Fire damages Bluefield College dorm room at New Hall
A fire in Bluefield College New Hall dormitory was confined to one room, with responders arriving at 12:45 p.m. No injuries were reported. The blaze started when a curling iron user accidentally activated a power switch after a foreign object struck it. The room suffered severe smoke and water damage, with everything in the room deemed a total loss.
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Bluefield
Hardy
Monica Greenlee
Greenlee
Concord to Receive 925000 Grant for Teacher Tech Program
Concord College will obtain a 925000 federal grant from the U S Department of Education to fund a five year program training new teachers in computer and technical skills. The grant announced Tuesday through Senator Byrd supports expanding high speed Internet and electronic classrooms and requires a detailed program plan from Timothy Barnes.
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Sen. Byrd
Concord College
Timothy M. Barnes
Academic Computing & Technologies
Barnes
Bluefield Considers Redevelopment Authority Plan
Bluefield city commission weighs creating a redevelopment authority to attract new businesses. Bill Carper notes WV allows such bodies, with Mingo and McDowell already using them. Mayor Walker will discuss with state economic development reps. Maintenance for vacant storefronts and the Matz Hotel building are raised as priorities amid a potential $1 million Mercer County project.
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Bluefield Economic Development Commission
Bill Carper
West Virginia
Mingo
McDowell
Carper
Nelson Walker
State Economic Development Authority
Janet Bailey
Mercer County Economic Development Authority
Doris Sue Kantor
Commission
Paul Cole
Main Street
Chamber
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Matz
Ron Satterfield
Mercer Coun
Satterfield
City board weighs higher street fee to fund paving
Bluefield residents could pay 13 dollars per quarter instead of nine as a paving committee urged a rise to 330 thousand dollars annual outlay. Mayor Walker noted 107 miles of streets with 81.3 paved and 20 miles state maintained. Board delayed action awaiting further review.
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Board of Directors
Bluefield Board of Directors
Nelson Walker
Walker
Ron Crabtree
Ollie Law
Crabtree
Obituaries Continued From A 2 Honaker Va Services
Obituaries list multiple services across Princeton Bluefield and Claypool Hill area. Arthur Brown IV burial at Oakwood Park Cemetery Princeton with calling hours Seaver Funeral Home. Alma Meadows Ellis service at Broyles Shrewsbury Peterstown. James P. King Jr. service Mercer Funeral Home Bluefield. W M Bill Pennington service Princeton with burial Roselawn. Herbert Lee Shufflebarger service Cravens Shires Bluewell with calling hours. Remaining items note entombment at Greenhills Memory Gardens and other local church burials.
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Honaker
Anthony Dean Cole
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Arthur Brown IV
Oakwood Park Cemetery
Princeton
Seaver ‘Funeral Home
Alma Meadows Ellis
Broyles- Shrewsbury
Peterstown
James P. King Jr
Mercer Funeral Home
Bluefield
Anderson Mathey
Word Evangelistic Outreach
Virginia Funeral Home
Grundy
W.M
Bill” Pennington
George W. Seaver
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Herbert Lee Shufflebarger
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
Genealogical Society to meet in Princeton this evening
Middle New River Genealogical Society will meet at 6 p.m. Friday at the Western Sizzlin with Norman Arrington of Princeton as speaker on recording family history and personal history. Friends plan annual library book sale in Bluefield for April 6-8 at First Christian Church with book donations accepted through March 31.
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Genealogical Society
Princeton
Middle New River
Friends
Bluefield
Friends of Craft Memorial Library
First Christian Church
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