Leap Year Fire Season Opens With Brush Blazes
East River Volunteer Fire Department battled two brush fires on Twelve Mile and Pisgah Roads as the spring fire season began. Both fires were controlled within about an hour, one possibly sparked by a train and the other from a controlled burn escaped by high winds. Fire officials warned outdoor burning is prohibited except 4 to 7 p.m. local time.
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Bluefield
East River
ERVFD
Wayne Shrader
Shrader
Pisgah Road
Athens
Ed Bowling
Richlands Kroger to Close March 25
Kroger will close its Richlands store on March 25 due to a multi year decline in sales and customer count. The 25,912 square foot leased location opened November 30, 1980 and employs 16 full time and 22 part time workers. Company and union officials will discuss career options with employees and transfers to Princeton Bluefield and Bluewell stores are possible.
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Richlands
Richlands Kroger
Kroger
Princeton
Bluefield
Bluewell
Princeton murder trial questions self defense in fatal shooting
In Mercer County Circuit Court Gianna Hunter-Mathis 31 is on trial for first degree murder in the Sept 8 1999 shooting death of Taurus Roberts 19 of Princeton. Defense argues Roberts threatened the family and a confrontation prompted her actions while witnesses describe a tense scene at a church parking lot.
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Gianna Marie Hunter-Mathis
Scott Ash
Tom Janutolo
Mercer County
Hunter-Mathis
Taurus Roberts
Princeton
Gianna Maria Hunter-Mathis
G.G
Maryland
Taurus T. Roberts
Roberts
Inter
Henderson
Valley Streets
Old Beckley Road
Janutolo
William Stanley
Peachy” Jackson
William Sadler
Jackson
Where will the Coalfields Expressway go in Virginia
Virginia plans public hearings as part of a location study for the Coalfields Expressway. Five alternate routes are evaluated with costs from 989 million to 1.314 billion, considering traffic, displacement, and environmental factors. Hearings are April 25 Clintwood, April 26 Sandlick, and April 27 Grundy, with final site recommendation to the Commonwealth Transportation Board.
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Rundy
Virginia
Beckley
Virginia State Line
Buchanan
Dickenson
Wise
Virginia Department of Transportation Public Affairs
Brenda Waters
VDOT
Waters
Clintwood Elementary
Sandlick Elementary
Grundy Senior High School
Public meeting planned for March 2 on King Coal Highway
A public meeting and a public hearing for the King Coal Highway project, formerly 1 73 and 1 74, will be held at Bluefield High School cafeteria in a workshop format. The public hearing is set for March 16, both events run 4 to 8 p m and focus on the interchange at John Nash Boulevard and U S Route 460 under the Public Private Transportation Act of 1995.
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Bluefield High School
John Nash
Fire fatality investigation continues in Bluefield
In Bluefield the Tyler Street fire that killed elderly resident Eva Fielder 84 is under ongoing inquiry. Assistant State Fire Marshal Tony Domingo rechecked the scene at Willie Sutphin 80 on Tyler Street and investigators say the cause remains undetermined though heating and electrical causes are ruled out. Fire Chief Gerald Steele notes progress with several residents stopping by the station to pick up fire detectors as the tragedy unfolds.
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Bluefield
Tyler Street
Tony Domingo
Willie Sutphin
Tyler St
Eva Fielder
Domingo
Gerald Steele
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Greg Jordan
John 1
Jeff Radford
Princeton Episcopal Church of Heavenly Rest
Mercer Street
Federal Highway Administration
Brown and Root Services
Koch Materials Company
Apac Inc
Brown and Root
Hayes, Seay, Mattern & Mattern
Lahman Brothers
Thompson and Litton, VC
English, Inc
Rapoca Energy
Pittston Coal Company
Koch-Apac
Earth Tech
Ch2m Hill
Salomon Smith Barney
Koch Financial Corp
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