County seeks site for Mercer equestrian park and events center
Mercer County officials and the Mercer County Development Authority search for a location to fund and build a multi purpose equestrian park and convention educational center. Shortlisted sites around Exit 14 in Athens and Gardner area identified with First Century Bank involvement.
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Stafford Consultants
Athens and
Gardner
Bailey
Region I Planning and Development Authority
Mercer County
Jay Mills
Bluefield
Princeton
Mills
Athens
Wayne Shumate
Loving chair-elect of ICBA elected at Nashville convention
William A. Loving of Pendleton Community Bank Franklin was elected chair-elect of the Independent Community Bankers of America for 2012 13 at the ICBA National Convention in Nashville Tennessee. He has ties to Four Seasons Country and previously led WBT Valley Loving Bank and Trust and Cardinal State Bank.
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Princeton
William A
Bill” Loving
Four Seasons Country
Independent Community Bankers of America
ICBA
Nashville
Tenn
Loving
Pendleton Community Bank
Franklin
Bill
Russell
Cindy
United Way
Community Bankers of
West Virginia
PAC
Former SwVCC professor named president of Richard Bland College
Dr. Debbie Sydow, former English professor at Southwest Virginia Community College in Richlands, Va, has been named president of Richard Bland College in Petersburg. The Abingdon native, PhD holder, previously led Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, NY, and will be the fifth president of the college, a branch of the College of William and Mary.
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Swvcc
Richard Bland College
Bluefield
Debbie Sydow
Southwest Virginia Community College
Richlands
Petersburg
Sydow
SVCC
Onondaga Community College
Syracuse
Abingdon
James B. McNeer
Richard Bland
Barbara Fuller
Fuller
Mercer and McDowell Scouts Seek Community Projects
Mercer County and McDowell County leaders urge local groups to submit service project requests for the 2013 National Jamboree. Jeffrey Disibbio and Andy Merriman say applications are flowing with a surge expected before the March 30 deadline. Projects may include cemetery inventories and other county needs, with adult volunteers supporting scout teams.
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Bluefield
Boy Scouts of America
Jeffrey Disibbio
Mercer County
Disibbio
Andy Merriman
Merriman
Perhns
Princeton
McDowell County
Gordon Lambert
McDowell County Commission
Fayette County
Lambert
Ukraine
Russia
Sicily
Jed
Havaco
Lacy Dillon
Egypt
Two airlifted in McDowell County crash near Leckie
Two men from Virginia were airlifted to Charleston Area Medical Center after a single vehicle crash on Anawalt Ridge Road near Leckie in McDowell County around 1 40 a m. Crews from Anawalt Gary and Northfork fire departments Widener s Ambulance Service and the Ambulance Authority assisted as the sheriff s department investigated the incident.
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McDowell County
Eckie
Charleston
Virginia
Charleston Area Medical Center
Anawalt Ridge Road
Leckie
McDowell County 911
Anawalt Volunteer Fire Department
Gary Fire Department
Northfork Volunteer Fire Department
Widener’s
McDowell County Ambulance Authority
McDowell County Sheriff's Department
Police blotter highlights and incidents from March 13
Officers logged a deceased animal on Route 52 at 6 55 a.m. No injuries in a motor vehicle crash on Bluefield Avenue at 2 59 p.m as parties exchanged insurance. A stray animal on Rock Street at 4 22 p.m. prompted an animal control report. Burglary on Penmar Avenue at 5 28 p.m. with an offense report filed.
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Route 52
Bluefield Avenue
Rock
Randall Thompson
Bland Street
Penmar Avenue
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Boy Scouts
Mercer County Commission
Shumate
Oakvale Road
Kate Coil
Kcoil
Bdtonline
By Bill Archer
Nity College
New York
Tazewell County
McNeer
Bill Archer
Barcher
Bottonline.com
Mercer
McDowell
Dillon
Weg
Priva
Alicia
New Hope Rd
Cherry St
Blue Ridge Hearing ‘and Balance Clinic
Aurigy Proup
Earexperts.com
Bluefield City Police Dept
Bobby Engmess
Bobbvenelish. Bic
T Holdings Ine
Roselawn Funeral Home & Cemetery
Courthouse
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