Mercer County Free Tire Dropoff Eight Dates Planned
Mercer County residents may discard tires for free across eight one day locations in April. The Health Department and Clean Up Mercer County program coordinate eight drop events with a maximum of eight tires per truck. No rims and individuals only. Dates run April 5 7 12 14 19 21 26 and 28 at varied venues including Camp Creek Speedway Princeton Bluefield Lashmeet Bluewell and Green Valley.
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Green Valley
Mercer County Health Department
Karl Carter
Carter
West Virginia
DEP
Department of Environmental Protection
C & L Country
Camp Creek
Reynolds Construction
Speedway
Oakvale Town Hall
Parks and _ Recreation Department
Princeton
M &C Market
Lashmeet
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield
Kroger
Bluewell
Mercer County’ Health Department
Greg Jordan
Gjordan
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Fatal wreck under investigation near Amonate, Virginia
McDowell County Sheriff’s Department probes a single vehicle crash on Route 9 near Amonate. A pickup went into Dry Fork stream. the driver, an adult male from Amonate, died. Passengers were hospitalized across the state line. names withheld pending notification.
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Amonate
McDowell County Sheriff's Department
McDowell County
Route 9
Martin B. West
Berwind Volunteer Fire Department
McDowell County Ambulance Authority
Dry Fork
Falls Creek
West
James E. Muncy Jr
Muncy
Tazewell Community
Tazewell County
Firefighters battle kitchen fire at vacant Bluefield home
Bluefield firefighters responded to a 7:34 a.m. alarm at 116 Giles Street for a vacant residence filled with smoke. The fire traced to an old refrigerator. utilities left on by a previous resident hampered containment. No injuries or deaths were reported.
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Bluefield
Giles
Richard Cary
Cary
State unemployment rises to 6 5 percent in West Virginia
West Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 6.5 percent in February, up two-tenths. The number of unemployed residents increased by 1,300 to 50,800, with declines in educational and health services, construction, and financial services, and gains in leisure and hospitality, mining and logging, trade, and government. National rate held at 4.9 percent.
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Charleston
West Virginia
WorkForce
Plea hearing scheduled in sex crimes case
Anthony Michael Hicks, 36, of Bluefield, faces charges including first degree sexual assault, incest, and displaying obscene matter to a minor. A plea hearing was scheduled for April 14 after a prior motions hearing was canceled. Hicks remains jailed at Southern Regional Jail. The case traces back to 2014 when a juvenile described assaults and obscene material, with multiple prior guilty pleas and later withdrawal.
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Princeton
Bluefield
Anthony Michael Hicks
Derek Swope
Hicks
Southern
Beaver
Derrick Lefler
Bill Huffman
Kelli Harshbarger
Lefler
Huffman
Mercer County Child Project
K.L. Adams
Bluefield Police Department
The
Mercer County Grand Jury
Greg Jordan
Gjordana
Bottonline
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