Houck Kept as Bluefield Rescue Captain in Tie Vote
Bluefield Rescue Squad directors voted 8 to 7 to keep John Bud Houck as captain amid a federal grand jury probe into the squad finances. Tiny Thompson cast the deciding vote after a closed session, with investigation ongoing and financial records subpoenaed. Hugs and handshakes followed as the media waited outside.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Rescue Squad
John
Bud” Houck
Houck
C.J
Bud’ Houck
Tiny” Thompson
West Virginia
Thompson
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
U.S
Michael Callahan
Daily Telegraph
Grand Jury
Charleston
U.S. Attorney's Office
Rescue Squad
Board of Directors
Explosion Evacuates Two Schools Near Inactive Mine
A gas explosion at the Beatrice Mine in Oakwood, Virginia, prompted the precautionary evacuation of Garden High and Garden Elementary. No injuries were reported as MSHA and local authorities conducted air sampling and investigated shaft damage near U.S. Route 460.
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Oakwood
Consol
Garden High
Garden Elementary
Janie Owens
Owens
Mine Safety and Health Administration
U.S. Route 460
Keene Mountain
MSHA
Arlington Office
Sam Stafford
Stafford
Tom Hoffman
Princeton Community Hospital Board Meeting Notice
Today at 5 p.m. the Princeton Community Hospital Board of Directors will meet in the PCH board room. The schedule also lists a March 31 7:30 p.m. Princeton Reds Booster Club meeting at the First Church of the Nazarene on Oakvale Road for new members. Weather forecasts call for morning showers today with mostly clear skies later and lows in the lower 30s tonight with west winds.
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Princeton Community Hospital
PCH
Princeton Reds
Church of the Nazarene
Oakvale Road
Cedar BI
Neeee Mullins
Jim Hale
Bo Adair
Bob Wade
Judy Jessee
Donna Wade
Dick Houchins
John Bondurant
Tazewell board OKs 39 million budget with pay hike
The Tazewell County School Board approved a 39,808,650 dollar budget for 1994-95 with a five percent across the board raise for all school employees. The plan, 7.46 percent above 1993-94, moves to the board of supervisors for final approval at a joint meeting.
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Tazewell Board
Oks
Tazewell
Tazewell County
Board of Supervisors
Woodrow Mullins Jr
Tazewell Middle School
Mullins
General County
Blue Shield
Local Choice
Tazewell Educational Association
Tazewell Vea
Anne Whaley
Flood waters close roads as mudslide hits Route 213
Flood watch from National Weather Service extends to 7 am as several counties report closures. In Richlands a mudslide on Route 213 near Tip Top Mountain collapses half the road into Mudfork Creek causing rerouting. Mercer County reports rock slides near Bluefield and rising waters in Glenwood with boards monitoring creeks.
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Richlands
Pocahontas
Bishop
National Weather Service
Buchanan
Whitewood
Grundy
Wythe
Tazewell
Clinch River
Hogback
Cove
Mud Fork
Falls Mills
Raven
Bland
Low Water
Virginia Department of Transportation
Greg Huffman
Huffman
Tip Top Mountain
Laurel Creek
VDOT
Mercer County
Timber White
Bluefield
Buddy Campbell
Division of Highways
Campbell
Grassy Branch Road
Nelson Short
Mercer County Flood Control and Fire Board
Glenwood
Spanishburg
Oakvale
Brush Creek
Short
Peers Oransia
Mercer County Board of Education lowers levy rates in special session
The Mercer County Board of Education voted to reduce levy rates for the fiscal year ending June 30 1995 citing reappraisals and taxpayer needs. Treasurer Jim Leslie noted rates cannot rise without voter approval and extra funding will come from new tax assessments.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Leslie
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