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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 2016
Page
1
Partly sunny with a high near 66 degrees. Winds shift from calm to south west 5 to 8 mph by afternoon.
The Navy extends lenient body fat rules, giving sailors who failed fitness tests three or more times another spring chance under new guidelines. The move aims to retain talent, as some sailors used liposuction and diet pills to meet standards amid broader enlistment health concerns.
Local police report include a structure fire in Bluefield and another in Duhring alongside a single vehicle crash. State police note ongoing investigations into the incidents while community activity centers on a Secret Santa event.
Lottery results list numbers for Powerball drawing held on a recent date and Mega Millions. Powerball numbers 3 27 34 59 69 with Powerball 19. Mega Millions numbers 21 26 33 48 73 with Mega Ball 14.
Consol Energy sells its Buchanan County coal mine and related assets to Coronado Coal for 420 million dollars. Coronado plans no production cuts and will seek customers, boosting Consol stock. Coronado, formed 2011 and based in Wilton Connecticut, operates globally with West Virginia office Greenbrier Minerals in Rupert.
The Mercer County effort returns for a second year with Greg Puckett urging residents to join the Keep Mercer Clean drive. He notes the first campaign collected over 200 tons of trash, 23 000 tires, and involved schools in education, with grabbers and bags available at the county commissioners' office for volunteers.
A photo by Eric DiNovo shows roadside litter along High Street in Bluefield. County Commissioner Greg Puckett says the Keep Mercer Clean campaign runs March 20 to April 30. He invites volunteers to adopt a spot and collect litter grabbers and bags from the commissioners' office.
By end of March 2016 about 48 men will call Mercer County's new Four Seasons Recovery Center home. Opened June 22, 2015 at the former Preston Street School with a July 22 ribbon cutting, the non medical detox program supports men overcoming addiction without medications.
The 1999th Chick-fil-A opens at 750 Oakvale Road near Princeton in Mercer County with a grand opening event. From 6 a.m. Wednesday, eligible guests from surrounding ZIP codes may line up. the first 100 adults 18 plus with ID win free Chick-fil-A meals on Thursday morning.
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