Consol Energy lays off 88 at VP-8 coal mine in Virginia
Consol Energy Inc. laid off 88 miners at the Virginia-Pocahontas No. 8 metallurgical coal mine in Buchanan County effective Monday. The 254-employee mine, formed from VP-5 and VP-6, faced a "performance related" cut as officials cited a down coal market and milder winter. Del. Jackie Stump noted workers' surprise and hoped for rebounds while spokesman Tom Hoffman called it not a market driven decision and stressed output should remain steady.
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Arden
Consol Energy Inc
Buchanan County
Consol
Virginia-Pocahontas No
Oakwood
Stump
Bush
Tom Hoffman
Hoffman
Bill Archer
Barcher
Bottonline.com
Investigators seek armed robbery suspect in Glenwood
Investigators checked leads Thursday in an attempted robbery at Glenwood Country Store off Maple Acres Road. The 10 p.m. Wednesday incident involved a woman in blue jeans a hooded jacket and scarf who produced a gun that proved to be plastic. The clerk grabbed the gun hand in a struggle and was bitten. A K-9 unit and state police searched the area with no arrest. State and local authorities seek identified suspect.
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Glenwood
J.E. Coulter
Mercer County Sheriff’s Department
Glenwood Country Store
Maple Acres Road
Coulter
Bluefield
S.P Bruno
West Virginia
Princeton Road
Greg Jordan
Gjordan
Bottonline
Police blotter reports March vehicle damage and thefts
On March 13 an employee at Western Sizzlin on Stafford Drive said someone cut a rear tire while he worked. A March 12 theft involved a purse and contents from a Highland Avenue resident. A 9mm pistol was stolen from a car in an Amber Hills driveway.
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Western Sizzlin
Stafford Drive
Highland Avenue
Amber Hills
C.E. Mitchem
Justice
Sadler
Menenbroeker
Wisconsin
Charles Owens
Cowens
Bottonline
Jury upholds murder verdict with mercy parole option
The conviction stands for Timothy Justice in Angela Swick’s death with a mercy recommendation allowing parole in 15 years. Prosecutors say the motive was robbery as Justice and Jason Menenbroeker drove Swick’s car to Florida after the September 1994 killing. Sentencing set for May 6.
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Angela
Sadler
Mercer County
John R. Frazier
Justice
Jason Menenbroeker
Menenbroeker
Swick
Brush Creek Falls
Florida
Timothy Justice
Jason
Angela Swick
Judge Immunity in Good Faith Actions at McDowell County Court
The McDowell County case centers on a judge who ordered deputies with guns drawn during a January incident in Stephens chambers. Sheriff Brooks reviewed courthouse security and called the test inappropriate due to danger. Deputy response followed a telephone claim of an armed man, amid concerns after a Virginia law school shooting. The writ argues good faith judicial action is immune from criminal prosecution, while noting prosecutions may occur for misuse of authority. The case remains ongoing.
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McDowell County
Michael Brooks
Annex
Stephens
Appalachian School of Law
Grundy
Flanigan
Brooks
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Greg Jordan
Gjordan
Bottonline.com
Yates Trial Near End as Jury Deliberates Death Penalty
Family members defend Angel Yates as jurors prepare to decide life or death after she was found guilty of killing five children. Prosecutors offered no new witnesses. Judge Belinda Hill set closing with deliberations to begin Friday. If given life, she faces at least 40 years before parole. a death sentence would place her as Texas ninth female inmate on death row.
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Yates
Dora Yates
Russell Yates
Belinda Hill
George Parnham
Texas
Tors
Lucy Puryear
Puryear
Ued
Noah
John
Mary
Paul
Luke
Southwest Va. Delegation Opposes Closures and Secures Funding
The Southwest Virginia delegation voices strong opposition to proposals closing the Appalachian Detention Center and celebrates maintained funding for the Oxbow Center in St Paul and the first phase of the Coalfields Expressway. They also halted diversions from the Game Fund to other agencies, stressing regional economic needs for Buchanan, Dickenson and Wise counties.
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Appalachian Detention Center
Puckett
Virginia
Southwest Virginia
Oxbow Center
St. Paul
West Virginia
Buchanan, Dickenson and
Wise
Paper and More Bridal Registry and Invitations
Paper and More Bridal offers bridal party and graduation invitations along with a bridal registry. Located at Burts Bee's Corner of Spruce and Spring Streets in Bluefield Virginia, contact 276 322 3055 for details.
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Burts Bee’s
Spruce & Spring St. Bluefield
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Y Greg Jordan
The
Daily Telegraph
Princeton Police
B.K. Ruble
W.J. Gilley
A-1
Wanda Swick
Southwest
Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Game Fund
Marine Patrol Fund
State Parks’ Fund
Barbara Hawkins
Bhawkins
Bdttonline
Bluefield Planning Commission
Board of Directors
Municipal Complex
Planning Commission
City of
Zoning Commission
Jack H. Schwarz, Jr
DDS
Bland Road
Lake Street
Bland Street
Lake
Betsey A. Kersey
H. E. Kiser, Jr
Donetta Rose
Virginia Ve
Progress Lighting
State Electric Lighting
Bluefield Avenue
Boyds Bears
Fontanini Collectibles
Estateside
Bland St
Princeton
Elks Bingo & Raffle
Green Valley
ST. Patricks Day
Princeton Elks
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