revenue beats projections in February statewide
Charleston February state revenue topped forecasts for the first time since September with general revenue reaching 153.7 million dollars, 6.6 million above projections. For the fiscal year totals stand 29.5 million below estimates per the state auditor’s end of month report.
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Charleston
State Auditor
Senate kills two liquor bills in Virginia
In Richmond the Senate defeated 32 to 8 a bill to revoke drivers licenses of clerks who sell alcohol to under 21 and blocked 28 to 12 a companion bill easing penalties for businesses. The debate centers on a points system for stores, with critics saying it would punish restaurants too harshly. Also notes on banking insurance, public smoking limits, and a menor policy impact on sea turtles chewing deflated balloons for another year.
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Richmond
Senate
House
Frank W. Nolen
Augusta
Thomas J. Michie Jr
D-Albemarle
House of Delegates
Committee On Education and Health
Michie
del. C. Richard Cranwell
Roanoke County
Region's students making history at learning tournament
More than 470 Kinder through 12th grade students gathered at Concord College for a two day West Veer Challenge Learning Tournament. Regional winners advance to a statewide April tournament in Cedar Lakes with national finals in Atlanta. Bob Allen described the event as West Virginia's first regional challenge tourney and highlighted cooperative learning through game based problems.
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Athens
Concord College
Mercer
McDowell
Monroe
Summersening
Raleigh County
Regional Education Service Agency
Linda Ballard
Beckley
Virgil Cook
West Virginia Board of Education
Cedar Lakes
Atlanta
Bob Allen
West Virginia
Allen
Burbank
Calif
Yale University
Tles
Ameri
Tazewell supervisors back in school aims to unite boards
Tazewell County Board of Supervisors continues long range planning by holding workshops with the Public Service Authority and coordinating with Virginia Tech expert Don Lacy to improve county operations. They aim to overlay projects and align future work among PSA, school board, and planning commission to open communication lines.
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Wardell
Tazewell County Board of Supervisors
Board of Supervisors
Tom Cash
Don Lacy
Virginia Tech
Lacy
Cash
Tazewell County
Abingdon
Fees Drive Higher Costs In State Senate Bill
Senate passes a bill raising circuit court fees by 5.2 million dollars a year. Divorces would rise to 70 dollars from 20. Public employees face about 27 dollars more annually for X-rays. Administration cites an 18 million dollar deficit in the Public Employees Insurance Agency.
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Gaston Caperton
Senate
Golly
James Humphreys
D-Kanawha
Senate Finance Committee
Sally Richardson
Public Employees Insurance Agency
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