Smoke Eaters host mine rescue competition at Bluefield campus
Welch Post 1 of the National Mine Rescue Association brings about a dozen teams to Bluefield State College on Saturday May 3 for the spring meeting and mine rescue contest. Randall Kidd notes 12 teams, with events from 8 am to 3 pm and trophy timing around 3 30 or 4 pm.
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Welch Post 1
National Mine Rescue Association
Randall Kidd
Post 1
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Kidd
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Berkeley County buses out of service after tire vandalism
Berkeley County schools cancel class after vandals removed valve stems and cores from 85 district buses kept at the transportation yard. Investigators recovered video, a $1500 reward is offered, and repairs began as officials planned to inspect all buses for further damage. Classes were to resume next day.
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Artinsburg
Berkeley County
Transportation Department
Jaimee Borger
Borger
Jefferson County
Berger
Berkley County
Eric Burnett
Burnett
Martinsburg
Virginia Jobless Rate Hits 3.9 Percent in March
Virginia’s March unemployment rate rose to 3.9 percent from 2.9 percent a year earlier amid auto industry strikes and layoffs, Easter timing shifts, and a residential construction slowdown. Arlington County posted 2.3 percent while Martinsville reached 11.7 percent, reflecting wide regional variation.
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Virginia
Virginia Economic Commission
William Mezger
Arlington County
Martinsville
Federal grand jury indicts Bluefield teen on one count
A Huntington grand jury charged Devin Lamar Clements, 19, of Bluefield with distributing crack cocaine on November 15, 2007 near Bluefield. Clements was arrested April 4 and has remained in custody. Judge VanDervort appointed David O. Schles as counsel. AUSA Miller A. Bushong III represents the government.
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Mercer County
Devin Lamar Clements
Clements
R. Clarke VanDervort
David O. Schles
U.S
Miller A. Bushong III
Virginia wildfires reach record Acreage in 45 years
Virginia forestry officials report that in the first four months of the year 25,646 acres burned across 948 fires, surpassing the state’s yearly total for the past 45 years. The 1963 record was 44,823 acres, and 16,000 acres burned on February 10 marked a 24 hour state record. The spring fire season ended that Wednesday.
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Virginia Forestry
Virginia Department of Forestry
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