Emergency services meet county officials on snow aid
Emergency services representatives from Tazewell County met with Virginia Emergency Services and FEMA officials to review potential reimbursable costs from the January 25 30 snow event. Public officials explained the reimbursement mechanics and noted the project threshold of 48 900 dollars as the benchmark.
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Bluefield
Tazewell County
Virginia Emergency Services
Federal Emergency Management Agency
J.D. Boone
VES
Boone
John Knea
FEMA
Virginia
Greg Jones
Pocahontas
Bioterrorism program planned for Mercer County responders
Mercer County OES and Health Department announce a three part bioterrorism program for local emergency responders and agencies. Two representatives from each agency will attend a meeting at the Mercer County Courthouse with a later class on bioterrorism and a possible countywide drill. Other OES trainings include a Hazmat class at the E 911 Center and planning sessions for search and rescue.
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Princeton
Mercer County Office of Emergency Services
Mercer County Health Department
West Virginia
Mercer County Emergency Services
Barbara Hawkins
OES
Mercer County
Emergency Response Agency
Rickman
Health Department
E-911
Tim McPeak
Wayne Shrader
LEPC
Dickie Cumbow
Richard Powell
Tim Howard
Sheriff’s Department
Ball Park hot dogs recalled over listeria risk
Sara Lee Corp recalls 34,500 pounds of Ball Park hot dogs after a military lab found listeria monocytogenes in products shipped to Army commissaries and various states. No illnesses reported. packaging dated Jan 25 at a Philadelphia plant. Risks include fever headaches stiffness nausea diarrhea, with severe danger to pregnant women and vulnerable groups.
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Washington
Sara Lee Corp
Sara Lee
Theresa Herlevsen
Philadelphia
Florida
Missouri
New York
Virginia
Ohio
Connecticut
Oklahoma
Delaware
Kansas
Nebraska
Texas
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Maryland
Reform Party chairmanship ruled for Pat Choate in Lynchburg
U S District Judge Norman K Moon ordered Jack Gargan and Treasurer Ronn Young to halt all Reform Party activities after ruling Choate, Perot’s 1996 running mate, holds the chair. Gargan said he will leave the party with supporters and predicted a mass exodus.
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Washington
Reform Party
Pat Choate
Ross Perot
White House
Choate
Lynchburg
U.S
Norman K. Moon
Jack Gargan
Ronn Young
Gargan
Florida
US Airways seeks customers with special discount fares
Arlington based US Airways moved to win back customers after labor peace, offering special discount sale fares across the United States Canada Europe and the Caribbean. Fares include 258 round trip Baltimore to San Francisco and 159 Washington DC to Toronto with tickets bought seven days prior. The airline also doubles frequent flyer miles on all flights through May 15 after reaching a contract with its 10 000 flight attendants Saturday ending threats of surprise strikes.
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Alington
US Airways
Ailine
U.S
Canada
Europe
Caribbean
Baltimore
San Francisco
Washington, D.C
Toronto
ATV Freak Accident Claims Goins In Coalwood
Authorities say a tree toppled onto Jerry Randall Goins during a Coalwood Mountain ride with five friends. He was airlifted to Charleston Area Medical Center but died on arrival. Welch Emergency Hospital later pronounced him dead.
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Coalwood
McDowell County
J.K. Cooper
Welch Division
West Virginia
Goins
Cooper
Charleston Area Medical Center
Welch Emergency Hospital
Deputy shoots drug suspect during escape attempt in Wheeling
Ohio County sheriff's deputies faced a dramatic chase after spotting Drake Rapley, a Pontiac, Michigan man, selling drugs. Rapley grabbed a cruiser, escaped, then fled in a newspaper delivery vehicle, prompting three shots at the speeding SUV. He was hospitalized, charged with multiple offenses, and held on bail. Federal charges may follow.
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Wheeling
Michigan
Ohio
Drake DeShaun Rapley
Pontiac
Mich
Ohio County
Ed Weith
Rapley
Northern Regional
Moundsville
Richard Wiley
Northside Neighborhood Association meeting set in Bluefield
In Bluefield the Northside Neighborhood Association will meet Monday April 3 at 7 p m at the Hardy Street Recreation Center in North Tazewell Virginia. Buchanan County livestock producers should have received 1999 Livestock Assistance Program payments via direct deposit or check with a 46 percent adjustment due to nationwide funding limits. Spotchecks by the FSA may trigger refunds if discrepancies are found and producers without payments should contact the FSA at 988-9555 or 1-800-528-3276. Farm operators will get 2000 burley tobacco quota notices on Friday April 7 showing a 45 3 percent reduction.
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Bluefield
Northside Neighborhood Association
Hardy Street
North Tazewell
Buchanan County
FSA
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Bill Archer
The
Daily Telegraph
Ball Park
Reform Party Ruling
U.S. Airways
Jody Neal
Croft
Weith
Monticello Estates
Athens Road
Tazewell Presbyterian Church
Princeton Commission On Aging
Greater Bluefield Community Center
Robert Juau
Ats Te Noe
AL Saar
Sherrill
Southampton
Hekman Corner
Mark Hampton
Bland St
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